News

With early voting for the March 5 primary beginning Feb. 20, the Fort Stockton Pioneer began sending surveys to Pecos County candidates for office in early February.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District’s Agricultural Sciences Ag Barn discussion will make its way to Fort Stockton City Hall Thursday night when FSISD Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Zamora will make a presentation to the Fort Stockton City Council on the proposed location of the new ag barn the district plans to build. The school board decided in January that it wanted to build the new facility on school property adjacent to Fort Stockton High School, but that would require variances from the city because of livestock located within city limits.

.

The Fort Stockton Intergovernmental Recreation Board met in a special session Feb. 8 and upheld the suspension of a recreation league youth basketball coach after a Feb. 3 incident in which the coach, Colby Terrazas, pulled his team off the court and quit the game at the start of the fourth quarter. His team, the Division 2 Spurs, was behind 29-6 to a team from Imperial in a game held at the Fort Stockton Middle School White gym, and Terrazas believed the referees were not calling the game fairly.

A 32-year-old Waco man was killed Feb. 6 when he was struck by a semi after fleeing from Pecos County Deputies. Mark Anthony Lopez Jr., 32, of Waco, was driving a 2011 Jeep Liberty and was pulled over by a Pecos County Sheriff’s Deputy on Interstate 10 near Sheffield for a routine traffic violation.

Every year the Ministerial Alliance hosts a time for food, a devotional, and fellowship each week during Lent. Join us each Tuesday during Lent at 11:45 a.m. as we participate in these community Lenten Luncheons: Feb. 20 - St. Stephens and First Presbyterian, at 1st Presbyterian Church; Feb. 27 - Believer’s Fellowship and Immanuel Baptist, at Believer’s Fellowship; March 5 - First Baptist at First Baptist; March 12 -Methodist and First Christian; March 19 - Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish.

YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail shawn.yorks@fortstocktonpioneer.com. FEBRUARY 9 2023 Outstanding Citizen of the Year nominations due to the Chamber of Commerce by 5 p.m.