Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after spring planting should make an appointment with the Pecos County Farm Service Agency (FSA) before the applicable deadline.

“In order to comply with USDA program eligibility requirements, all producers must file an accurate crop acreage report by the applicable deadline,” said Carla Spencer, FSA’s County Executive Director in Pecos County. “Our FSA staff is available to assist producers in completing acreage reports, including providing maps.”

Seeing Mary Villarreal lead the Fort Stockton softball team deep into the playoffs may have seemed like not long ago for some.

Just over three years ago she graduated from Fort Stockton High School with a softball scholarship in hand from Sul Ross State University and nearly all her general education courses complete by way of Midland College/WRTTC dual credit program.

A long-term solution for the sinkhole and the affected FM 1053 road between Fort Stockton and Imperial will be in the works in the near future according to Texas Department of Transportation Public Information Officer Gene Powell.

TxDOT shut down a section of FM 1053 -- between FM 11 and FM 1450 – on Friday because of a crack in the road that was caused by heavy rainfall.