Indictment of three massage parlor owners in Texas case
Grand jury in Ector County, Texas indicted Sharon Ann Joyner Kathy Sue Shrum and Janet Elaine Lietz on aggravated promotion of prostitution. The Healing Touch and Middessa Therapy operators face felony charges amid a yearlong investigation that also implicated a former deputy district attorney and several others.
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Sharon Ann Joyner
Highway 80
Kathy Sue Shrum
Shakespeare Road
Janet Elaine Lietz
Penbrook St
District Court
Chris Pipes
al Schorre
Grand Jury
Schorre
Joyner
Shrum
Lietz
Ector County
John Smith
Janis Morgan
Smith
Lee Hadden
Hadden
Healing Touch
N. Dixie Blvd
Eighth St
Odessa
Scott Tidwell
Rob Junell
City Council expands water discount to disabled veterans
Odessa City Council approved amending the ordinance to include VA disability ratings of 51 percent or higher as eligible for the city water and sewer discount. The measure, introduced by Billing and Collection Director Donna Carrasco, moves to a second reading on August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Department of Veterans Affairs
Donna Carrasco
Carrasco
U.S. Department of Justice
Chris Pipes
Ector County
Third Street
TEC Excavation
Midland
Law Enforcement
Eddins-Walcher
Police Department
Bill Cleaver
Gloria Pena
Willie Taylor
Permian Basin Airport Board
Dan Hollman
Odessa Housing Authority
Gary Sims
Jeff Woltz
Planning and Zoning Commission
Allegro music group eyes broader audience shift in demographics
Allegro and other regional ensembles discuss expanding reach as classical audiences remain around 1 percent of the population. Basney notes 350 U.S. orchestras with some foldings but general stability, urging proactive multicultural programs, new repertoire, and translations. Auditions and masterworks schedule unfold in Midland Odessa and Dallas contexts as groups plan diverse, audience driven seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basney
National Symphony Orchestra League
Allegro
Lucy Tamez Creech
Dallas
Midland- Odessa Symphony and Chorale
Phyllis Guinn
Chorale
Midland Lee High School
Adam Flatt
Rob Hunt
Big Spring
Pamela Elrod
Texas Tech University
Guinn
Ellington Field bid aims to shield base from closures
US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison advocates moving 2,300 troops from a Houston facility to Ellington Field to centralize and strengthen security and operations. She seeks a $3.2 million design grant and argues the expansion would enhance medical facilities while the DoD plans base closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau Bay
Ellington Field
Texas Air National Guard
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Houston
Department of Defense
Hutchison
Ellington
Erty
Old Spanish Trail
Houston Medical Center
Galveston County Daily News
ECISD Principals Urge More Curriculum Specialists
ECISD principals pressed the school board Tuesday for additional curriculum specialists as administrators outlined district policies on curriculum. Interim Superintendent Wendell Sollis acknowledged applause from principals and said outside experts may be brought in for staff development, with board members and principals engaging in a final Q and A session.
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Ector County
ECISD
Ector County Independent School District School Board
Floy Hinson
Hinson
Wendell Sollis
Lollis
Raymond Starnes
Sollis
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