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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 2016

Page

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Basin oil rigs fall as Baker Hughes counts drop

Basin loses three rigs in a week bringing active shale rigs to 142 in the Permian, less than half of last year’s level. Nationally, seven rigs were dropped to 443 active. Oil rigs fell to 354 while gas rigs rose to 89. Plains-West Texas Intermediate posting closed at 36.25 per barrel and national crude at 39.72.

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Odessa hosts free bulky item drop off today

The city invites residents to drop off bulky items free of charge from 8 a.m. to noon at the Odessa Recycling Center, 816 W. A2nd St. Accepted include furniture, appliances, mattresses, and large items not fitting alley containers, plus household chemicals such as cleaners, antifreeze, oil, pesticides, paints, and fertilizers. For details, call 432-368-3510.

Odessa Solid Waste Department

UT campus murder arrests homeless teen Criner in Weiser case

Austin police say 17 year old homeless suspect Meechaiel Criner has been arrested on murder charges in the death of UT dance major Haruka Weiser. Criner could face additional counts as investigators review surveillance footage and links to a campus trash fire. The killing distressed a 50,000 student campus. UT President Fenves called it horrifying. Weiser was last seen near the Drama Building and her body found near the Alumni Center by the stadium.

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Odessa author Jeramey Kraatz inspires students at Books in the Basin

Odessa writer Jeramey Kraatz told nearly 200 students from Pease and Burleson elementary schools how comics and early X Men cartoons sparked his path to writing middle grade novels and anime scripts. He described growing up as a sleepy kid who loved games, not outdoors, and recalled collecting X Men and Swamp Thing comics. Kraatz, from Odessa, is a Cloak Society author who visited ECISD campuses during Books in the Basin 2016 at Odessa College.

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