Midland land battle pits Patriot Oil owner against Jasmine Road
Midland businessman Frank Holdampf, owner of Patriot Oil Co., sues Jasmine Road Development Co. LLC and CMS Oil and Gas for 3 billion alleging land theft near Interstate 20. Jasmine seeks uncontested title. Holdampf countersued after prior lawsuits including a Chevron dispute. Judge Willie Dubose released all parties except Jasmine and Holdampf during a September 1999 proceeding.
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Midland
Republic of Texas
Jasmine Road Development
CMS Oil and Gas
National Energy Company
Frank Holdampf
Patriot Oil Co
Interstate 20
Midkiff Avenue
Holdampf
Patriot Land
Jasmine Road Development Co. LLC
Jasmine
Michael Morgan
Morgan
Chevron
Texas
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
385Th District Court
Willie Dubose
Ralph Kessler
Georgia
Peggy Lee Wilson
California
Patriot Oil Company
UT asks fast track appeal on race based admissions
The University of Texas seeks a speedy full appeals court hearing to review a lower court ban on race based admissions at public universities. UT argues the case is high stakes for education and should reach the Supreme Court swiftly. Civil rights attorney Steven Smith did not respond to a message.
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Austin
Federal
Appeals Court
U.S
Sam Sparks
Sparks
Hopwood
Connecticut Man Arrested After Big Spring Car Chase
Horace Loman, 20, of Connecticut, led deputies on a westbound I-20 chase about six miles west of Big Spring. He waved a gun and harassed motorists as a deputy closed in at 10:50 a.m. and took him into custody after the chase. He was wanted in connection with an Arlington bank robbery the day prior.
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Big Spring
Connecticut
Arlington
Howard County
Dale Walker
Horace Loman
Walker
9-1-1
Loman
Area students enjoy barrel racing bullriding at Schooldays Rodeo
Seven thousand elementary students visited the Ector County Coliseum for a Schooldays Rodeo hosted by Suzahn Smith of the Sand Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. High school and college rodeo students performed events for Odessa area youths, introducing rodeo history and animals through information packets and demonstrations.
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Ryan Rodriguez
Goliad Elementary
Ector County
SandHills
Ector County Coliseum
Suzahn Smith
Sand Hills
Permian Basin
Odessa
Smith
Texas
Donna Duncan
Purple Sage Elementary
Kermit
Anderson
Brandon Towns
Mother of slain officer pins prison laxity on escape deaths
Jayne Hawkins, mother of Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawk ins, blames Texas prison understaffing for the Connally Unit breakout near Kenedy on December 13, which led to her son's death during a Christmas Eve robbery response. She attacked Texas Board of Criminal Justice vice chair Carole Young and urged accountability for security failures.
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Dallas
Irving
Aubrey Hawkins
Jayne Hawkins
Carole Young
Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Hawkins
Connally
Kenedy
San Antonio
Ms. Young
Texas
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Bull
Cori
Takemoto
WILLIAMS/ ODESSA
UT Asks
Lara Meckfessel
Odessa High School
Permian High School
Odessa College
David Tull
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