October 2024

The Fort Stockton Community Theatre has some exciting theatrics on the horizon for the last few months of the year, and everyone is invited. Thanks to a grant from The Rea Charitable Trust, “Las Nuevas Tamaleras,” a bilingual comedy written by Alicia Mena, will take the stage on Saturday, Nov.

The disruption of the food supply chain during the first few years of COVID made Americans aware of how critical the ability to move agricultural products reliably, safely, and efficiently is, according to Texas A&M AgriLife experts. A Texas A&M AgriLifeled team is doing its part to protect the U.S.

The Giant Magellan Telescope, for which The University of Texas in Austin is a founding partner, today announced the launch of Universo Expansivo, a new education program designed to increase accessibility in astronomy education, particularly for students with vision loss, through tactile astronomy kits and accompanying lesson plans.

Top state lawmakers plan to address soaring homeowners insurance premiums when they return to Austin in January for the next legislative session, accordingtothe Houston Chronicle. The state’s insurance commissioner, Cassie Brown, told a Senate committee that home insurance rates increased last year by more than 21% statewide, twice the average increase in 2022.

Over the summer, I had the immense honor of being appointed to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission by Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.

I’ll never forget the look on my father’s face when he learned about the crook who stole my British sports car. It was the spring of 1988, and I was a senseless 26-year-old.

Editor’s note: It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered evidence of guilt, all defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The following list is provided by the Pecos County Sheriff’s Department.

Well, it is getting close to that time of the year. I previously lived in a place out in the country where it was very easy to become disoriented if you left the house in foggy weather. Thankfully that only happened a few times. I have also found myself in a similar situation in my Christian life or walk a few times. I can’t explain why; I just know it happens. We might be going to church regularly, reading our Bibles daily; praying and doing everything God says to do to the best of our ability and still seemingly losing touch with God. We want to keep fellowship with God above everything else, (Psalm 119:33-37, 11Kings 10:31). When in that Spiritual fog, my soul seems empty, the strong joy and peace are not there. One very important thing, we have to learn to be patient and wait on God just as the children of Israel did in the desert, (Exodus 40:35-38). I usually come around to spending more quiet time seeking God, (Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 6:4-7, 1 Kings 8:54-61). I spend more time reading my bible and praying. Sometimes, I am not in the fog for long and at other times it may be a while. Usually, God is trying to show me something or teaching me to look for and wait for Him, (Matthew6: 33,7:7. Phillippians 6:6&7). Oh, what a joy when the fog clears, (Psalm 119:1-3).

Dear Neil, our neighbors planted a large bed of purpleheart groundcover this spring. They’ve been told it will freeze to the ground but sprout back again next spring. That means all the tops will freeze. Could they be harvested for use as cuttings this fall? When and how can I grow them?

Fort Stockton Pioneer.