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Pecos County invites the local community to observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 25, 2026, for a special day of reflection, gratitude, and remembrance. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. at Zero Stone Park in Fort Stockton.

Following the Memorial Day holiday, the Pecos County Commissioners Court is scheduled to convene for a regular session on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The meeting will take place at 10:30 A.M.

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.

Fort Stockton Pioneer.

Dear Neil: I have a 3.5-acre piece of property, and this groundcover grows wild over a good portion of it. I have two areas, however, where I planted and maintain Palisades Zoysia around my front walk and pool. This plant is starting to invade the grass around the pool. Is there a way to get rid of it in that space without harming the grass?

Sharing his understanding of the dictates of Just War Theory for Christians who found themselves in the midst of one of our previous “War(s) on Terror,” the prominent evangelical apologist for “a generous orthodoxy,” Tony Campolo, considered John Calvin’s elaborations of the classic understanding established by Augustine in organizing the theory into six points or elements: 1) the justness of the cause of the conflict (reason for going to war); 2) the lawfulness (the enlisting of international allies in accord with international law) of the declaration of war; 3) the exhaustion of diplomacy before the declaration of war; 4) an expectation of universal blessings from success; 5) the practice of force proportionate to the desired outcome and 6) the outweighing of the damage/harm caused by the mere waging of war by the good accomplished through conflict (Red Letter Christians, Campolo, p. 58).

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The long-awaited graduation day arrived this Friday for the Fort Stockton High School Class of 2026, marking the end of a 12-year journey and the beginning of a new chapter for the graduating seniors. The final week was filled with emotional milestones, including a nostalgic tour of the district's campuses and a reflective Baccalaureate ceremony that highlighted the unique character of this graduating class.

IRAAN — Samuel Sparks, an incoming junior at Iraan-Sheffield Collegiate High School, has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first student from Pecos County selected for the prestigious Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors Program.