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The Texas Department of Public Safety reported on Sunday that a 40-year-old Fort Stockton woman died in a rollover accident on Friday, Feb. 12 on U.S Highway 67 at mile marker 810 – 26 miles northeast of Fort Stockton.

Lorena Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-car crash that happened at 6:55 a.m.

The Pecos County Sheriff’s Office will soon be helping in the fight against the smuggling of drugs, narcotics, and trafficking after a grant approval at the Pecos County Commissioner’s Court regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 8.

When it comes to dual crediting in the state of Texas, students that attend Fort Stockton High School are far above their peers around the state. A big reason why? FSISD partners with Midland College Williams Regional Technical Training Center in Fort Stockton to give students an affordable opportunity to succeed immediately in a variety of ways after graduation.

Fort Stockton High School Social Studies Teacher Vibert Skeete received a proclamation recognizing African American Heritage Month on Monday, Feb. 8 at the Pecos County Courthouse at the commissioners regular meeting. The proclamation called upon all citizens to join the students of Pecos County, and the members of the George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Volunteer Club to observe the month of February 2021, as African Heritage Month, they ask that the month be observed in honor of those who have worked to build a stronger more united country that is known as the land of the free, and home of the brave. Skeete also received a proclamation at Tuesday’s city council meeting from Fort Stockton mayor Chris Alexander. Photo by Nathan Heuer