May 2023

DO SOMETHING!

YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail shawn. yorks@fortstocktonpioneer.
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Sarah Lucia (Urias) Swonke 

Sarah Lucia Swonke, 92, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2023 at Tomball Regional Medical Center with her sons by her side. Sarah was born in Fort Stockton, Texas, on Sept. 24, 1930, to Carlos and Lucia Urias.
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Hector Estrada Ibarra

Hector Estrada Ibarra, age 82 of Fort Stockton, Texas, passed away on May 11, 2023, at Pecos County Memorial Hospital in Fort Stockton from complications due to a hemorrhagic stroke.
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County hires new employee at Extension Office

With the impending retirement of Pecos County Extension agent Karan Hefelfinger, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office is welcoming a new addition to the staff. The Pecos County Commissioner’s Court approved the hiring of Elaine Haby at its May 22 meeting.
The Pecos County EMS demonstrated how to stop a traumatic bleed with Precinct 4 commissioner Nathan Reeves, left, at Monday’s County Commission meeting as part of National Stop the Bleed Day, which is May 25. Pioneer photo by Shawn Yorks

Jury finds Woodward not guilty of murder

Five days of testimony and 90 minutes of deliberation led to a not-guilty verdict in the trial of Justin Ferrell Woodward on May 9. Numerous law enforcement officers, private citizens, forensic scientists, and crime scene analysts testified in the trial.
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