November 2023

Longhorns down Van Horn, secure playoff berth

2 years ago By News Staff

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The Buena Vista Longhorns took down the Van Horn Eagles 60-14 at home last Friday to secure a playoff spot with the season-finale set for this Friday when the Longhorns travel to Marfa. The Shorthorns are 7-2 overall and 1-1 in the district standings after a solid 48-22 win over Foret Davis last week. Buena Vista will advance to the bi-district playoffs next week against the O’Donnell Eagles. Courtesy photo by Staci Schoenfeldt

November 7 General Election

2 years ago By News Staff

Proposition 1

The Constitutional Amendment protecting the right to engage in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management.

Proposition 2

The constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county or municipality of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.

Proposition 3

ALAMO ELEMENTARY HONOR ROLL 1ST NINE WEEKS

2 years ago By News Staff

2nd Grade
A Hall
Mrs. Parras
A’s
Magavi Bislar
A/B
Anna Bislar
Johnny Espinoza
Sebastian
Gonzales
Ivan Mendoza
Justin Posler
Khalani Thornton
Mrs. Crenshaw
A’s
Ariadne Garcia
Ezra Granado
Caleb Madrid
Kaiden Mata
Francisco Saucedo
Genna Turner
A/B
Dawson Baker
Julian Carrasco
Amberly Gonzalez
Kathleen
Quinones
Daisy Sevillano
Presley Swanson
Aiden Villareal
Christian Villareal
Mrs. Rojas
A’s
Lexie Tarango
Contreras
A/B
Ian Fuentes
Noe Lujan

LOOKING BACK

2 years ago By News Staff

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Odd-looking tree not recommended for landscaping

2 years ago By Gardener’s Mailbag

Dear Neil: I was on a nature hike in North Texas a week ago and came across this pretty, but really odd-looking little tree. What is it, and would it ever work in a home landscape? It has several names.

Odd-looking tree not recommended for landscaping

Our Lady of Guadalupe Halloween Festival

2 years ago By Kerry Waldrip

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Halloween Festival

2nd Annual Trunks on Main

2 years ago By Shawn Yorks

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Gene Cummins Park set to close for upgrades

2 years ago By Kerry Waldrip

The city’s Economic Development Board has made notice that the Gene Cummins Park will be closed in 30 to 60 days for some much-needed upgrades, repairs and additions that are expected to take up to 30 days to complete. The focus of these improvements is on safety and conservation, and the timing of the closure is designed to have minimum impact on park patrons.

School board honors Teachers of the Quarter, hears campus updates

2 years ago By Shawn Yorks

The first quarter of the school year is complete, and Fort Stockton Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Zamora said there are good things happening across the district.

City seeks to update police dispatch consoles

2 years ago By Shawn Yorks

The Fort Stockton Police Department Dispatch is becoming outdated, and the Fort Stockton city council took steps to correct that at its Oct.23 meeting. The police dispatch center needs two consoles to communicate with not only city police, but sheriff’s deputies and emergency operations. One computer is not working and the other is working but outdated.