A single car crash 32 miles east of Fort Stockton on Interstate 10 resulted in one fatality and another to be in serious condition on Feb. 19.
Sheffield resident Rain Nicole Stevenson, 24, lost control of a 2006 Dodge Durango heading eastbound on I-10 near mile marker 292 after the left rear tire blew out on the vehicle on Saturday at 1:56 p.m.
Seated along North Main Street dressed with Roman-style columns and historical architecture, the former city police department building is the perfect fit for local attorney Albert Valadez’s music venue.
The new establishment, Centennial Bar Lounge, is promised to house a calming piano bar lounge on the first floor where visitors can relax and enjoy a beverage — a variety of mixed drinks, cocktails, wine and beer will be served. Upstairs, the space will be expanded into a dance floor with a DJ and bar.
Until they were pumped dry in the 1960s, Comanche Springs was among Texas’ six largest springs, flowing at least 30 million gallons a day onto the dry earth of Pecos County. The springs created a desert oasis that earned Fort Stockton the title of Spring City and renown across West Texas.
It also supported dozens of farms that grew pecans, alfalfa and luscious melons known far and wide as Pecos Cantaloupes.
