Texas Senate panel weighs teen DWI restrictions
Austin AP The Senate Interim Committee on Juvenile Driving While Intoxicated Laws chair Sen. Royce West proposes stricter penalties for underage drinking and night driving limits. A key plan would restrict 16 year olds to an intermediate license with a midnight to 5 am ban unless supervised, or occupational license if unavailable. Texans could gain full privileges at 18 or after a year with an intermediate license and clean record.
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Austin
Senate
Texas
Royce West
Dallas
West
Proposed tightening of minor drinking laws and penalties
The proposal targets underage drinking drivers with any alcohol in system at a first offense a fine up to 500 dollars plus a driver’s license course. Minor possession fines would rise to 0 to 500 dollars with mandatory alcohol awareness and service, plus 30 day license suspension. Buying alcohol for a minor could incur 0 to 2000 dollars fine and up to six months jail.
Wrong command made plane crash in Colombia
AP reports American Airlines says the captain misentered a one-letter corner command, sending a Boeing 757 into a mountain near Cali. Seventy people survived or perished? The crash killed all but four of 163 aboard. The one-letter codes for Bogota and Cali caused confusion on South American charts.
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Dallas
American Airlines
Colombia
American
Cali
Bogota
Cecil Ewell
Danish doctors study high frequency ventilation in Odessa
Danish neonatologists Lars Madsen and Soeren Stovring from Aalborg Hospital visited Odessa Medical Center and TTUHSC to observe high frequency ventilation for premature infants. Dr. Anthony Talbert cites five years without bypass use and notes ongoing international study, funded by Children’s Miracle Network, comparing new ventilation with traditional methods.
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Anthony Talbert
Medical Center Hospital
Lars Madsen
Soeren Stovring
Madsen
Stovring
Denmark
Odessa
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Health Sciences Center
Aalborg Hospital
Talbert
MCH
Aaleborg
Ttuhsc
THSC
Children’s Miracle Network
Israel
Australia
U.S
Escapee case dropped after costs force DA decision
Ector County District Attorney dismisses charges against Oklahoma inmate Galynn Mize and inmate Rose Mary Heather Miller who escaped Odessa Detention Center on January 14. The two tenants left via a hole in a wire screen. Miller held life for murder, Mize 25 years for weapons. Mize surrendered February 8 in Tulsa. Miller was captured in Minnesota after a tip. Deputy DA Miller Wallace filed to dismiss the escape charge due to costs.
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Ector County
Oklahoma
Odessa
Galynn M. Mize
Odessa Detention Center
Rose Mary “Heather” Miller
Miller
Mize
GRW Corp
Tulsa
Okla
FBI
Richfield
Minn
Miller Wallace
Lawmakers Debate Cash Awards for Principals in Texas
State lawmakers defended a pilot incentive plan that would pay cash awards to principals at schools showing improved student performance. The House Public Education Committee heard Senate Bill tied to the revamped Texas Education Code, amid concerns from principals and teachers about incentives. Chair Paul Sadler urged recognition of effective principals, noting the program could redirect $10 million if it fails, while critics cited unequal funding and possible inequities.
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AIM High School
Pearl Dominguez
Jose Juarez
House Public Education Committee
Midland
Senate
Center For Energy and Economic Diversification
Ron Bryan
Noel Magnet
Odessa
Elizabeth Smith
Ector County
Texas State Teachers Association
Paul Sadler
D-Henderson
Scott Hochberg
Dhouston
Texas
Permian Basin Nike Open relies on volunteers and sponsors
Organizers praise corporate donors and more than 550 volunteers who handle scoring, shuttling players, and lodging at Club Mission Dorado in Odessa. Proceeds aid Medical Center Hospital Pediatric Special Care Unit. last year the event raised about $38,000 for MCDC, with over $300,000 from sponsors and individuals supporting a $200,000 purse.
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Permian Basin
Renee Henderson
Medical Center
Medical Center Hospital
Henderson
MCDC
Brad Allen
Allen
Professional Golfers’ Association of America
PGA
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