Assault and theft reports in West and East Odessa
A 47-year-old Odessa woman was assaulted sexually in West Odessa from Saturday 4 p.m. to Sunday 7:30 a.m. A 14-year-old Odessa girl was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance between December 3 and December 16 in East Odessa. A known person deposited two checks totaling 4214 at Southwest Heritage Credit Union on August 21 and 23. The suspect and victim descriptions accompany each report.
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Odessa
West Odessa
East Odessa
Southwest Heritage Credit Union
John Ben Shepperd
Crowding Strains Permian Basin Hospitals as Flu Surges
In Monahans at Ward Memorial Hospital Administrator Joe Wright reports Bed counts near full with upper respiratory and flu symptoms driving demand. Reeves County Hospital CEO Charles Butts notes a milder spike but expects 12 to 15 patients daily until school ends.
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Permian Basin
Ward Memorial Hospital
Monahans
Joe Wright
Wright
Reeves County Hospital
Charles Butts
Funeral casket retailers oppose proposed regulation of product
Funeral merchandise retailers contest a Texas Funeral Service Commission plan to license firms selling caskets, urns and related items. They argue licensing would curb competition and raise costs, while supporters say it protects consumers. The dispute extends to 2001 legislative session timing.
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Austin
Pat Graham
Texas Association of Funeral Merchandise Retailers
O.C. Robbins
Texas Funeral Service Commission
Robbins
The
Austin American- Statesman
Texas Funeral Service
Commission
Graham
Caskets Plus
San Antonio
Graham Funeral
Junction
Jim Garrison
Texas Funeral Directors Association
Rob Schneider
Consumers Union
Schneider
Big Spring murders tied to drug ring leader in Odessa arrest
Federal indictments link Elizardo Aranda of Odessa to a Big Spring double killing on June 18 1999 tied to a narcotics debt. Co defendant Efrain Pando testified drugs and money laundering connected to a larger conspiracy involving multiple suspects and a party shooting that left Armijo and Navarro dead. Investigators connect Flores to Aranda while Schubert faces murder charges for the shooting.
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Midland
Big Spring
Elizardo Aranda
Odessa
U.S
Efrain Pando
Presidio
DEA
Mike Keene
Armijo
Aranda
Flores
Keene
Navarro
Michael Eugene Shubert
Schubert
Elizardo
Louis Renteria
Renteria
Ojinaga
Chihuahua City
Mexico
John Klassen
Border crossings rise in 1999 for South Texas ports
U S Customs figures show South Texas ports processing 15,424,564 pedestrians in fiscal 1999, up 12 percent from the prior year. Trucks reached 2,270,100 and private vehicles 30,205,601, with buses at 118,841 as growth tied to a stronger border economy and NAFTA. Port entries include Brownsville Progreso Hidalgo Pharr Rio Grande City Roma Laredo Eagle Pass and Del Rio.
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Laredo
South Texas
U.S
Maria Reba
U.S. Customs
Brownsville
Progreso
Hidalgo Pharr
Rio Grande City
Roma
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Terminal name change at Bush Intercontinental Terminal D gains clarity
Houston international travelers will use Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminal D starting Jan 15 replacing the former Terminal LAB to align with terminals A B and C. Acting airport manager Tom Bartlett said the shift clarifies the designations and avoids confusion with the letter I. The terminal handles most international flights in Houston.
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Houston
Bush Intercontinental Airport
Tom Bartlett
Hundred Wild Rice Plants Rescued Near San Marcos River
Federal and state officials salvaged more than 100 endangered Texas wild rice plants after a spillway dam collapse lowered upstream water levels by 12 to 18 inches. Eighty plants were moved to a federal fish hatchery and thirty were transplanted into deeper water, protecting about a quarter of the habitat as numbers decline.
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San Marcos
Texas
San Marcos River
Cape’s
Drug trafficking tied home seized under US court action
Informants tied a 1998 1999 drug operation to a house tied to Perez owner and Herrera key figure in a Mexico based ring. Court records describe cocaine and marijuana purchases including a kilogram of cocaine in September 1998 and 40 to 140 pounds of marijuana later that year. Bunton warrant places property under federal court control, owners may seek hearing to contest seizure. Herrera free on 100000 bond and accused in court of leading the ring.
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Perez
Herrera
Republic of Mexico
United States
Bunton
Perez and
Local races expand in multiple counties across Texas
The election scene shows several Democratic challengers seeking hospital board seats and county offices. In Martin County, Hale’s seat remains contested with Ward Taylor Snodgrass Simer and Sonny Garcia among those pursuing the vacancy, while Sheriff Welling reenters the race amid legal questions. In Andrews Gaines and Howard counties, a slate of Democratic and Republican candidates vie for sheriff, attorney, constable and commissioner roles as retirements and new campaigns reshape the ballot.
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Hale
Walter Taylor
Nelda Snodgrass
Larry Edwards Simer
Jesus
Sonny” Garcia
Martin County
Austin
Welling
Costlow
Dennis Paul Davis
Miles Alan Tollison
Randy Lee Cozart
Catherine Casias Teveni
Linda Kathy Hull
Andrews County
Dewey Braswell
Ronald Payton Merrick
Vernon Lee Hobbs
Sam Dillard
L.W
Long
Katrina Jackson
John Pool
Dennis Cadra
Riley G. McPhearson
Danny Osterhaut
Wayne Farmer
Richard Dolenger
Samuel Howard Jones
Jack Ramsey
Arnold Clark
Bobby L. Goff
Roger Andrews
Gaines County
Robert Wood
Keith Duram
Sterling Harman
Lynn Haltom
Jon Key
Charles Lacy
Howard County
Bill” Jennings
David J. Mohn
Javier V. Becerra
Howard County Contable
Joseph William Lesucer
Boyce Hale
Texas schools named for overcoming hardship in Title I program
Five Texas schools in low income districts are recognized for improving academic performance. O A Fleming Elementary Freeport Minton Elementary Laredo Del Norte Heights Elementary Ysleta Patton Springs Patton Springs Bluff Dale Bluff Dale were nominated by the Texas Education Agency for the national Title I Distinguished Schools program after earlier state honors.
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O.A. Fleming
Freeport
Minton
Laredo
del Norte Heights
Ysleta
Patton Springs
Bluff Dale
Texas Education Agency
Texas
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