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PROWLERS FRESHMAN 33 GREENWOOD 30 The Prowler sub varsity team earned their second district victory in nail-biting fashion. At the end of regulation, the Prowlers had the game all tied up with Greenwood.

In 1977, Donna Saul made history by becoming the only person from Fort Stockton to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo - doing so in barrel racing by becoming one of the top 15 money-winners in the country in the event.

Beginning this past week, Pecos County Memorial Hospital started a COVID-19 vaccine hotline for those wanting to get the Moderna vaccine who meet the Phase 1B criteria set out by the state of Texas.

Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) has signed on as an original cosponsor to H.R.218, the Saving America’s Energy Future Act.

Three additional COVID-19 related deaths were reported in Pecos County on Tuesday, Jan. 12, moving the death total in the county to 26.

Fort Stockton’s Wallace Vazquez shows a heifer during the Pecos County Livestock Show on Friday, Jan. 8 at the Pecos County Coliseum in Fort Stockton. Vazquez won the BOPB Gilt Breed Champion over the three-day event that took place Jan. 7-9.

The Fort Stockton boys basketball team put forth it’s most complete performance of the season on Tuesday, Jan. 5 when the Panthers hosted Mc- Camey.

When the clock struck midnight and the calendar officially moved from 2020 to 2021, Pam Harris and husband Cliff Harris began a new chapter in their lives after dedicating their entire working careers to Pecos County.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District students will return from winter break on Tuesday, Jan. 12 and as of Monday, Jan. 4, there are currently six active cases from students and staff combined in the district.

A total of seven Pecos County elected officials were sworn into office on Friday, Jan. 1 at the Pecos County Courthouse. To view the ceremony, visit the Fort Stockton Pioneer Facebook page. Photos by Nathan Heuer