April 2025

Laughter and excitement filled the air as families flocked to Rooney Park Saturday morning for the Fort Stockton Lions club Annual Easter Egg Hunt, held each year on the day before Easter Sunday. Starting promptly at 11:30 a.m.

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The Big Bend Open Road Race (BBORR), one of the most challenging open road races in the world, is set to return this weekend, bringing high-speed competition to the grand scope of West Texas. Scheduled for April 23-26, the event will see drivers race along a 118-mile stretch of Highway 285 between Fort Stockton and Sanderson.

Multiple Fort Stockton agencies responded to a fire at a vacant former nursing home in downtown Fort Stockton on Wednesday afternoon. The Fort Stockton Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the blaze at the abandoned building—located at the corner of 1st Street and Water Street—at 2:26 p.m., Fire Chief Jessie Dominguez said.

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By this day of the week following Resurrection Sunday (“the lst day of the week” before us--John 20:1) Jesus had appeared to Mary Magdalene, to two of the seventy (Luke 24:13 and following) and to the disciples sans Thomas.

When I was in 6th and 7th grade in a country school some of the boys played a game during recess called Mercy. Two boys would put their hands up and interlock their fingers and we would see who had the strongest hands. You would bend the fingers and hands back till your opponent cried out from pain, “Mercy Mercy!”

1 large egg 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped, plus more for top ping. 2 1/2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning 1 1/2 teaspoons dijon mustard 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt 1 1/2 cup mayonnaise 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 3/4 teaspoon black pepper 2 lemons, plus wedges for serving 3/4 cup panko 1 1/2 lbs.

Summer is upon us and with it comes a lighter fare for your dining table. Meals such as pasta, salads, seafood, and cold soups are on the menu.

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