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Pecos County Public Sentencings

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• Hector Mario Castillo, DOB 11/06/1993, offense date 05/22/2021 (CR-24491, criminal mischief more than or equal to $750 less than $2,500) defendant plead guilty time served 149 days in the county jail.
Public Sentencings

PCMH facing $1 million-plus budget deficit

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An advance of $1.2 million from their yearly operating budget has Pecos County Memorial Hospital seeking means to reduce their operating expense significantly in the near future. The Pecos County Commissioners approved the advancement of the money from hospital’s yearly operating subsidy at their regular meetings this past month.
Pecos County Memorial Hospital

Fort Stockton ISD to spend $325,000 on SROs

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Student safety in Fort Stockton was at the forefront of the district’s school board meeting on June 30 and after much discussion between all trustees and law enforcement in attendance, Fort Stockton ISD decided to make a significant investment to further protect their students.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District will enter the 2022-2023 school year with five school resource officers – one at each campus with students – via a unanimous approval by the FSISD School Board.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District will have five school resource officers for the 2022-2023 school year following a decision made at the June 30 school board meeting. The City of Fort Stockton and Police Chief Robert Lujan were able to lend the five officers to the school district while still maintaining officers for their patrol duties.

Appropriations bill includes $5.48 million request for communications upgrade along border

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Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) successfully included $5,484,000 for a multi-county radio infrastructure upgrade in the first draft of the FY23 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill.

If secured, funding for this project will modernize the trunking radio system used by multiple law enforcement and first responder agencies in a nine-county region along the border.

The nine counties are Uvalde, Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala.

Tony Gonzales

Fourth of July cookout to cost consumers more this year

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Consumers in Texas and across the country will pay more for a Fourth of July cookout, according to a recent American Farm Bureau Federation marketbasket survey.

The national average cost of a summer cookout for 10 people is $69.68, which breaks down to less than $7 per person. The overall cost for the cookout is up 17% or about $10 from last year, a result of ongoing supply chain disruptions, inflation, and the war in Ukraine.

July 4 cookout costs

Combating unsafe driving

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The Texas Department of Public Safety will be increasing the number of Texas Highway Patrol Troopers on the road from Thursday, June 24, through Sunday, July 10, as part of the Intoxicated Driving Mobilization (IDM) - Specific Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP).

Round 2: Annexation of land set in motion

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The annexation process for the 20.1 acres of land owned by A&B Prestige LLC was set into motion once again by the Fort Stockton City Council at their regular meeting on June 27. The Fort Stockton City Council approved a municipal services agreement with A&B Prestige and set a public hearing date of Monday, July 25 for the annexation of “certain property” at the city council’s meeting on July 27.
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