In March of 2021, the Decibel team announced we were shifting our reporting focus to Del Valle. In the nine months since, we’ve covered a…

It's a cold and rainy Saturday in Lockhart, Texas. Just outside of the Lockhart Evening Lions Club Holiday Bazaar, Max Varela and his father…

For years, Grace Rivera Curry cooked up what she called her ‘go-to recipe,’ a savory concoction that used layers of chicken, jalapeños and…

Blanca “Bella” Gonzalez’s workout instructions ring loudly. Her students’ grunts are only outdone by the bass of the tribal music emitting…

It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Wednesday evening. Despite the hour, heat radiates up from the blacktop at the Del Valle High School parking lot where…