Union Pacific grants awarded to three Odessa nonprofits
The Union Pacific Foundation will present grants at 11 a.m. today at the West Texas Food Bank to Boys and Girls Club of the Permian Basin for 2500 dollars Ellen Noel Art Museum for 5000 dollars and the West Texas Food Bank for 6000 dollars. Odessa Mayor David Turner and Judge Sara Kate Billingsley will attend. Libby Campbell of the food bank notes the funds will cover transportation costs to aid feeding programs across 19 counties.
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Meals on Wheels Mud Bug fundraiser at Ector Coliseum
The 18th annual Mud Bug fundraiser runs 5 30 p m to 9 30 p m today at Ector County Coliseum Building G. Event offers Cajun cuisine and live music by Jerry Dugan and West Wind. Meals on Wheels Odessa is a local nonprofit delivering 470 meals daily and is affiliated with national and state Meals on Wheels groups and United Way Odessa.
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Greek Avgolemono Reimagines a Classic Dish
Greek flavor Avgolemono adds lemon juice and eggs to the chicken soup broth for a richer taste. Explore this variation on the Food Page for more details and context on how the traditional recipe is updated.
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Ring theft from deceased woman goes viral online
Odessa police investigate a viral video showing a white woman stealing a $10 glass ring from Lois Hicks during her funeral home wake. Investigators have not arrested anyone. a red or maroon Saturn may be involved. Hicks’ daughter calls the act a desecration of her mother’s memory.
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New UTPB grads are agents of change
Dozens of University of Texas of the Permian Basin graduates and faculty were recognized at the 40th Annual Honors Convocation. About 500 attendees heard Dr. Gary Ventolini of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at the Permian Basin speak at Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center. Ventolini came to Texas.
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Odessa cop cleared by grand jury in fatal shooting of ex-sheriff deputy
An Ector County grand jury declined to indict Cpl. Keith Almonte of the Odessa Police Department after he shot 50-year-old Jason Wade Meador during a personal crisis. District Attorney Bobby Bland said the officer acted with justification. Meador had brandished a handgun and poured flammable liquid on himself. Meador was a former Ector County sheriff's deputy.
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