January 2022

The City of Fort Stockton Substandard Building Committee met for its regular meeting on Jan. 6. The mission of the committee is to promote the welfare of citizens by securing, repairing, or demolishing structures that are deemed unfit for habitation or hazardous to the public.

Fort Stockton head football coach Mike Peters was named the 33Lead Athletic Club Football Coach of the Year this past week. Peters led the Panthers to greater heights than Fort Stockton’s program had ever seen before this past season.

The 19th ranked Seminole Maidens showed why they’re one of the elite programs in West Texas on Jan. 11 against Fort Stockton.

Fort Stockton led Alpine by one point (12-11) at the end of the first quarter during the Panthers final non-district game of the season on Jan. 7.

Blue Wave senior swimmer Quaylon Rios qualified for the Andrews Invitational finals on Jan. 7 in both the 50-yard freestyle and the 100 butterfly during the event’s preliminary races.

COVID-19 active cases trended downward this past week in Pecos County for the first time since the Omicron variant began to spike locally on Dec. 28. Active cases reached an all-time high of 282 people in the county as reported on Jan. 6. That number has since dropped to 266 people as of Jan. 11.

January 4 Carlos Roberto Gonzalez, of Fort Stockton at 9:21 p.m., officers from the Fort Stockton Police Department apprehended Gonzales on a failure to appear warrant for theft by check. Gonzalez received a $1,000 bond and was released the same day.

When the opportunity presented itself, Adrienne Horton knew it was the perfect time to take a position she had long strived for in her career.

Ruben A. Montoya was reunited with his Heavenly Father on Jan. 9, 2022. Ruben was born Oct. 21, 1947, in Manuel Benavidez Chihuahua, Mexico, to Eleodoro and Alejandra Alarcon Montoya. He was raised and educated in Mexico before coming to Coyanosa, Texas.

Larry Eugene Elvick, 77, of Fort Stockton, Texas, took his eternal flight on Jan. 5, 2022, in Odessa, Texas. Viewing and visitation was held on Jan. 7, 2022, at Eternity Funeral Home in Fort Stockton.