April 2021

The Fort Stockton junior varsity softball team ended Friday’s contest with Greenwood in a 6-6 tie after a back-and-forth game that featured plenty of offense from both teams.

The Fort Stockton junior varsity blue baseball team traveled to Greenwood Monday afternoon for the start of the second round of district play. The Panthers had a promising start, securing a 7-0 before ultimately falling by the score of 9-8.

The Fort Stockton softball team fell behind early and were unable to mount a rally in a 19-2 loss to Seminole during their seventh district outing of the season on April 9 at home.

Maria Elia Garcia entered into rest on April 8, 2021. She was born in San Francisco Del Oro, Mexico, on Aug.

A year after the first COVID-19 shutdown, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act, the $1.9 trillion coronavirus legislation that has little to do with coronavirus at all.

While justified criticism about President Biden’s border fiasco rages on, an interesting and significant legal action has gone largely unnoticed.

The chart above represents sales tax numbers from this year compared to last years. The April 20 and April 21 numbers are from sales tax in the respective cities in the month of February.

Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) is inviting high school students throughout the Texas 23rd Congressional District to participate in the 2021 Congressional Art Competition.

Fort Stockton’s new recycling facility located at 604 N. Valentine St. was completed over a week ago. Residents may bring their recycled goods to the facility within operating hours. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Now that spring weather finally arrived across the state, many Texans are preparing for spring cleaning. Not so fast, advises Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service integrated pest management specialist Janet Hurley who says pest management should be high on the list of cleaning activities.