Hope.
It is a word that is heard often. But for Rachel Rodriguez, it is a way of life.
As a 1991 graduate of Fort Stockton High School, Rodriguez’s pride and joy has always been with her community.
The Fort Stockton Film Society will offer two great holiday movies for the Christmas season at no charge.
Bring the family to laugh at National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation on Saturday, Dec. 18, and then come back on Tuesday, Dec. 21, for A Wonderful Life.
With a Dec. 10 deadline approaching, the Fort Stockton Rotary is again in need of new, unwrapped toys to give to area children for Christmas.
Every year the Rotary Club collects toys from the drop off boxes around town, then delivers them to the homes of children who might not get a good Christmas.
After nearly a year of being unable to host gatherings because of COVID restrictions, the Pecos County Senior Center will hold a Christmas luncheon at noon on Friday, Dec. 17. The meal is free to all Senior Center members, but memberships are only $5 a year and open to all Pecos County seniors.
An unprecedented partnership between the Fort Stockton Independent School District and the Texas Tech University K-12 online academic program became official on Dec. 1 at the district’s special school board meeting.
COVID-19 confirmed active cases in Pecos County have stabilized in the past week. For the past six days, confirmed case numbers have stayed in the 20’s – the longest streak of active cases below 30 since the end of October.
November 19
Ricky Eugene Gaines, of Stockton, CA at 9:33 a.m., officers from the Department of Public Safety apprehended Gaines and he was charged with trafficking of persons less than 18-years-old. Gaines received a $30,000 bond and was released on Nov. 21.
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