Iraan will be the place to be on Friday and Saturday as the Annual Alley Oop Festival is slated June 2-3 at the Alley Oop Park, 9261 Alley Oop Lane in Iraan. Admission is free for kids 3 and under, $5 for kids 4-12 and $10 for 12 and up, and purchase of a wristband gives festival goers access to Water Jumpers, Water Wars, Archery Tag, Gaming Trailer, Gelly Balls, Mechanical Bull, Bungee Jump, Rock Wall, 9-hole aluminum golf, Toxic Meltdown, High Striker, the dance, and the fireworks show.
A parade and pageant will also take place and food and merchandise vendors will be onsite.
Sue Katherine Phillips Prock, age 84, passed away at home in Richmond, Texas, holding hands with her children on Sunday, May 21, 2023
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. The oldest of five children, she grew up in Fort Stockton but spent time in Italy, Germany, and New Mexico before moving to Tomball in 1958.
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.
