The third time was a charm for Alex Williams at the regional golf tournament in Lubbock at Shadow Hills Golf Course on April 21-22.

The senior, who previously qualified for regionals his freshman and sophomore year, needed one of his best performances to earn a spot at the state tournament in Kyle on May 17-18 at Plum Creek Golf Course.

For the first time since 2007, the Fort Stockton boys track team will have a relay team run at the state.

The Panthers 800-meter relay clocked it’s two best times of the season on back-to-back days to accomplish the feat. The group which features Eliazar Lopez, Miguel Trejo, A.J. Garcia, and Aryan Hernandez finished in second place at the Class 4A Region 1 track meet in Lubbock.

The Fort Stockton Police Department’s only K-9 for the past seven years, Fauce, had a decision made on his future after an assessment performed by Hill Country Dog Center in Pipe Creek this past week.

Following a departure of the K-9’s handler for the past five years, Quito Vargas, who took a job with the Midland Police Department last month, Fort Stockton Police Chief Robert Lujan made the decision to have the 7-yearold Belgian Malinois assessed to determine if the dog could still perform its officer duties.

No one was hurt or injured in Tuesday’s fire at a tank battery complex site eight miles east of Fort Stockton, just south of mile marker 266.

All six Fort Stockton Volunteer Fire Department fire trucks responded to a call at 1:32 p.m. on April 20 after multiple workers in the area witnessed the fire start.

Fort Stockton Fire Department Chief Jessie Dominguez noted the cause of the fire was unknown as workers did not have a visual on the tank at the time the fire started.