County budget talks hinge on funding for new and moved positions
Ector County commissioners debated funding for Horn's $750,824 request and the current $890,243 budget, weighing staff moves to the appraisal district, potential drug unit funding, and maintaining the Victims Assistance Program. They pressed for state money prospects and outlined pending department budget requests as hearings resume.
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Barbara Graff
Simmons
Graff
Horn
Ector County
John Smith
Sheriff's Department
West Texas
Smith
Precinct 1
Bob Bryant
Bryant
Coliseum
Mark Donaldson
Barton rejects swift hearings on Wright Amendment repeal
House Energy Chair Joe Barton says there is no need for fast hearings on Southwest Airlines efforts to lift restrictions at Dallas Love Field. He calls Love Field landlocked and warns that extending long flights could hurt Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, signaling a protracted fight over the Wright Amendment. Authorities from North Texas say limits are still needed to protect DFW and its tenants, including American Airlines.
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House Energy Committee
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Dallas Love Field
Southwest
Love Field
Congress
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Joe Barton
R-Ennis
Barton
Love
Dallas-Fort Worth International
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Greater
Jeb Hensarling
Hensarling
Texas
Sam Johnson
R-Plane
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American Airlines
American
American Eagle
Midland International Airport
UTPB Split Move In Days Amid Busy New Student Arrival
Rutledge says move in will be calmer with two moving days and Salcedo notes the scheduling change due to more freshmen. UTPB houses 422 students now, with a new structure adding 114. Parras, 21, praises staff help as RA’s assist and lunch is provided. The event is an annual tradition aiming to ease families through moving day.
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Rutledge
UTPB
Salcedo
Parras
Small Towns Rally Behind Candidate at Lake Jaws Showing
Coombs declared Booker- Next Nine Exits as a rallying cry while Lake hosted an outdoor Jaws screening on inner tubes. Odessa resident Patricia Cone praised local towns for producing well and backed a state comptroller candidate. She urged modernizing economic development data systems with organizational software and pledged to crack down on disorganization.
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Booker
Lake
Patricia Cone
Odessa
Two Louisiana women killed in I-20 rollover near Odessa
A van carrying six from Natchitoches, Louisiana, returning from a funeral rolled on West I-20 about 25 miles west of Odessa. Kenya Smith 20 and Lillian Lewis 73 died at the scene. Four others were injured, two critically. Authorities cited wet pavement as a contributing factor but not the primary cause.
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Louisiana
Interstate 20
Odessa
Kenya Smith
Lillian Lewis
Natchitoches
Ector County
Carl Rogers
Joyce Burton
Marcus Beaudion
Speed
Tucson
Ariz
Police hunt suspect in motel parking lot assault
Odessa police and CrimeStoppers seek a Hispanic man with a mustache and black hair, late 20s to early 30s, about 5'8 and 250 pounds, suspected of choking and sex assault in a motel parking area. Victim reported the incident occurred after she passed out on Thursday. investigation ongoing. Call 333-3641 or 333-8477 with tips.
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Odessa
Texas Lottery proposes guaranteed jackpots in new rules
Texas Lottery officials on Monday floated prize rules including a guarantee that winners receive either the advertised amount or the calculated value. The plan authorizes tapping other lottery funds to cover any shortfall, prompted by a consumer complaint filed with the state attorney general.
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Austin
Texas Lottery
Fort Worth area blotter reports multiple thefts and assaults
Police blotter details several crimes including an aggravated assault at 2 30 a m in the 400 block of Ellis Drive. A theft from a storage building valued at 2800 dollars occurred in the 1400 block of Verde Avenue. Burglary of a habitation yielded 3160 dollars in jewelry from a home on West Highway 80. Golf clubs valued at 1554 dollars were taken from Amherst Avenue home. Car stereo and CDs worth 2145 dollars reported stolen from a vehicle on Harless Avenue.
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Odessa
Ellis Drive
Agessa
Verde Avenue
Amherst Avenue
Harless Avenue
Odessa men arrested for possession of a controlled substance
Two Odessa men, Jose Enriquez Navarrete aged 36 and Johnny B Valencia aged 52, were charged with possession of a controlled substance after an arrest at 5 37 p m in the 2400 block of Kermit Highway. Navarrete posted a 7500 bond and Valencia 7500 before release from Ector County Detention Center. A separate theft report from Town and Country at 315 S Grant Ave noted $1800 in cash taken between 3 51 p m and 5 25 p m Friday based on a known suspect.
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Odessa
Kermit Highway
Jose Enriquez Navarrete
24Th St
Ector County Detention Center
Johnny B. Valencia
Zacatecas Ave
S. Grant Ave
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