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It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Due to delays caused by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the timeline for the construction of an 1,800 feet of sewer line that will be placed along U.S. Highway 285 and extend to Lancium’s proposed 300–megawatt site has been pushed back.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District announced a change to its policy for serving meals for children served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for Butz Preparatory Academy for school year 2022-2023.

The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service and Pecos County Dinner Tonight Cooking Club will host their annual Healthy Cooking School on Thursday, March 30, at the Large Community Hall in Rooney Park. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Besides cooking demonstrations, there will be door prizes and drawings for a new mixer and kitchen equipment. Everyone attending will receive a meal and a gift bag.

The Fort Stockton City Council on March 13 approved Resolution 23-107R, which authorizes the city to file a grant application with Governor Greg Abbott’s office for a local border security program known as Border Star. “Right now, we’re operating off the Lone Star grant, we want to enter the Border Star grant,” said Fort Stockton Police Chief Ernesto Velasquez.

The Pecos County Commissioner’s Court met in regular session March 13, and among other routine business, transferred $355,376.81 to Pecos County Memorial Hospital to cover accounts payable, with an additional $400,000 on standby to make payroll in case the hospital did not receive funds it was expecting.

Rocky Rives of Smith & Rives, PC, was unable to make it to Fort Stockton in time to give his presentation to the Fort Stockton City Council two weeks ago. But Rives was in Fort Stockton in plenty of time, Monday night, and the presentation he gave about the city’s final audit for fiscal year 2022 was a presentation worth waiting for.

With the success of the new Fort Stockton Convention Center and the conjoining Panther Pictures, the Fort Stockton City Council amended the cleaning contract between the city and the move theatre on March 13 at their regular meeting.

The Fort Stockton Film Society is showing the 1968 sci-fi film, Planet of the Apes, on Saturday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Nelson Street Theatre.