Board schedules noon special meeting on acting superintendent
A special called board meeting was set for noon at the administration building to discuss superintendent agreement and probable action. District insiders say at least one member hopes to fire Interim Superintendent Dr. Ann Dixon, despite a new hire due Thursday.
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Acting Super
Ann Dixon
Bob Lockhart
al Arreola
Corpus Christi
Delgado
Arreola
Dixon
del Rio News-Herald
Oarill Muhlich
Mitigation specialist defends life over death in Sells case
Vince Gonzales, a mitigation specialist opposed to the death penalty, travels to Del Rio as part of Tommy Lynn Sells defense team. He researches client backgrounds, offers juries alternatives like funding mental health treatment, and has worked on 130 to 140 murder cases. He recalls a formative moment watching Carrie Routier’s death sentence and says his work aims to give juries factual context for future danger.
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Vince Gonzales
Gonzales
del Rio
Tommy Lynn Sells
John Paul Penry
Lubbock
Carrie Routier
McDonald's
Methodist Church
Val Verde County Commission to meet in special budget session
Val Verde County Commissioners Court meets Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the second floor courtroom of the county courthouse to hear a public budget hearing and adopt tax rates for the 2000 2001 fiscal year. They will consider tax payment discount orders of 3 percent in October 2 percent in November and 1 percent in December plus late penalties and split payments.
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Val Verde
General Fund
Body Found in Truck in Atoka County Oklahoma
FBI Dallas and Texas Rangers traced a pickup tied to Kenneth Lee Bennett 72. A decomposed body found in the truck near Lane in Atoka County is believed to be Bennett who was abducted from the Dallas area about a month ago. The death is under investigation.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
Oklahoma
Dallas
FBI
Texas Rangers
Lane
Atoka County
Gary Johnson
Kenneth Lee Bennett
Johnson
State Medical Examiner's
Tulsa
FBI Office
Firefighters battle blaze at Moscow Ostankino TV tower
Moscow officials say the fire at the Ostankino Tower, 1771 feet tall, was contained to the upper floors by Monday afternoon but risked the structure as cables and asbestos fire walls gave way. Two to four people remained trapped in an elevator high in the tower, with rescuers unable to reach them.
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Moscow
Ostankino
Vyacheslav Malishkin
Russian Fire Service
Mulishkin
Emergency Situations Ministry
Three finalists for new super head to be announced Thursday
The Corpus Christi area nominees include Mary Jane Garza of MJG Educational Resources with degrees from A&M Kingsville, Joseph Guzman Lopez of Corpus Christi ISD, and Larry Taylor of Crockett County. Finalist Michael Quatrini withdrew after being named. A 6 p.m. budget hearing precedes a 6:30 p.m. board meeting to approve the 2000-2001 budget and tax rate.
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Corpus Christi
Mary Jane Garza
MJG Educational Resources
A&m Kingsville
Galveston Isd
Lyford Isd
Joseph Guzman Lopez
Corpus Christi Isd
North Texas State University
Illinois
Dallas Isd
Larry Taylor
Crockett County
Texas Association of School Boards
Clyde
Greer
Ozona
Taylor
Michael Quatrini
Quatrini
San Elizario Isd
el Paso
al Arreola
Bobby Fernandez
Paine Webber, Inc
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