Charity to boost holiday food ahead of pantry move
Lorenzo Marruffo of the charity, along with Mayor David Turner, announced extra holiday foods to offset potential delivery disruptions at Catholic Charities Food Pantry on Andrews Highway. The pantry opens Wednesday as volunteers are sought to help move and sort food during the two week school break.
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Lorenzo Marruffo
Marruffo
Andrews Highway
David Turner
Catholic Charities
Turner
Campbell
Odessa Food Bank Partners Brace for Move
The Odessa Food Bank coordinates with partners including Boys and Girls Club Wilkerson Woodson Catholic Charities and multiple churches and ministries to keep emergency food flowing during a temporary closure. Campbell notes a spike in intake this season and 30,000 pounds rescued from HE B for sorting and distribution to agencies to avoid leaving partners short.
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Woodson
Catholic Charities
Odessa
Clover House
Ector County Greater Works
First United Methodist
L.0.c.ps. Inc
Mackey Chapel United Methodist Church
New Dimension Worship
Permian Basin Mission Center
Promised Land Ministries
Resurrection United Methodist
Salvation Army of
Shadow of Christ
St. James Mission Baptist
St. John’s Episcopal Church
the Crisis Center
Angel House
Westview Church of God
Highland United Methodist Church
Food Bank
Campbell
HEB
Community Holiday Dinner Draws 400 Volunteers at Odessa Event
Dowd praised about 400 volunteers who served food, drinks, and cleanup at a holiday gathering uniting residents. Emilio Solis, UT Permian Basin freshman linebacker, helped stock drinks and spoke of giving back. Community members like Sue and Karl emphasized the event’s role in strengthening Odessa ties and teaching younger people to help others.
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Dowd
Emilio Solis
University of Texas of
Solis
San Fa Wikelski
Sue
Karl
Odessa
Becerra case stirs opinion in Ector County hearings
The Becerra case against him spans firing from the Odessa Police Department on March 19 2014 and hearings amid six counts of improper sexual activity with a person in custody and one count of sexual assault. Local testimony notes heavy media coverage and public opinion shaping perceptions while prosecutors and defense stress the need for a fair trial in Ector County.
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Becerra
Police Department
Ector County
Hirmy
OPD
Billy Walles
Low
Odessa American
Valles
Bloch
Lisa Borden
Jimmy Gaylor
Gayler
Gaylor
Traffic stop yields marijuana in gift-wrapped boxes
A California man, Frank Coronado of Turlock, was arrested near Conway Texas after a trooper found more than 20 pounds of marijuana, including in holiday gift boxes and a spare tire. Charged with felony possession, he was freed on $10,000 bond as police investigate trafficking to Oklahoma City.
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Conway
California
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Amarillo
Dallas
Frank Coronado
Turlock
Coronado
Oklahoma City
H E B Feast of Sharing by the Numbers
The meal drive lists five thousand slices of apple pie and five thousand dinner rolls along with one thousand two hundred fifty pounds of turkey breast and one thousand pounds of cornbread dressing. Also noted are ninety five gallons of mashed potatoes and sixty gallons of gravy.
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