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The City of Fort Stockton City Council took an important initial step towards building a new rec center in Fort Stockton on April 27 at the group’s regular meeting. Re-elected councilman Paul Casias presented a brief summary of what the project would intel and the need in the Fort Stockton community for a new athletic facility.

The voter turnout rose by over 15 percent from the 2019 election, but the results proved to be identical for the May 1 election as Fort Stockton Mayor Chris Alexander and city councilmen Paul Casias and Ruben Falcon all retained their seats after a highly-contested race that came to a conclusion on Saturday.

The Pecos County Historical Commission held a brief ceremony to commemorate the creation of Pecos County 150 years on May 3 at Zero Stone Park near the Pecos County Courthouse in Fort Stockton. PCHC President Paul Weatherby read a statement regarding the history of the county, along with Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster, who read a statement as well. The ceremony ended with gun shots in the air by reenactors and by PCHC secretary Kirby Warnock. Pictured is the PCHC board and citizens who were at the event by the Pecos County flag, which was made by the Imperial Improvement Organization in 1971 for their Fourth of July celebration that celebrated 100th year of Pecos County’s existence. See the full video of the ceremony on the Pioneer’s Facebook page. Photo by Nathan Heuer

A report of a kid playing in a city dumpster on May 3 led to the finding of an illegal immigrant shortly after by Fort Stockton Code Enforcement Officer Jeremy Gonzalez. Gonzalez was dispatched to go check on the safety of a kid and to potentially relay the news to their parents Monday morning, but when he arrived to the scene between north Orient St.

Fort Stockton School Board members Anastacio Dominguez, left, and Tom Ezell, right, were awarded for their years of service at the FSISD school board meeting on April 26. Dominguez has served on the board for five years and Ezell has served on the board for 15 years. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Pecos County Historical Commission President Paul Weatherby announced a brief ceremony to commemorate the creation of Pecos County 150 years ago, to be held on Monday, May 3, at 10 a.m. The ceremony will commemorate the creation of Pecos County by the Texas Legislature on that day in 1871, and will be held at Zero Stone Park in cooperation with the county.

The week of April 18–24 marked the 40th anniversary of the observance of National Crime Victims Rights Week. In cooperation with the City of Fort Stockton, Frank Lacy and his staff have donated and planted a red maple tree to honor victims of crimes in Pecos County.