Witnesses dominate opening in Midland drug case trial
Opening statements in a Midland federal trial focus on witnesses with questionable backgrounds as prosecutors accuse Francisco Balderrama Armafido Garcia Quiroz Pasqual Gonzalez Luciano Chapa and Marcelo Bernal of international drug smuggling extortion kidnapping murder and money laundering. The defense notes many witnesses are convicted felons with plea deals to gain lighter sentences.
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Midland
Mark Roomberg
Francisco Balderrama
Armafido Garcia
Roomberg
Royal Furgeson
Bernal
Quiroz
Hurley
Fair pivots to food focus for Permian Basin Fair ads
Odessa American reports the Permian Basin Fair and Expo shifts from a sociable theme to emphasize food in its advertising. Executives say surveys show food as the top fair attraction, with new billboards in Odessa Midland Andrews and Big Spring using composite faces with quirky food imagery to attract attention. Ad creator Tim O'Reilly notes the ads are intentionally different and eye catching.
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Bob Williams
Willams
Permian Basin
Ector County Coliseum
Odessa
Midland
Andrews
Big Spring
Cally
A.ers
Tim O'Reilly
Grande Communications Stadium name headed for Midland approval
Midland based Grande Communications will pay 1.2 million over 25 years for naming rights to the new football soccer stadium in the Scharbauer Sports Complex. Midland High School and Midland Lee will play there this season. City council vote expected by September end.
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Midland
San Marcos
Grande Communications
City of
Scharbauer
Midland High School
Midland Lee
Bill Morrow
Midland City Council
Chuck Swallow
First American Bank
Tina Jauz
Midland City Public Information Officer
Midland RockHounds
Swallow
Pilot sues Fox and Discovery over Behind Enemy Lines film
Scott O Grady of Plano sues Twentieth Century Fox and The Discovery Channel in federal court in Texarkana alleging unauthorized uses of his ordeal. He says the movie and related drama damaged the value of his name as a motivational speaker and author. O Grady’s F 16 was shot down in June 1995, and he hid from Serbs for six days before rescue.
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Escaposnia
Twentieth Century Fox
Discovery Channel
Scott O’grady
Plano
Fox
Texarkana
Flo Grace
O’grady
United States
U.S
Drewry to buy Odessa Midland FM station KTXC 104.7
Drewry Communications reaches an agreement with Graham Brothers Communications to acquire KTXC FM 104.7 La Ley, the No. 1 rated Odessa Midland station. John Foster of KWES TV confirms an FCC transfer application was filed, with plans to form Midessa Broadcasting Co to own KWES and the new station if approved.
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Drewry Communications
Graham Brothers Communications LLC
Odessa-Midland
KTXC
Graham Brothers
John Foster
Drewry
Telemundo
NewsWest 9
Midessa Television Co
KWES
Odessa- Midland
Telemundo Channel 6
Adelante Television Co
Valerie Dugan
FCC
Midessa Broadcasting Co
Lawton
Okla
Waco
Dugan
Hospital offers stroke screens for prevention
Medical Center Hospital opens its boardroom to a traveling vascular screening unit for a week of noninvasive stroke tests. The program Stroke Prevention Plus will book appointments at MCH, aimed at detecting strokes before they occur. Debbie Morris, MCH director of physical medicine and rehabilitation, notes the service is not typically economical for the hospital.
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Medical Center Hospital
MCH
Debbie Morris
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