Early voting under way across five sites in Ector County
Primary voting runs through March 14 with 410 Republicans and 125 Democrats already casting ballots. Ector County locations include the Courthouse Annex open 8 to 5 on weekdays and 7 to 7 Saturday, with four other sites at Lowe’s, Music City OD, Medical Center Hospital Family Health Center, and Odessa College open 10 to 5 daily. OC will be closed weekends.
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Sharon Wilson
Ector County
Eighth St
Lowe's
W. University Blvd
Odessa Police
Music City
the Medical Center
Hospital Family Health Center
W. Clements St
Odessa College
Wilson
Amtrak to reroute Sunset Limited through West Texas in 2002
Amtrak announced a new Sunset Limited route that will pass through Alpine Sanderson and Del Rio in the Permian Basin, shortening Dallas Fort Worth to Los Angeles travel by about ten hours. Ector County Judge Jerry tson welcomed the plan while Amtrak works with Union Pacific to finalize freight-line access. The timetable hinges on agreement details still to be resolved.
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Amtrak
Jacksonville
Fla
Los Angeles
Alpine
Sanderson
del Rio
Permian Basin
Ector County
Jerry
Tson
Dallas-Fort Worth
Kevin Johnson
Union Pacific Railroad
West Texas
Johnson
Odessa Man Shot Dead Near Frontier Gallery
ODESSA police investigate a fatal shooting near Grandview Avenue and East Eighth Street. A white man in his early 30s, well dressed, was found with a .22 pistol and shell casing nearby. He died at Medical Center Hospital at 11 44 a.m. Police have not released his identity.
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Odessa
Grandview Avenue
East Eighth Street
Sheri Thompson
Frontier Gallery
Larry Bartlett
Metro Homicide Unit
Joye Porter
Frontier Art Galleries
Medical Center Hospital
Delbert Hicks
Thompson
Frontier Galleries
Prude Ranch Owner John Prude Dies at 95 in Texas
John G. Prude, head of the century-old Prude Ranch in the Davis Mountains near Fort Davis, died at 95 after leading a tourism and cattle operation that hosts over 20 000 visitors annually. Services were held in Fort Davis. Survivors include his son John Robert Prude daughter Ruth Longbotham eight grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
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Fort Davis
John G. Prude
Davis Mountains
Prude
Larry Cordova
Geeslin Funeral Home
Alpine
Andrew
Ora
Andrew Prude
el Paso
John Robert Prude
Ruth Elizabeth Longbotham
Commissioners urge turnout for early voting in West Texas
Railroad Commissioner Tony Garza and Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs urged Permian Basin residents to vote early during a West Texas Get Out the Vote tour at Midland International Airport. They endorsed Railroad Chairman Michael Williams, a native Midlander seeking the unexpired term, noting his regulatory reform and budget cuts.
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Midland
Tony Garza
Susan Combs
Permian Basin
Garza
Combs
Thri International Airport
West Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Michael Williams
Williams
Texas
Michael
Woman uses 911 to guide rescue from creek in Wilmer
Katherine Stafford and her 7 week old daughter were rescued after Stafford’s car fell off a highway embankment into a creek near Interstate 45 in Wilmer. She directed responders to her location as 11 agencies assisted, Stafford treated for a broken leg and listed in fair condition at Parkland Hospital.
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Wilmer
Katherine Stafford
9-1-1
Stafford
Dallas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Corpus Christi
Dick Roth
Roth
DPS
Dallas County Sheriff’s Department
Parkland Hospital
Katherne Stafford
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