Geriatric Center Offers Alzheimer’s Care Services
A local geriatric center expands its Alzheimer’s care offerings with structured programs for memory support, daily activities, and caregiver guidance. The facility emphasizes safety, clinical oversight, and patient-centered routines to improve quality of life for residents.
Alzheimer's risk factors and aging topics at TTUHSC clinic
Dr. Liliana Andrade of Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Permian Basin discusses Alzheimer's disease risk factors, the role of exercise and lifestyle in prevention, and the progression of dementia. She notes genetics, high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol as factors, and describes early signs, progression, and lack of a cure. The TTUHSC Geriatric Clinic serves seniors and provides caregiver education through Lettie England and the Alzheimer’s Association liaison.
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Ector County
Liliana Andrade
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Permian Basin
Andrade
Texas Tech Physicians Geriatric Clinic
Medical Center Hospital Center For Health and Wellness
Lettie England
Alzheimer’s Association
England
Man charged in shooting hospitalized in Odessa
Michael Edwards 38 is in good condition at Medical Center Hospital after Wednesday’s shooting at his mother Belinda Edwards’ Cody Place home. Police say he slashed tires on four vehicles before firing five times with a revolver, with damages totaling about 4450 dollars. Edwards faces aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief charges, and awaits county jail processing after discharge.
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Medical Center Hospital
Michael Jack Edwards
Odessa
Cody Place
Edwards
MCH
OPD
Cpl
Steve LeSueur
Ector County
LeSueur
Belinda Haynie Edwards
Belinda Edwards
Belinda
Michael
Crime blotter notes multiple armed and bodily injury incidents
Police log lists several crimes with locations in coded blocks. Notable entries include aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the 1800 block Cody Place and aggravated robbery in the 1400 block South Sam Houston Avenue. Additional assaults and robberies are reported across blocks on Holley Avenue Fitch Avenue North Hancock 42nd Street Harness and Grant Avenue.
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Sam Houston Avenue
Holley Avenue
Fitch Avenue
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Hancock Avenue
East 42Nd Street
Grant Avenue
Odessa cyclist crash leads to speeding citation in Feb
An Odessa driver, Garrett Ince, 20, was cited for driving too fast after rear ending Fidel Rubalcaba Sr., 47, on the East Highway 191 service road in February. Rubalcaba, who was thrown against a fence, is reported in critical condition with one leg amputated, per CBS7. The APD also seeks a suspect in several predawn convenience store robberies in Odessa and Ector County, offering tips to police. Houston to allow short sleeve shirts for tattooed officers, per Acevedo.
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Odessa
Garrett Ince
Midland
Fidel Rubalcaba
Midland Memorial Hospital
Eighth St
OPD
Harless
Ector County
Ouston Houston
Art Acevedo
The
Houston Chronicle
Acevedo
Austin
Houston
Houston woman convicted in romance scam conspiracy
A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted Houston resident Akunna Baiyina Ejiofor, 32, of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and 18 counts of wire fraud in a romance scheme targeting older women on dating sites. The case spanned 2014 to 2016 with Ejiofor admitting she created fake profiles to earn money for rent.
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Oklahoma City
Houston
Akunna Baiyina Ejiofor
The
Oklahoman
Ejiofor
ChristianMingle. Com
Match.com
Edward Peter Duffey
England
Heather
U.S
Timothy
FBI
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