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A familiar face around Fort Stockton, Steven M. Walker, an artist who has called the city home for the last six years, has recently earned a place in the renowned art gathering known as Chinati Weekend.

The Pecos County Commissioners Court met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday September 23.

The Fort Stockton Public Library will be hosting a quilting show from October 21 through November 1. Local quilting extraordinaries like Vicki Parker, Phyllis Smith, Wanda McGovern and Pat Cox will be featured with their masterful work.

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His name was Gouverneur Kemble Warren, quite a moniker with which to go through life. He was born in Cold Spring, New York, across the Hudson River from West Point, where he graduated second in his class in 1850.

Fort Stockton Pioneer.

Dear Neil, our neighbors planted a large bed of purpleheart groundcover this spring. They’ve been told it will freeze to the ground but sprout back again next spring. That means all the tops will freeze. Could they be harvested for use as cuttings this fall? When and how can I grow them?

Well, it is getting close to that time of the year. I previously lived in a place out in the country where it was very easy to become disoriented if you left the house in foggy weather. Thankfully that only happened a few times.

Editor’s note: It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered evidence of guilt, all defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The following list is provided by the Pecos County Sheriff’s Department.