March 2024

The on-again, off-again state immigration law is once more on hold while the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considers its constitutionality. Senate Bill 4 would allow state and local law enforcement officials to arrest and deport people suspected of entering the state illegally from Mexico, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The U.S. Supreme Court last Tuesday removed a temporary hold on the law, which allowed it to take effect for several hours before the 5th Circuit court again stopped SB4 from being enforced while it considers its constitutionality.

The Pecos County Commissioner’s Court on Monday morning voted to purchase several items that will enhance the Pecos County EMS and sheriff’s department. The court heard a presentation from Lavern Smith from Zoll Medical Corporation regarding the new Zoll X-Series Advanced Monitors/ Defibrillators required for each Ambulance.

Ricardo A. Gutierrez, 64, of Fort Stockton, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Fort Stockton, surrounded by family.

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Although he may have passed through at some point, to the best of my knowledge John Caldwell Tidball never visited Texas. However, he was one of those individuals somewhat lost to history, but nevertheless a man who lived life to the fullest and had an impact on all of us. Tidball, from Ohio, graduated eleventh in the 1848 class of West Point and was assigned as Second Lieutenant to the U.S. Artillery.