Hearing continues on Sahara Motel case in district court
A temporary injunction to close the Sahara Motel at 1423 E Second St is reviewed in 161st District Court. The petition seeks to bar prostitution and drug activity for up to a year with a $10,000 bond, as police allege ongoing illegal use and delivery of controlled substances over years.
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Sahara
E. Second St
Tryon Lewis
161St District Court
Buddy Rogers
Sahara Motel
Jitendrakumar Patel
G.P
Bridget R. Robinson
Odessa
Bill Anderson
Anderson
Permian Basin Drug Task Force
Bill Duesler
Andrews County Sheriff's Office
ECISD Eyes Year-Round Schools After Socorro Visit
Ector County Independent School District officials plan January trip to Socorro to study multi-track year-round schools as part of a broader evaluation of converting ECISD high schools and junior highs. The board meeting tonight will outline study steps, costs, and calendar options for potential implementation.
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Ector County Independent
el Paso
ECISD
Gene Buinger
Ecisd Board of Trustees
Socorro Isd
Socorro
Hi Cook
Praeger
Buinger
Gale Pond-Alamo
Ector County
Board of Trustees
Ex-narcotics investigator on trial in Midland perjury case
Testimony opened in a Ward County based perjury case against Ron T a former West Texas narcotics investigator. An undercover Midland County sting yielded about 450000 dollars later claimed as seized in Midland by Tucker who allegedly swore an affidavit stating Midland seizure. Jurors heard details of a 1990 reverse sting in Monahans and questions over where forfeiture should occur.
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Midland
Midland County Sheriff's Department
Ward County District Attorney's Office
Ron T
West Texas District Attorney's Office
Tucker
Manahans
Pat Baskins
Clayton McKinney
Joe Primera
Midland County
Ward
Pares
McKinney
Monahans
Family loses uninsured home to fire in West Odessa
The Jones family home in West Odessa, uninsured, suffered severe fire damage Monday morning. No one was hurt, but many belongings were lost while relatives salvaged what they could. Jones, still thankful, said the kids matter more than the house.
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West Odessa
Janice Turner
Fon Po
16Th St
Odessa
Terry Wilkerson
Odecen Velustoor
Jones
Vikki Coleman
Coleman
Misti Kinsel
Kinsel
Pleb
Rees
Gary
Randing
Pei
County tackles prison crowding in Ector County
Commissioners approve a split vote to hire a full time investigator to identify alternatives to incarceration and reduce the misdemeanor jail population. An Odessa architecture study projects the county needing at least 442 jail beds by 1996 with a possible $15 million new jail if trends continue.
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Ectorty Commissioners Court
Odessa
Larry Johnson
Johnson
Ector
Jim Jordan
Texas Commission On Jail Standards
Jordan
Ector County
Jack Crider
Bryan Henderson
Iten
Crider
Henderson
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Duesler
Tom Finley
Finley
Rogers
Ward County
Auring
Primera
Gary Painter
Ron Tucker
Fein
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