Ohio River disaster and city elections in Texas and Kentucky
A string of items includes a 60-foot scaffold collapse into the Illinois River killing three ironworkers and injuring three, plus a deadly inmate riot at the Smith Unit near Lamesa, Texas. Odessa and Ector County elections are set for May 6 with early voting ongoing at the annex and courthouse offices. The Buffalo Trail Council plans a May 6 Boy Scouts Spring Fling Shootout II at Wind Walker Farms to fund scouting for low income families, with contact for more details.
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Illinois River
Lamesa
Texas Rangers
Texas Department of Public Safety Patrol
Dawson County
Odessa
Ector County
Ector County Independent
Sharon Wilson
Ector County Courthouse
Eighth St
Wilson
Midland
Midland County
Buffalo Trail
Hospital district to get nearly $1 million from tobacco settlement
The Ector County Hospital District will receive more than 980000 this week as part of a 23 billion settlement with tobacco companies reached in 1998. Funds will offset indigent care costs with about 40000 allocated to Ector County jail inmate treatment. The rest is not yet earmarked.
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Ector County
Comptroller
Comptroller’s Office
Katie Stavinoha
Roe Garrett
MCH
Medical Center Hospital
Midland
Joe Walton
Texas Department of Health
Office of Policy and Planning
Walton
America West to end Midland IAP service on May 18
America West Airlines will cease flights in and out of Midland International Airport on May 18 due to low ticket sales. Patty Nowack, manager of media relations, said the market could not generate profit, noting the airline had just marked its one year of service at MAF. Carroll Thomas of the airport stated officials are reviewing the impact.
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America West Airlines
Midland International Airport
Patty Nowack
America West
Carroll Thomas
City Council slows trash policy change over outside-OD service
Odessa officials paused a plan to expand garbage collection beyond city limits, citing private competition concerns. The proposal would charge residents 43 dollars per month and commercial customers 1.5 times the 10.75 dollar rate, with four residences per bin. The department could start with 50 new customers and cap at about 300, aiming to raise roughly 150 thousand dollars over three years.
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Morris Shaw
Shaw
Odessa
Hispanic group demands Archer resignation over teen pregnancy remarks
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus urged Texas health commissioner Dr William Reyn Archer to resign after he blamed teen pregnancies on Hispanic culture and apologized without mollifying the group. The 18-member caucus said his comments promote stereotypes and demanded his removal.
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Archer
Washington
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Texas
William Reyn Archer
Ohio Motto Struck Down By Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court ruled Ohio’s motto “With God, all things are possible” unconstitutional, calling it a government endorsement of Christianity. The 2-1 decision by the 6th Circuit reversed a lower court ruling, noting the phrase stems from Matthew 19 26 and reflects Christian belief. The ACLU challenged the motto as part of official state use.
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Federal Appeals Court
Ohio
Cincinnati
God
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Avern Cohn
David Nelson
U.S
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Matthew Peterson
Cleveland
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
NASA
Atlantis
International Space Station
Boy Scouts Group
Comptroller's Office
Comptroller’s
Stavinoha
Emma
Larry Conway
Continental Airlines
Lara Meckfessel
Ssenger
Continental
Charlie Harmer
Wairas
Mona Charen
Castro
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