family, friends, football and faith

• A school shooting took the lives of 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, which proudly boasts that it is the Honey Capital of the World.
• Neftali Barboza, the pastor of a small bilingual Baptist church in Uvalde, said the town is like a family, and a place where faith is important.
• “We’re just trying to cope with everything," Joe Garza, 42, said. "Our community feels torn. It’s torn. It doesn’t feel the same. We started out the day like normal and now it isn’t."

UVALDE, Texas — In this tight-knit Texas town of 16,000 hurting souls, parents on the sidelines of soccer games often cheer for both teams to win.

Barbecues draw friends and neighbors to sporting events at the Honey Bowl Stadium, even when the 100-degree heat seems hotter than the spices in the carne asada.