April 2025

Here’s something that can make us miserable if we let it: too many decisions! Social scientist Barry Schwartz says Americans are becoming less happy because we’re allowing ourselves to be overwhelmed by too many choices.

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS A judge with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the Texas Education Agency can release its 2023 A-F school accountability ratings, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Dear Editor, A couple of huge wind projects are applying for property tax exemptions from the hospital district and the county. The 2 projects posted in this paper total about 1.7 billion dollars.

He had been gone for over a year. We knew the country but not the exact location. Packing our suitcases we went to Seattle and got on a ship. If possible, he would meet us when we got off the ship. Mother saw him first and oh how excited we were. We disembarked and went straight to meet him.

A Sports story in last week’s paper mentioned that Evelyn Rosenbaum won the 7th grade girl 100M Hurdles, however Landon Bernal won that honor, while Evelyn won the 300M hurdles. Congratulations to both athletes. We are sorry for the mistake and appreciate the correction.

Last week’s column closed with the greeting that met Jesus as he came down and then up the eastern approach to Jerusalem on the first day of the week that Christians have come to name Palm Sunday, “Jesus, save us.”

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GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil, I saw this Texas mountain laurel growing at a local business. It had these very unusual fan-shaped growths that appeared to be part of the plant.

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.

The Fort Stockton Panther and Prowler Track & Field teams showed resilience and grit as they hosted the 3-4A District Track Meet from April 2-4.