Empty Stocking Fund aids Odessa families for Christmas
Struggling Odessa families can receive Christmas gifts and a holiday meal through the Empty Stocking Fund run by the Odessa American and the Salvation Army. The campaign ends Friday to ensure gifts and meals reach families. an anonymous donor will match donations up to 65,000 dollars. Funds go directly to Odessa families with both large and small gifts welcomed.
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Odessa Officer Labeled Bully In Internal Records
Texas AG forced release of internal Odessa Police documents after a Freedom of Information request shows Officer Cpl. Josh Aguilar labeled a bully by a senior officer. The files detail a verbal altercation with Cpl. Shannon Davis during a SWAT training in April and an incident where Aguilar pushed Davis to keep a railroad tie from dropping, amid broader questions about conduct within OPD.
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Singing to the season with Blackshear Bobcat Choir
Sharon Story directs the Blackshear Elementary Bobcat Choir of third to sixth graders as they sing carols Wednesday morning at the Ector County Courthouse. The group then proceeds to the administration building as part of their annual caroling tour.
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Mother faces new felony charge in infant death case Odessa
Odessa police pursue an additional felony count against 30 year old Talisha Redic mother of Talvis Redic who died after a premature birth. Seven children including five surviving siblings tested positive for cocaine. CPS placed the six children in foster care. Police cited no autopsy findings or motive and referred questions to the suspect.
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Talisha Redic
Lotteman Drive
Talvis Shetaliion
Dadon
Redic
Robin Smith
Shirley Standefer
Ector County Medical Examiner
Child Protective Services
Talvis
CPS
Marleigh Meisner
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Boy in Lubbock hospital after parents jailed in Texas
Odessans Tonya and James Carroll faced first degree felony charges of injury to a child after a 10-year-old boy sustained severe injuries. A search warrant and criminal complaint cite seized boards and rods from their home. The boy was flown to a Lubbock hospital and remained in intensive care as the couple stayed jailed under $150,000 bonds each at Ector County Detention Center.
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James Carroll
Ector County
Lubbock
Carrolls
Ector County Detention Center
Carroll
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