May 2026

FSHS Class Pride Takes Over Panther Stadium

The annual Powderpuff class competition returned to Fort Stockton High School on Tuesday morning as students packed Panther Stadium and Panther Gym for one of the school’s most anticipated traditions of the spring semester.
Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors all took part in the annual Powderpuff football games this year. The games were played inside the newly renovated Panther Stadium following construction and facility upgrades. Courtesy Photo

FROM THE PULPIT

Across the last two editions of this column, we have been exploring the appeal to Just War Theory toward the “justification” for a free people to go to war, which is by definition, state sponsored violence beyond a defense of the lives of those resisting ongoing armed invasion.

Top lawmakers back lifting camp safety law

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Top Texas legislators are pushing to waive a new state law that requires camps to install broadband fiber optics in order to legally operate this summer, The Dallas Morning News reported. Scores of camps are struggling to meet the deadline.
Top lawmakers back lifting camp safety law

All that I am, I owe to my angel mother

I wish every child could be blessed to have a mother like mine. When my five sisters and I were babies in her womb, she never took so much as an aspirin for a headache — never ingested anything but the nutrients we needed to grow healthy and strong.
All that I am, I owe to my angel mother

Pecos County Senior Center to Host Mother’s Day Potluck

KIRBY WARNOCK The Pecos County Senior Citizens Center will host its Mother’s Day potluck this Friday, May 15 at 12:00 noon at the Large Community Hall. The meal will be catered with desserts provided by the Senior Center’s board members, so you don’t have to bring anything except yourself.
The Pecos County Senior Citizens Center encourages visitors to bring out their fancy hats for this month’s Kentucky Derby themed Senior Center Potluck. Courtesy Photo