Smith gets nine years for drunken driving death
An Ector County jury sentenced 19 year old Robert Eugene Smith III to nine years for intoxication manslaughter in the November crash that killed 18 year old Allen D. Hulsey. Smith must serve at least half before parole, while Hulsey’s family urged a fair punishment and reflected on the loss.
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Smith
Ector County
Robert Eugene Smith III
Bill McCoy
Allen D. Hulsey
Lisa Hulsey
Halsey
Hulsey
Hulseys
Allen
Larry Hulsey
Preston Stevens
Piecing it together Thursday at the Smith Unit
A fragmentary caption places a scene on Thursday at the Smith Unit captured by AP PHOTO. The brief description references a moment of assembly or activity but lacks clear details about participants, purpose, or outcome.
Prison officials close in on suspects in race riot death
Prison officials searched cells and interviewed inmates as they closed in on two suspects over the death of Fernando Trejo, 20, during a riot at the Preston E. Smith Unit. About 300 inmates fought, 20-year-old Trejo died, 31 inmates were hospitalized, eight others in hospital with four in ICU. The incident, described as racially motivated, followed a confrontation in the mess hall between a black and a Hispanic inmate.
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Lamesa
Fernando Trejo
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Larry Fitzgerald
Preston E. Smith
Lubbock
Department of Public Safety
John Barton
Todd
Free World
Surgeon general urges black youths to buckle up
Dallas AP Surgeon General David Satcher urged black youths to wear seat belts as a lifesaving measure. He cited a Meharry study showing blacks aged 15 to 24 buckle up less than whites and Hispanics, and called for 100 percent compliance to save up to 1,300 lives annually and cut injuries and costs.
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Dallas
U.S
David Satcher
Satcher
National Conference of Black Mayors
Meharry Medical College
Ron Kirk
Kirk
Kalaiah Vaughn
Woodlawn
Ohio
Vaughn
INS probes Panda Panda Restaurant raid
INS investigated a Panda Panda Restaurant on John Ben Sheppard Parkway in El Paso, arresting four undocumented workers after a long probe. A Taiwan resident manager, his El Salvadorian son, and others were held amid allegations of wages well below minimum and seven days of work weekly. A former employee tipped off investigators.
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John Ben Sheppard Parkway
Patricia Mancha
el Paso
Mancha
Taiwan
INS
Nexstar to Buy KMID-TV Odessa in $10 Million Deal
Nexstar Broadcasting Group signs a time-brokerage to purchase KMID-TV Odessa from Gecom Communications for 10 million dollars. The agreement lets Nexstar operate the ABC affiliate during FCC license approval with interim GM Duane Lammers to assume duties as Bob Young departs. Young will assist during the transition for about a month.
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Kmid-Tv
Odessa
ABC
Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Clarks Summit
Charlotte
N.C
Gocom
Ric Gorman
KMID
Gorman
Bob Young
Young
Nexstar
Duane Lammers
Perry Sook
Sook
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Michael Armstrong
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