Mayor Accuses Council Over Missing Funds and Looming Recall
Grandfalls Mayor Wilhelm accuses city council and staff of misconduct after a cash util ity payment dispute and alleged missing funds. She says an elder customer was wronged, demands an investigation, and seeks termination of Joy Chew and Roger Mullins amid claims of conspiracy and inaction.
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Wilhelm
Chew and Mullins
Rebecca Ramirez
Joy
Ques
Council
Joy Chew
Roger Mullins
Chew
Mullins
Aeeneal Grandfalls
Odessa man dies after early morning shooting
Odessa Police investigate a fatal shooting that left 30 year old Alberto Ybarra Rodriguez dead after a 12:45 a.m. gunfire on John Ben Shepperd Parkway. Rodriguez was transported to Medical Center Hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead at 7:24 a.m. An autopsy was ordered by the Lubbock County Medical Examiner's Office.
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Odessa
Alberto Ybarra Rodriguez
John Ben Shepperd
Chris Clark
Rodriguez
Medical Center Hospital
Craig Daniel
Lubbock County
Ector County
Mitchell Fay
N. Center Ave
Ex chief justices slam critical Payola Justice report
A trio of former Texas chief justices and Dallas lawyer Tom Luce attack Texans for Public Justice on a report titled Payola Justice. They say the analysis by Andy Taylor lacks objectivity and misstates links between campaign money and court decisions. The debate cites ties to Greg Abbott John Cornyn and firm Hill LaBoon as well as advocates for judicial reform and media scrutiny.
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Taylor
Payola Justice
Texans For Public Justice
Supreme Court
Luce
GOP
Joe R
Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon
Political Action Committee
Hughes & Luce
CBS
60 Minutes
Texas Justice
Craig L. McDonald
Texas
McDonald
Officials strive to preserve Carlsbad Caverns Park
Park officials work to protect Carlsbad Caverns World Heritage Site amid limited active cave areas. Guided tours now cover King’s Palace and Queen’s Chamber while crews excavate rubble and restore formations. Volunteers clean trails as studies curb parking lot runoff and trace elements. Lechuguilla Cave serves as a pristine contrast for study and potential new microbes.
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King’s Palace
Queen’s Chamber
Carlsbad Cavern
Knight
Carlsbad
Lechuguilla Cave
Bats at Carlsbad Caverns Described as Pest Eaters and Economic Allies
Chief Ranger Gary Vequist explains Mexican freetail bats weigh about half an ounce and eat moths beetles flying ants and mosquitoes. Researchers Knight and Sartori note their diet includes agricultural pests making them beneficial. The nightly bat flight breakfast draws visitors since the 1950s with about 350000 bats annually returning to the cave each dawn.
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Gary Vequist
Vequist
South America
Sartori
Carlsbad Caverns
Knight
Wequist
Carlsbad
Morales forces Dallas modeling agency closure
The Texas attorney general's office won a permanent injunction against L'Argent Inc doing business as John Robert Powers School of Dallas for operating without a license. The court barred advance fees and forced use of specific photographers, with a $20,000 investigative cost award and a prohibition on re opening without licensing.
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Morales
Texas Workforce Commission
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Attorney General's Office
Odessa blotter reports multiple crimes and assaults
An Odessa area blotter lists aggravated sexual assault of a child, fondling, threats with a knife and handgun, vandalism, knife threats to youths, burglary of a business, drunken driving, possession of a controlled substance and cocaine, plus a forging incident involving counterfeit money at a nightclub.
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Odessa
North Odessa
Grandview Avenue
Diocese rejects bids for St Ann's school in Dallas
Dallas Catholic Diocese says two Hispanic groups were outbid to buy historic St Ann's School built in 1927. Mexican Cultural Center offered 2.2 million while Guadalupe group bid 2 million. Diocese aims to raise 10 million to pay abuse judgment from former priest Rudy Kos, now in life sentence. Local Hispanic leaders express disappointment and emotion.
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Dallas
St. Ann's School
Dallas Morning News
Guadalupe Group
Grahmann
St. Ann’s
Rudy Kos
Kos
Clara Borja Hinojosa
Mexican Cultural Center
Graham and Zamora Face Life Terms in Sex Case Appeals Planned
Prosecutors presented witnesses who placed Graham with Jones during the alleged sex act, while Graham has since changed his statement. Zamora and Graham face life with a minimum 40 year term and plan appeals. Graham occupies his time with reading the Bible, Melville, letters, and TV, and hopes to stay out of trouble.
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Jones
Graham
Zamora
Melville
Boye
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Texas Supreme Court
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Supreme Court of Texas
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Dallas Modeling Agency
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East Eighth Street
East 42Nd Street
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Cumberland Road
Andrews Highway
Arturo Marta
Baker-Hughes
Debra Simpson
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