Henrietta Murillo Ayala, 85, of Betteravia, Calif., passed away on May 27, 2022, in San Angelo, Texas. Henrietta was born in Betteravia to Manuel and Paz Murillo on July 14, 1937.

She went to school at Santa Maria High School. She married Juan Luna Ayala in November 1967 in California.

She was a homemaker, and her love was caring for her husband and daughter.

The annual Water Carnival Parade took place on Saturday morning in Fort Stockton on Dickinson Boulevard and Main Street. Former Fort Stockton High School graduation classes and Water Carnival contestants, among many others, took part in the event.

See photos in the July 21 paper.

Ysabella Sanchez is your 2022 Miss Fort Stockton.

Sanchez was crowned as the new Miss Fort Stockton on July 16 at the conclusion of this year's Water Carnival at the Comanche Springs Pool.

Traffic operations crew from the Texas Department of Transportation plan to place a new stoplight pole at the Intersection of Dickinson Boulevard and Main Street on Friday, July 15.

“We do have a pole in the district that we can use to replace the one that got knocked down. We are preparing that pole today in the Odessa yard,” Gene Powell, TxDOT Odessa District Public information Officer said.

The intersection is scheduled to have signals operating normally by Friday afternoon.