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Baseball games and water usually mean rainouts, but not this time. On Saturday, July 17, teams from Fort Stockton and Marfa will play a sandlot baseball game to celebrate the Comanche Springs water restoration effort underway in Fort Stockton.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, FM 1053 between FM 11 and FM 1450 will reopen Friday according to Texas Department of Transportation Public Information Officer Gene Powell. “It looks like we’re still on schedule to be open Friday.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be increasing the number of Texas Highway Patrol Troopers on the road from Friday, July 2, through Monday, July 5, as part of Operation CARE (Crash Awareness Reduction and Effort) and Operation Holiday.

Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after spring planting should make an appointment with the Pecos County Farm Service Agency (FSA) before the applicable deadline.

A long-term solution for the sinkhole and the affected FM 1053 road between Fort Stockton and Imperial will be in the works in the near future according to Texas Department of Transportation Public Information Officer Gene Powell.