Midland protests city sports complex funding plan
Grass roots group in Midland launched a petition drive after the City Council voted 6 to 1 to back 38.9 million in certificates of obligation using property tax and utility funds. Richard Stovall urged honoring voters who approved a quarter cent sales tax to finance the project at Loop 250 and Highway 191.
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Richard Stovall
Midland
Scharbauer
Committee
Stovall
Loop 250
Highway 191
Jean Humphreys
Beets Executed. Texas Woman Dies in Death Penalty Case
In Huntsville, 62-year-old Betty Lou Beets was executed by injection after Gov. Bush rejected her claim of self defense. She was the fourth woman executed nationally since 1976 and the second in Texas since the Civil War, declining a final statement and smiling at her attorney before death at 6 18 p.m.
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Huntsville
George W. Bush
Betty Lou Beets
United States
Supreme Court
Texas
Bush
Beets
MISD cancels special meeting on principal amid attendance gaps
Midland Independent School District trustees canceled a Thursday special board meeting to discuss employment and evaluation issues concerning Midland High School Principal Neil Richmond. Board President Rebecca Ockerman said the meeting was shelved because Trustee Glen Bufler could not attend on a business trip. The board will evaluate Richmond at the March 7 meeting, with officials noting it is inappropriate to discuss personnel matters in a partial gathering.
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Midland
Midland Independent School Board
Midland High School
Neil Richmond
Rebecca Ockerman
Glen Bufler
Bufler
Richmond
Ockerman
George Lara
Lara
United Way recognizes volunteers at annual meeting
United Way of Odessa honors its top volunteers and supporters at the annual meeting. Campaign Chair Reggie Baker praised a record drive and community support. Volunteers Jimmy Hicks of Phillips Petroleum and Mark Salazar of KOSA TV were named Volunteers of the Year for their key roles in fundraising and promotion.
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John United Way Board
United Way of
The
Odessa
Reggie Baker
Baker
Huntsman Polymers
Jimmy Hicks
Phillips Petroleum
Mark Salazar
Kosa-Tv
United Way
Hicks
Salazar
United Way Board
John Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Mike Atkins
Air monitor seeks site near Odessa industrial area
A second 150000 air monitoring station awaits placement south of Odessa’s industrial complex but officials struggle to find a suitable 40 by 40 foot site. The TNRCC and southside residents press for a location as demand for monitors grows in Texas with limited units.
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Odessa
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Brad Newton
Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division
TNRCC
Newton
Hays Elementary
Texas Land Office
Texas Department of Transportation
el Ranchito
Carolyn Tripp
Huntsman Polymers
Hays
Huntsman
Odessa High TB testing results awaited amid student case
More than 150 Odessa High School students and staff were tested after an 11th grade student was found to have active tuberculosis. ECISD and the Ector County Health Department reported results would be read at 1:30 p.m. and said no classroom sanitizing was needed as TB does not live long on surfaces.
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C.S. Patterson
Ector County
Odessa High School
ECISD
Adela Vasquez
Ector County Independent School
Vasquez
Ector County Health Department
Ector County Health
Patterson
Toby Cross
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