The Leader Cast

In this episode of The Leader Cast, host Alesandra Gonzales breaks the paper down section by section and is joined by special guests staff writer Sofi Zeman, sports editor James Volz, and staff writer Julye Keeble. The group tackles all things Leader-News from crime to sports and school.

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The following is a recording of Nico LaHood and Jason Goss, defense attorneys for former UCISD Police Officer Adrian Gonzales. LaHood and Goss fielded questions from a crowd of media outside the Uvalde County Courthouse following Gonzales’s June 25 arraignment.

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In this special ep of The Leader Cast, we sit down with president of the Uvalde County 4H Adult Organization Marlene Astling and County Extension Agents Noel Troxclair to learn more about how Uvalde area adults can volunteer with our local 4H projects.

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In this episode of The Leader Cast, host Alesandra Gonzales breaks the paper down section by section and is joined by special guests staff writer Sofi Zeman and intern Ariana Diaz. The group tackles all things Leader-News from crime to sports and school.

Don't forget to drop by the Leader-News office at 110 N. East St. to drop off school supplies for our back to school stuff the bus drive.

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In this special ep of The Leader Cast, we sit down with school and crime staff writer Sofi Zeman to talk about her journey to becoming a Report for America corps member and education journalist - with a hint of nature and long distance relationships. To donate to Sofi's salary, visit tinyurl.com/rfa-uln - or stop by the Uvalde Leader-News at 110 N. East St.

Don't forget to drop by the Leader-News office to drop off school supplies for our back to school stuff the bus drive.

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In this episode of The Leader Cast, host Alesandra Gonzales breaks the paper down section by section and is joined by special guests sports editor James Volz, and staff writer Sofi Zeman, general manager Pete Luna, and owner and publisher Craig Garnett. The group tackles all things Leader-News from crime to sports and school.

Don't forget to drop by the Leader-News office at 110 N. East St. to drop off school supplies for our back to school stuff the bus drive.

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This week, we are continuing the trend of intern catch ups yet again and we are so stoked to have another double episode release today. That being said, be sure to check out our episode with Schaefer Edwards as well.

In this episode, we are sitting down with Fr. Max Landman, a former ULN intern and a current Jesuit priest in The Society of Jesus, a religious order that dates back to the 1500s. This August he will be traveling to Belize to do ministerial work.

In this episode, we are sitting down with Schaefer Edwards, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Director of Communications for the College of Computing and Informatics, and son of former ULN journalist Willie Edwards.

Schaefer presently resides in Charlotte, NC, with his wife Meghan and cat Sabrina.

In this episode of The Leader Cast, host Alesandra Gonzales breaks the paper down section by section and is joined by special guests sports editor James Volz, and staff writer Sofi Zeman. The trio tackles all things Leader-News from crime to sports and school.

Don't forget to drop by the Leader-News office at 110 N. East St. to drop off school supplies for our back to school stuff the bus drive.

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In this episode, we are sitting down with Elyssa Jechow, Chief Executive Officer of her company EJ Idea Lab, and three time former ULN intern between the summer of 2007 and January of 2010.

Elyssa is a 2007 graduate of Uvalde High School, 2010 graduate of Texas A&M with a Bachelor of Arts, and a 2013 graduate of Carnegie Mellon with a Master’s degree from the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. She currently resides in Mexico.