Doggone Reading Day raises food for Odessa shelter
At Gonzales Elementary School on April 15 students donated about 400 pounds of dog and cat food to Odessa Animal Shelter. Special education teacher Wynana Sharp and counselor Jaimie Miller organized the event. Police spokesman Cpl. Steve LeSueur noted donations help the shelter, which has 160 dogs available for adoption.
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Gonzales
Odessa Animal Shelter
Wynana Sharp
Jaimie Miller
Odessa Police Department
Cpl
Steve LeSueur
Animal Shelter
LeSueur
Jacque Adimare
Adimare
Dams reassured as Houston flood scene continues
Amid 18 inch rainfall, officials say Addicks and Barker dams remain in good condition with 24 hour surveillance. Two months of water remain to drain reservoirs while flooding forces evacuations and about 1,000 homes sustain damage. Corps upgrades help prevent downstream damage. experts warn catastrophic failure would be dire.
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Houston
Kim Jackson
Harris County Flood Control District
Long
Addicks
Barker
Wedness
Harris County
Ed Emmett
Corps of Engineers
Army Corps of Engineers
Jim Blackburn
Sierra Club
Addicks and Barker
Second church robbery suspect gets five years in prison
Timothy Yanaga pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and aggravated assault in 161st District Court after a 2014 church service at Sherwood Baptist Church. He and Nicholas Kempf took Bonnie Brown's purse while Kempf threatened members with a knife. Kempf was later found guilty and sentenced to 20 years.
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Timothy Yanaga
John Smith
161St District Court
Ector County
Bobby Bland
Yanaga
Nicholas Kempf
Bonnie Brown
Sherwood Baptist Church
Kempf
Midland trucker killed in Upton County crash
Israel Hustron Jr., 33, of Midland, died after his 2013 International truck veered off Highway 329 near mile marker 214 about 10 miles east of Crane. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected when the vehicle rolled, the Texas DPS reported.
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Midland
Upton County
Texas Department of Public Safety
Israel Hustton Jr
Crane
Huitron
Felony incidents reported in local blotter drive thefts and DUIs
A Tuesday blotter lists assaults burglary reports in multiple blocks plus a 11:30 a.m. DUI at East University Boulevard and North Grandview Avenue. Vehicle thefts include a 2014 Dodge Ram and several pickups in blocks on East Highway 80 Arroyo Road and West Fourth Street. An unauthorized red four wheeler was used in West Fourth Street theft.
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East Highway 80
Aman
Placid Court
Arroyo Road
East Eighth Street
East University Boulevard
North Grandview Avenue
West Fourth Street
Odessa arrests involve felony drugs and theft charges
Odessa police arrested 54 year old George Garcia at 9 20 p m Saturday in the 400 block of Park after reports of stolen vehicles and drug use and he gave a false name. He is held on bonds totaling 10 500. Mel ecia Ann Stegal, 48, was charged with theft of property with at least two prior convictions after arriving at CVS Pharmacy at 10 25 p m Tuesday for a reported shoplifter incident.
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Odessa
George Garcia
Garcia
Ector County
Melecia Ann Stegal
CVS Pharmacy
E. University Blvd
Stegal
CVS
W. Sundown St
Ector County Detention Center
Felony arrests listed in Odessa police report
Officers report thefts at CVS and Stegal with four prior thefts, Stegal held on 7500 bond. Vargas and Meador charged with manufacture or delivery of methamphetamine, Vargas with warrants. meth total 13 grams found in vehicle. Collins arrested after wreck, charged with evading arrest, marijuana and meth found, held on 8000 bond. Russell and Byler charged with meth possession and tampering, Russell held on 22500 bond. Landeros charged with DUI third or more, held on 1500 bond.
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Odessa
Yvette Vargas
Marissa Meador
Vargas
Golder Avenue
S. Highway 385
Ector County Detention Center
Meador
Patton
Derrick Deshon Collins
Roy Russell
Leslie Byler
14Th Street
Graham Avenue
Russell
Byler
57Th St
Zeneta Ave
Alfredo Landeros
West 14Th Street
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