December 2025

KIRBY WARNOCK Celebrate the upcoming Christmas Holiday with a potluck lunch at the Pecos County Senior Citizens Center this Friday, December, at 12:00 noon. The main course will be provided by the Sr.

If you’re planning a road trip this December, packing those presents is just a part of the preparation. Vehicle maintenance is also an important part of any holiday travel.

For ranchers, range practitioners, and natural resource researchers, time and money are always in short supply. Drones offer a new way to cover more ground, gather reliable information, and make quicker, more informed management decisions.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, entered the U.S. Senate race on the final day to file, pitting her against state Rep. James Talarico, D-Round Rock. The Austin American-Statesman reported the difference between the two is more of style than substance, with both raising the issues of income inequality, rising prices, corruption and polarization.

After charitable giving dipped during the COVID years — when inflation, lockdowns and economic strain made it harder for average families to give — American generosity has rebounded. In 2024, U.S.

David Stephen Morrow, 69, of Huntsville, Tx, went home to Jesus on November 18, 2025, after a long battle with COPD and emphysema. David was born in San Angelo, Tx on March 21, 1956.

The Fort Stockton Blue Wave swim program continued to show steady progress across both the high school and middle school levels last week, turning in competitive performances at the 2025 Seminole Christmas Invitational and a preseason tri-meet in Monahans as the program builds momentum toward championship season.

Fort Stockton Middle School boys basketball continued to build momentum through a demanding early-December schedule, with strong tournament showings, close road battles, and late-game heroics highlighting steady progress across all grade levels as the Panthers move toward the heart of the season.

One week after a packed weekend of youth football brought more than 400 people to the fields for the Toys for Tots Flag Football Tournament, one Fort Stockton-area team has added a championship finish to the story.

The Fort Stockton Prowlers and Panthers golf teams closed out their fall competition schedule with a strong showing at the Andrews Fall Classic on December 6, testing themselves against one of the deepest fields they will see before spring play begins. Programs from across West Texas—including Andrews, Odessa Compass, Odessa Permian, Frenship Memorial, Lubbock Cooper, Seminole, Wink, Idalou, Whitharral, Midland Trinity, Midland Legacy, Odessa High, Lenorah Grady, and Midland Greenwood—filled the leaderboard, giving Fort Stockton a valuable earlyseason benchmark.