July 2022

Pedestrian safety was at the forefront of the decision to place three speed bumps on Main Street in Fort Stockton this week.

With less than three weeks until school begins at Fort Stockton ISD, coaching staff additions within the district are nearing completion with new athletic director and head football coach Jeremy Hickman at the helm.

Pecos County Memorial Hospital and the Fort Stockton ISD are working together to get students vaccinated before school starts up again on Aug. 8. Each year parents attempt to register their children for school, and some find that their child is missing their required shots.

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

Dear Neil: Two or three years ago we planted three small Amethyst Falls wisterias at the base of our pergola thinking they would bring cooling shade in the summer. They survived the cold of February 2021 and kept on growing, but when they reached the top of the pergola the plants began dying.

1982 issue: New Carpet Store: A ribbon-cutting by the Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors officially launched the city’s newest carpet store last Friday morning – Hill Carpets, located at 417 N. Main, in the former Lewis Shoe Store location.

The Junior Miss Fort Stockton award recipients from Friday’s Water Carnival pageant were: Jocelynn Carrillo, second runner-up, Ariana Alexandra Ramirez Junior Miss Fort Stockton, Aubrey Janelle Salgado, runner up.

This week we will look at the spring feasts, called this because of when they fall on the Jewish lunar calendar.

The cast of Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” invites you to attend one of their performances which opens Friday, July 22, at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Street Theatre, 102 South Nelson Street.