Odessa Development Corporation swears in five member board
Five member board of the Odessa Development Corporation is sworn in to oversee an estimated 2.4 million in sales tax funds. Directors include Charles Sorber Bobby Williams Robert Chavez Don Wood and Joe Molina. They plan early meetings study bylaws and pursue high quality jobs and diversification of Odessa’s economy.
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Odessa Development Corporation
Charles Sorber
Sorber
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Robert
Bobby” Williams
Williams Paving
Robert Chavez
Permian Machinery Movers
Don
Wood
Southwest Convenience Stores
Joe Molina
Great Basin Petroleum Service
Jerri Sullivan
Mike Atkins
Odessa
Molina
Kirk Edwards
Jo Ann Davenport
Edwards
Heroin readily available across Texas study says
A Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse report notes heroin is readily available in Texas and increasingly pure. TCADA and FBI officials cite Odessa Midland stash zones and cross border trafficking via Ojinaga and Chihuahua. Overdose deaths rose in Dallas and Tarrant counties. San Antonio ranks sixth in heroin users nationwide.
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Texas Commission On Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Texas
Jane Maxwell
TCADA
Odessa/Midland
Ojinaga
Presidio
Terry Kincaid
Midland
FBI
Chihuahua
Mexico
U.S
el Paso
Kincaid
Dallas County
Tarrant County
National Office of Drug Control Policy
San Antonio
Grants May Aid Clover House HIV Teens Outreach
Clover House in Odessa seeks two federal grants totaling 94000 to fund lab work meds and an LVN to work with 15 to 22 year olds at risk of HIV infection. The group serves 140 active clients and aims to educate youth in rural areas while maintaining current housing and care links.
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Clover House
Gary Kincaid
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas Department of Health
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Ector County Probation
Texas Commission On Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Kincaid
Odessa
Midland
LVN
Joe Bell
Bell
Lottery pitches Texas Million online game to lift sagging sales
The Texas Lottery Commission proposed a new online game Texas Million to start next spring amid lagging November December sales. A weekly top prize of 1 million for seven number sets costs 2 dollars, with overall prizes down to 10 dollars and overall odds 1 in 20. The plan includes seven sets but only one 四 numeral set qualifies for the 1 million prize.
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Austin
Texas Lottery Commission
Lottery
Linda Cloud
Pam Udall
Lottery Commission
Harriet Miers
Texas Million Lottery Game Proposal Faces Commission Review
The Texas Lottery Commission considers a prototype ticket for a new game named Texas Million. Ticket sales are lagging, and rules for the prospective game have been proposed to the three-member body for approval and implementation.
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Lottery Commission
Odessa mother adjusts as quadruplet girls go home
Melinda Franco cares for 3 month old quadruplets Jessica Naira Julisa and Veronica born September 17 at Medical Center Hospital weighing about four pounds now after weighing about one pound at birth. Jessica and Naira have gone home with Julisa and Veronica remaining in hospital until they can eat without a feeding tube. All four face chronic lung disease but are healthy overall. Franco says she is slowly getting used to two small babies at home despite fatigue.
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Jessica Franco
Naira
Melinda
Jessica
Franco
Julisa
Veronica
Medical Center Hospital
Battle Over School Uniforms In MISD Sparks Debate
Midland parents spar over mandatory dress codes as the MISD school board weighs a uniform survey. Robbie Faulkner urges polling on replacing the current rule with uniforms, citing improvements in her daughter’s behavior and grades. trustees plan a retreat in late January to decide if the survey will be added to February’s agenda.
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Midland
Midland County Independent School
Robbie Faulkner
Faulkner
San Jacinto Junior High
Midland High
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