Suspect to undergo mental testing in sexual assault case
Refugio G. Gonzalez, 22, faces aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping and burglary charges after a Terlingua woman reported an October assault. Judge Alex Gonzalez ordered a psychiatric evaluation before trial in San Angelo with trial set for Aug 18 and bond at 175000. He testified to being abducted from a Mexican prison by armed men.
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Refugio G. Gonzalez
San Angelo
Alex Gonzalez
Ken DeHart
Tom Green County
Gonzalez
Refugio Gonzalez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Brewster County
George Jones
Odessa children help at Sherwood Park event
Sarah Gardner nine, daughter of Nancy Gardner of east Odessa, tries to catch her shoes from her seat in the hat of Sherwood Park's Prairie Pete Wednesday. Keira McCain seven and her brother Chase five, children of Ralph and Dahil McCain of north Odessa, lend a hand at Everglade Avenue and 49th Street park corner.
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Sarah Gardner
Nancy Gardner
East Odessa
Sherwood Park
Keira McCain
Chase
Ralph
Dahil McCain
North Odessa
Everglade Avenue
49Th Street
Public dam and water dispute over snake in West Texas
Odessa residents weigh water needs against a river snake as the U S Fish and Wildlife Service reverses stance on the water snake. CRMWD may proceed with dam plans if snake protection steps are added after talks with Sen Lloyd Bentsen and officials. Residents favor water supply over snake concerns.
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Stacy
Concho River
Odessa
Ust
Mable Solis
1825
49Th St
Solis
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Frank Dunkle
Wildlife Service
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Dunkle
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Owen Ivie
CRMWD
Lea County Sheriff keeps stabbing case under local control
The Lea County Grand Jury decided the fatal stabbing of 77 year old Anna Tidwell should stay with the Lea County Sheriff's Department. The body, three men, a key witness Carla Freeman and a sequestered report figure in the case. Freeman died of an overdose in Lovington as the trial stalled. The sheriff’s office previously supplied a narcotic to Freeman while detained.
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Hobbs
N.M
Anna Tidwell
Lea County Sheriff’s Department
Ron Walker
Lea County
Grand Jury
Karen Davis
Davis
Mike Garza
Chris Garza
Ricky Aguirre
Ruidoso
Carla Freeman
Lovington
Desert Aire
William Quickel
Freeman
Tidwell
Sheriff’s
Robert Barbaree
Veterans face partial cut to county veterans services
Dorothy Johnson, longtime administrator at the Ector County Courthouse veterans office, fights a proposed shift to a part time position. Commissioners backed keeping the service but at least partly, while Johnson plans to attend a statewide veterans service officers conference in San Antonio.
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Dorothy Johnson
Ector County
Veterans Services
San Antonio
Johnson
Veterans Service
Veterans Service Officers
Good Ol Boys and a Governor Candidate Bonsai
A columnist reassures Bubba Gravelhauler he will remain an adviser after a reader urged dumping him. The piece notes shrinking good ol boys numbers amid oil field crunch, cites Mark Ritter's support, and cites satirical AP chatter on Yuppies and the New South. It ends with a light dig at cashews.
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Bubba Gravelhauler
Bubba
Associated Press
Doug Marlette
Marlette
Plains
Jimmy Carter
Billy
Ludlow Porch
Atlanta
Porch
WCNN
South
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Mark Rogers
Harlon York
W. 14Th St
Jim Rodgers
Rodgers
18Th St
York
Hudgins
Mark Ritter
Gravelhauser
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