Seeing Mary Villarreal lead the Fort Stockton softball team deep into the playoffs may have seemed like not long ago for some.
Just over three years ago she graduated from Fort Stockton High School with a softball scholarship in hand from Sul Ross State University and nearly all her general education courses complete by way of Midland College/WRTTC dual credit program.
A long-term solution for the sinkhole and the affected FM 1053 road between Fort Stockton and Imperial will be in the works in the near future according to Texas Department of Transportation Public Information Officer Gene Powell.
TxDOT shut down a section of FM 1053 -- between FM 11 and FM 1450 – on Friday because of a crack in the road that was caused by heavy rainfall.
Federico V. Valenzuela left us to rest in peace on June 16, 2021. He lived in Fort Stockton, Texas, since 1992. He dedicated his life to his work and his passion, landscaping. He also greatly enjoyed cooking for everyone he could. Above all else, he was always willing to help his fellow man.
Federico was preceded in death by his wife Lucia C. Valenzuela; his parents Aurelio and Petra Valenzuela; and grandchild Karlo K. Sales.
