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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 2016

Page

10

Merle Haggard dies at 79 on birthday in California

Country icon Merle Haggard, famed for Okie From Muskogee and Sing Me Back Home, died at 79 in Palo Cedro California after months of battle with pneumonia. His manager noted his family was with him. White House praised his legacy and Obama sent prayers.

Nashville Tenn Merle Haggard Okie Muskogee Haggard Frank Mull Palo Cedro Calif Tresa Redburn Mull Willie Nelson Tanya Tucker the River Merle White House Barack Obama Josh Earnest Earnest California Buck Owens Bakersfield Tennessee Dolly Parton Main Street Annie’s Square Hillary Clinton America Iraq Country Music Association Mama CMA The Strangers Downbeat Country Music Hall of Fame Farm Aid Bob Dylan the Rolling Stones Jimmy Rodgers Bob Wills Nelson George Jones Boston Globe Byrds Lynyrd Skynyrd Grateful Dead Emmylou Harris Dwight Yoakam Lucinda Williams Reba McEntire Dixie Chicks John Steinbeck Oklahoma Leav Liz Anderson Bonnie and Clyde Glen Campbell Ronald Reagan Richard Nixon Kern County Merie Haggard Los Angeles

Odessa Police Blotter Reports Multiple Felonies and Arrests

The Odessa blotter lists crimes including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Electric Street and Hudson Avenue, with Jermaine Tennyson held on $25,000 bond. Other entries include assaults, burglaries of multiple vehicles, evading arrest, cocaine and methamphetamine possession, prohibited substances in a correctional facility, stalking, criminal mischief, tampering with evidence, and unauthorized vehicle use with several individuals named and bonded or released.

Dallas Electric Street Hudson Avenue Odessa Jermaine Antoine Tennyson Chaucer Place Ector County Detention Center East 42Nd Street Curtis Alexander Pagewood Ave West 42Nd Street Michael Cherry Lynbrook Ave Cherry Sara Hernandez E. 15Th St Griselda Contreras Alabama St Florentino Torres Jr 17Th St Midland Murphy Street Michael Coleman S. Ft. Worth Ave

State official: Answers erased on STAAR tests

Education Commissioner Mike Morath told the Texas Board of Education that a computer glitch erased answers on about 14 220 STAAR tests taken by high school students including many in special education programs. Problems hindered testing in Austin Bryan and Arlington areas as ETS administers the exam under a $280 million contract. Morath warned a contract reconsideration if fixes aren’t in place by next month.

Sistant Texas Jeremy Greenwell High Court Vasquez Andres Rafael Chapa Cardenas Chapa Donna Alamo Austin Mike Morath Board of Education State of Texas Bryan Arlington STAAR New Jersey

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