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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 2017
Page
1
Westlake Hardware and The Salvation Army partnered for a fan drive to cool local families. In 18 days customers donated over $50,000, funding more than 3,300 fans, with an initial gift of 500 fans and blades sold in set amounts. Each donation funded free fans to recipients.
The annual sales tax holiday runs Friday through Sunday with tax relief on most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks under $100. Shoppers save about $8 per $100 and total state and local savings are estimated at $87 million. Details and eligible items are posted by the Texas Comptroller.
A compact reader page highlights classified ads and comics with a crossword and community notices. It hints at local classifieds, death notices, lottery results, and sports blurbs within an 68 page section.
Adela Vasquez of District 3 submitted a resignation letter read by President Mary Thompson at the Tuesday meeting. The board accepted the resignation unanimously citing unexpected increased family obligations and Vasquez will leave effective July 14, 2017.
Ector County deputies arrest 46 year old truck driver Quane Laquantus Taylor on a charge of first degree murder for stabbing his fiancee Evangeline Quezada to death Monday inside an 18 wheeler cabin. Investigators say he drove around then called 911 from a Road Ranger truck stop. The body, found with multiple knife wounds, was autopsied in Tarrant County. Taylor remains jailed on 200000 bond.
The family of 31 year old Lindsey Baldonado said her boyfriend Robin Francis Edwards II threatened to kill her the day before she was shot in her home. Edwards then killed himself after the attack and faced first degree murder charges as police recovered a gun from the scene. Baldonado died at the scene while Edwards survived a gunshot wound and remained hospitalized.
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