The Stockton Showdown car show was held at Rooney Park as a part of the Fall Festival festivities on Oct. 1. Brothers Andy and Michael Rivera organized the event and provided awards for the show’s top placers.

An education research program that investigates digital innovation and future-ready STEM teaching at Sul Ross State University has been officially named.

The La Frontera STEM Research Institute will have offices on all four SRSU campuses in Alpine, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde.

With the final district match looming on Oct. 5, the Fort Stockton High School tennis team dominated a Saturday home Match against Compass taking down the Cougars, 15-4. 

“The team came out ready to play and wanting to win,” said head coach Victor Garcia. 

After being swept by Pecos, the girls team was ready for a little redemption. The ladies swept the doubles side and split the singles to go 6-3 on the day. 

The Panther boys followed up a perfect day against Pecois with a 9-0 day against  

The Fort Stockton High School cross country team competed Saturday at the Big Spring Invitational, with several runners recording strong performances. 

In Division 1 high school boys, Juan Vela finished second with a time of 18 minutes 2 seconds, while Jesus Hernandez ran18:44 for seventh place.. Aryan Hernandez was 17th in 19:56 and Diego Ronquillo was 19th in 20:07 as the team placed second to Andrews. 

In the high school boys Division 2, Jose Aguilar, Khalil Jackson, Jose Sarabia and Ezekiel Soto ran well for the Panthers.