Fort Stockton powerlifters held a canned food drive for the Fort Stockton Food Bank on Tuesday at the girls basketball game.

Representative Andrew Murr (R-Junction) made a stop in Fort Stockton to speak with county and city officials on Nov. 15 at the Pecos County Courthouse. Murr stated during his speech that Pecos County will be a part of District 53 starting in 2023, meaning Pecos County residents will have the opportunity to vote for him as their state representative this upcoming election. Pictured with Murr is Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster.

Confirmed COVID-19 active cases in Pecos County are once again on the rise after a resurgence of the virus in the last two weeks.

The number of active cases in the county was at 29 on Nov. 5 and that number increased 46 as reported on Nov. 16.
On Nov. 11 the number of active cases surpassed 40 for the third time since the Delta variant was tracked in late July. Active case numbers increased over 40 for the first time on Aug. 26 before dropping below 40 on Sept. 15.

History was made in a near flawless performance by Fort Stockton in their bi-district playoff contest against Mountain View on Nov. 12 at Van Horn Eagle Stadium.

The Panthers scored a touchdown on their first four possessions of the game and six out of their seven first-half possessions in route to a 47-8 victory. Fort Stockton took a 40-0 lead into halftime and after one possession in the second half, most of the starting units did not play the rest of the game.