The Fort Stockton Adult Leadership Program provides both professional and personal growth opportunities through education and experience for adults over the age of 18 in the community.

The Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce and leadership program encourages businesses to enroll managers and team leaders in the program – participants gain useful leadership skills and develop community connections that benefit not only themselves but their employers as well.

The Kids Kows & More, a public charitable organization, hosted an event for 225 elementary and grade school students on April 20 at the Pecos County Coliseum. Students from Monahans ISD, Balmoreha ISD, and Fort Stockton Chrisitan Academy learned about how agriculture impacts daily life at various stations. See photos and write-up in next week’s paper.

The Pecos County Sheriff’s Department will soon receive 25 new Axon Tasers in the amount of $20,000 for use by its deputies. 

The item was approved in March but was amended at the April 10 Pecos County Commissioner’s Court meeting after the court previously approved $15,000. 

“We’re going to have to split this between this year and next year for $5,000,” said Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster. “We’ve already agreed to the $15,000.” 

Sheriff T.J. Perkins said the tasers will be a valuable asset to the department. 

Ophelia Godwin uses a grabber to pick up a plastic straw to throw into a nearby trash bag along Mill Street near Rooney Park on Saturday morning during the annual Keep Historic Fort Stockton Beautiful “Trash-Off.” Community volunteers, city staff, Fort Stockton ISD personnel and students met at the city’s recycle center on Valentine Street, then fanned out across the city to pick up trash along the roadways. Photo by Shawn Yorks