Local families seek help through Empty Stocking Fund
Odessa American and The Salvation Army run the Empty Stocking Fund to provide meals clothing and toys for needy Odessa families. The goal this year is 150000 and donations support meals gifts and warmth for the season. Learn how to donate on Page 2A.
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TV grid readers express desire for previous layout
Readers called to request returning to the prior TV grid. The paper will restore the old grid on Sunday and introduce a March plan with both a daily TV grid and a weekly Sunday TV magazine covering the entire week.
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Former Odessa officer Becerra accused by four women
Four women testified that Salvador Becerra, a former Odessa Police Department officer, groped them and asked personal questions about their love lives after stopping their vehicles in early 2014. One accuser, identified by pseudonym SRM, described being pulled over and nearly jailed, while another, SAM, recounted a stop near East 50th Street and North Dixie Boulevard with her friend.
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Salvador Becerra
Srm
James Rush
244Th District Court
Becerra
Odessa
Sam
East 50Th Street
North Dixie Boulevard
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Make a Wish receives $5,147 check at Merry Mingle
At New Tech Odessa the Make a Wish fundraiser Waffles for Wishes paid off with a $5,147.03 check presented during the Merry Mingle holiday open house. Culinary arts students and performers from Ector County ISD supported the event, which aimed to reach a $6,000 goal for Make a Wish North Texas.
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New Tech Odessa
Ector County Independent School District
Make A Wish of
Midland
Nathalie Neill
Wish
Mike Schlueter
Connie Nichols
Fine Arts
New Tech Odessa Culinary Arts
Leeann Porras
Culinary Arts
Baca Receives 75-Year Sentence for Aggravated Assault
An Ector County jury sentenced 36 year old David Edward Baca to 75 years in prison and a $10,000 fine after convicting him on two counts of aggravated assault of a public servant. He testified that Cameron Anthony Marson started the incident on October 25, 2013, and led law enforcement on a high speed chase before the gunfire.
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John Smith
161St District Court
Cameron Anthony Marson
Odessa
New Mexico
Cameron
Marson
Texas Department of Public Safety
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