News
By News Staff
The unofficial May 4 general election results along with the early voting results are in.
These results will not be official until each entity canvases their…
By Brother J
I remember when I was trying to find a birthday card for my younger brother and as I was looking, I came across some cards for Mother's Day. I thought of the…
By News Staff
Dear Neil: We get these red and black bugs on the new growth of our Texas mountain laurels each spring. What are they, and how can we eliminate them?
These…
By News Staff
MAY 1965-GIRL SCOUTS DAY CAMP-Pictured left to right are Mmes. Red Wood, Leslie Price, Bill Kail, and Bob Thacker, Girl Scout leaders, who have been making…
Sports
The National Park Service has selected a new superintendent for Big Bend National Park. Anjna O’Connor will be the new park superintendent and she will begin…
The 7th Grade Girls Team receive a plaque recognizing a points calculation adjustment that resulted in their victory in the 7th Grade Girls Division at the…
The Lone Star State’s capital recently witnessed the outstanding athleticism of two Fort Stockton athletes as they represented their school at the prestigious…
Coach Colby Terrazas’s 5/6 grade Panther Travel Basketball Team came in undefeated in the Concho Valley Tournament in Ozona April 13 and came back to Fort…
The Fort Stockton Prowlers Softball Team put up a valiant fight in their recent Bi-District ‘Best of Three Series’ against the Canyon West Plains Wolves. The…
A series of summer camps for Fort Stockton sports are scheduled to be held this summer beginning May 21 and concluding July 31. All camps are $40 each except…
The Fort Stockton Natatorium was electric with excitement as the Middle School Blue Wave hosted the Jr. Comanche Swimming Invitational on April 19. The season-…
Opinion
Are you tired of financing a tank of gas? Are you afraid your armpits might burst into flames if you leave the air-conditioned confines of your home? Or maybe…
Spate of tornadoes far outpaces the average April was a busy month for tornadoes across the United States with 373 recorded, bringing the total for the year to…
The growth of industrialscale users of power could strain the Texas power grid, ERCOT’s chief announced last week. The Dallas Morning News reported Pablo Vegas…
There was a time of joyful people who came and went from both sides. They crossed the Rio as they pleased, no longer, now the Rio cries. The crossings are like…
Dear Editor,
It’s that time of year again. It’s Water Carnival season. The Water Carnival Association board works nearly all year. The call for scripts…
Recently, I took a break from my grueling summer staycation for a business trip to exotic Amarillo, Texas. (Try to contain your jealousy.)
I had never visited…
If you read my last two columns, you know that I’m now milking this one-trick pony for all it’s worth – including some mixed metaphors. In my previous columns…
E arly voting began Monday, April 22 for municipal, school board and various bond elections. It ends on April 30 with Saturday, May 4 being election day. What…
Obituaries
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Tom Hosier, who peacefully departed on May 5th.
Graveside service will be held at the Texas State Veterans…
Guillermina Arellano Banda, 72, of Fort Stockton, passed away Friday, May 3, in Odessa.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, May 8, from 1p.m. to 8 p.m. with…
Erlinda Gonzales Esparza (Momo), 85, of Fort Stockton passed away surrounded by her loving family on April 26 in Fort Stockton.
Visitation will be on Tuesday…
Autumn Faucheux, 46, a radiant soul whose life was a testament to selflessness and love, departed from this world far too soon on April 17 leaving behind a…
September 8, 1980 to April 15, 2024 Forever 43 Emily was born in Temple, Texas to Ruth and David Neyland. She later lived in Austin, TX, La Grange, TX, Natchez…
Baudelia “ Delia” Ramirez, 87, passed away on April 14, in Fort Stockton Visitation will be Thursday, April 18, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Rosary at 7 p.m.
Funeral…
Larry Gene Partney, 72, of McCamey, Fort Stockton, and Grandfalls, was freed to fly on April 2. Larry graduated from McCamey High School. He worked for Coca-…
Dec. 8, 2023 - April 4, 2024 Whittaker Zadok Garrison was born in Advent, the season of Christ’s coming. What joy he brought to our family, a beautiful…
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