Odessa American apologizes for late deliveries due to icy conditions
The Odessa American notes many readers faced late paper delivery Tuesday as ice and snow hindered routes. Independent contractors, not employees, handle delivery and often lack necessary equipment in severe weather. The paper pledges to improve timely delivery and asks for reader understanding. A two part photo series is introduced and commentary on Millennium and Inauguration Day staff observations conclude the page.
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Odessa American
Permian
Odessa College reschedules spring registration due to weather
Odessa College officials said mid winter registration is moved to 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. The business admissions counseling and registrar offices will open at 11 and classes start at 1 p.m. as planned.
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Odessa College
Cheri Dalton
Dalton
Stormy Permian Basin Travel Grinds To Halt
Winter’s grip tightens across the Permian Basin as a cold front brings treacherous roads and closed highways. Traffic slows, bridges ice up, and I 20 from Sweetwater to Dallas is shut while highways 385 and 349 near Lamesa are also closed. A UTPB campus tree festooned with icicles underscores the icy conditions.
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Permian Basin
John Barton
Midland Department of Public Safety
Barton
Sweetwater
Dallas
Lamesa
UTPB
North Texans await power as ice storm lingers
Troopers join National Guard to check stranded motorists on snow packed Texas Panhandle roads while tens of thousands in Northeast Texas remain without power after an ice storm. Duane Barnett of the DPS in Amarillo reports hundreds of vehicles along US 287 between Amarillo and Dumas with up to 14 inches of snow in Amarillo and more prior to page 2A power updates.
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Bedford
National Guard
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Duane Barnett
Texas Department of Public Safety
Amarillo
U.S. 287
Dumas
Weather forecast mixes clouds and snow chance new year outlook
Today trending cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow and highs near 35. Tonight stays mostly cloudy with 20 to 25 degree lows. Thursday through Sunday look partly to mostly cloudy with highs from the 40s to 50s and nightly lows in the 20s. Snow or ice may affect travel.
Seven killed in shooting at Boston area firm
WAKEFIELD Mass AP an employee using a semiautomatic rifle and a shotgun opened fire at Edgewater Technology killing seven co workers before police subdued him Prosecutors seek if wage garnishment by IRS spurred the attack McDermott 42 faced no prior record and targeted victims were mainly in accounting officials said Officer said the suspect had no permit for the weapons found in the office
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Wakefield
Mass
Michael McDermott
Internal Revenue Service
Middlesex
Martha Coakley
Edgewater Technology Inc
McDermott
Coakley
Escaped Texas inmates linked to police officer murder
Seven Texas inmates who escaped after tying up prison staff and seizing weapons are now wanted for the murder of a Dallas area police officer during a Christmas Eve holdup at a sporting goods store. Investigators note the escapees, who did not know each other before prison, remained cohesive.
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San Antonio
Texas
Dallas
John McAuliffe
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Post-Christmas cold keeps Odessans home and queues light
Odessans faced icy roads after Christmas as storms closed in. Belinda Velasco stayed put until a brother urged a mall trip where Music City Mall offered a quiet shopping day. Dallas visitor Jamal Muhammed weighed leaving, while Gadzooks reported slow business at noon. See SHOPPING on Page 2A.
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Belinda Velasco
Marissa Cabral
Guadalupe Velasco
Music City Mall
Odessa
Velasco
Dillard's
Jamal Muhammed
Dallas
Gadzook
Alex Vega
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