Family Dollar deal nears in Odessa with 89acre site
Odessa Development Corp officials say negotiations with Family Dollar have finalized matters with mineral and surface rights owners for a new distribution center at Interstate 20 and JBS Parkway. The project could include a truck maintenance facility and is expected to create about 500 jobs, boosting local commerce. City leaders hail the deal as a pro business signal and a potential magnet for future investment.
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Odessa Development Corp
Interstate 20
Jbs Parkway
Royce Bodiford
Odessa
Bodiford
Odessa Development Corporation
Funeral Held for Fort Stockton Boy Schyler Fain
A funeral for 4 year old Schyler Fain was held at St Agnes Catholic Church Fort Stockton. The boy died after accidentally locking himself in a vehicle and his body was found August 2 after a search by family and local residents. The minister James R Miles led the service and spoke of Schyler being with God and heaven being a busier place.
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Schyler Lee Fain
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Fort Stockton
Fain
Schyler Fain
James R. Miles
Schyler
Miles
St. Agnes
Pike
Toseeeen
David Herrera
Heaven
Doctor pleads guilty to health care fraud and money laundering
A Big Spring doctor pled guilty to federal charges of health care fraud and money laundering. He agreed to repay more than 4 million dollars defrauded from federally funded health care programs and to serve five years in prison. He remained in federal custody pending sentencing. The doctor falsified 150 to 180 pin prick allergy tests. He was arrested in Dallas after a search of one Midland home on October 17, with agents finding under six grams of cocaine. The investigation began in January 2001 after a woman identified as his common law wife provided information.
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Midland
Big Spring
Baluch
United States Attorney's Office
Dallas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
David Sutherland
FBI
Sutherland
Blast Kills At Least 25 In Jalalabad Eastern Afghanistan
An explosion at a maintenance facility of the Afghan Construction and Logistics Unit in Jalalabad eastern Afghanistan killed at least 25 and injured about 90. Police and military officials warned the toll could rise as investigations continues. Authorities blamed terrorists for the blast.
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Jalalabad
Afghanistan
Kabul
Haji Ajib Shah
Hazrat Ali
Ali
Judge Rules For Utilities In Texas Power Rate Case
A Texas judge found the Public Utility Commission erred by not promptly considering rate increase requests from TXU Reliant Energy Central Power & Light Retail Energy West Texas Utilities Retail Energy and First Choice. Dietz granted injunctive relief but rejected immediate fuel hike charging. The ruling allows PUC to revisit the rate case due Sept 25 and consider rule changes or emergency action.
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Austin
Texas
Travis County
John Dietz
Texas Public Utility Commission
TXU
Houston
Central Power & Light Retail
West Texas
Retail Energy
First Choice
Dietz
PUC
Rebecca Klein
Brett Perlman
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Family Dollar
Neil McDonald
CDC
God
Rev
Gary Payne
Fort Stockton Bay
Big Spring Man
Memorial Park
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