Flag controversy resurfaces at Midland Lee High School
Midland Lee High School students clash over Confederate flag displays at games and events. Clifton Mitchell defends the flag as school spirit while others, including NAACP officials and students, call it offensive and threatening. The 1991 district ruling to retire the flag is cited amid rising demonstrations.
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Midland — Lee High School
Clifton Mitchell
Clifton
Gerald Cummings
Lee
Cummings
Shamayne Olazaba
Midland Independent School District Board
Odessa
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Midland Lee
Mesquite
Ratliff Stadium
Lee Rebels
Neighbors testify at trial of Odessa murder suspect
Accused killer Leon Hampton Jr admitted shooting William Nance but said it was self defense. Nance, 34, was found shot at La Promesa Apartments on North Texas Avenue in Odessa after an early morning March 18 incident. Prosecutors disputes self defense claim and warns of potential 99 year prison if convicted. Witness Tamara McDonald testified Hampton, known as Tweet, visited her door hours before the shooting and spoke of getting his strap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Hampton Jr
William Steven Nance
Nance
la Promesa
Odessa
North Texas Avenue
Linda Deaderick
Hampton
Tamara McDonald
McDonald
Rhett Hoestenbach
244Th District
Gary Watkins
Watkins
Ector and Midland Counties Named for Livestock Aid Program
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs said Ector County is among 61 counties approved for the Livestock Assistance Program. The USDA program offers direct payments to eligible producers with 1999 grazing losses from disasters, with drought relief targeted where rainfall fell 40 percent or more below normal for four months and grazing losses reached 40 percent over a 90 day period. Pecos County ranchers face tax strain and severe drought, with herds reduced by about 70 percent and remaining stock fed to restart after drought ends.
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Texas Department of Agriculture
Susan Combs
Ector County
Texas
US Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency
Pecos County
Ian Matthies
Matthies
Senior safety push links Odessa law with AARP
Officials from the Ector County Sheriff's Office and Odessa Police Department partner with the local AARP chapter to form TRIAD SALT a senior safety program. Sgt Roy Gladden and Cpl Terry Gettings describe neighborhood watch and HEAT registration as key tools. The TRIAD will meet the second Thursday each month to gather input and answer questions from seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Retired Persons
Ector County
Ector County Sheriff's Office
Odessa
AARP
Roy Gladden
Gladden
Terry Gettings
Neighborhood Watch
Gettings
W” Gladden
TRIAD
Commission warns DPS that racism won’t be tolerated
James Francis of Dallas, chairman of the three member Public Safety Commission, announced a zero tolerance policy for prejudicial activities. He told the Houston Chronicle that you are not welcome in DPS if you conduct your business in a racist or sexist way, stressing the commission’s oversight role. Francis’ comments on Wednesday were the strongest yet.
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Department of Public Safety
James Francis
Dallas
Public Safety Commission
Francis
The
Houston Chronicle
Commission
Top Hand L Decker Dawson Wins Permian Basin Award
Midland oil pioneer L Decker Dawson received the Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award at the annual banquet for pioneering 3-D seismic technology that creates three dimensional images of oil and gas pockets beneath the Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Decker Dawson
Midland
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Dawson
Odessa Development Corp weighs bonds for cash grants
The Odessa Development Corp board learned bond money cannot fund direct cash grants to companies. Bond expert George Williford said bonds can finance capital projects or leases but not payments to businesses. The discussion followed a prior $1 million grant to Southwestern Bell to relocate to Odessa.
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Odessa Development Corp. Board of Directors
George Williford
City of Odessa
Southwestern Bell
el Paso
ODC
Odessa
Don Wood
Williford
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Gene Collins
West Texas
NAACP
Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Derrell Jackson
Richmond
Senate
Cameron
Taylor Paiz
Ellen Noel
Permian Basin
Diane Stanley
Texas Commission On the Arts
Austin
Cameron Elementary
Justin Rice
Manuel Lopez
Thomas Kerr
Darwin Weigel
Ector
Midland Counties
Mark Sterkel
DPS
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