Richard Morton Named Odessa City Manager
Odessa City Council approved Richard Morton as the new city manager in a 4-1 vote after a four hour meeting. Morton will earn 105000 dollars annually plus a 4500 dollar car allowance, up from his prior interim and assistant roles, with councilmember Bill Cleaver voting no. Morton expressed pride in Odessa and said he plans to grow with the city.
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Odessa
Richard Morton
Jim Morris
Brandon Tate
Royce Bodiford
Berta Calzada
Morris
Morton
Bill Cleaver
Jerry McGuire
McGuire
Tensions rise as Jerusalem bus stop attack wounds 16
Palestinian gunman opens fire on Israelis waiting at a Jerusalem bus stop wounding 16. Hours earlier Israeli commandos stormed an explosives lab in Nablus, killing four militants in the West Bank. Both sides threaten retaliation amid renewed Mideast escalation and Arafat under house arrest.
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Jerusalem
West Bank
Nablus
Arafat
West Jerusalem
Avi Pazner
Israel
Ahmed Abdel Rahman
Ariel Sharon
Alleged shooter held peace officer license and jailed years
Joe Albert Ramon 41 is accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife Estela Cadena Ramon 36 and wounding Odessa Police Department officer Greg Travland at 3 p.m. Friday at 115 W Sixth St. Ramon held a Texas peace officer license for over two years and was a jailer for more than six years. He had prior posts with Reeves County Sheriff’s Office Marfa Police Department Alpine Police Department and UT Permian Basin security work. He faced first degree murder and attempted capital murder charges and remained in stable condition at Medical Center Hospital.
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Odessa
Texas
Joe Albert Ramon
Estela Cadena Ramon
OPD
Greg Travland
Drug Screen Compliance & Consortium of the Southwest
Sixth St
Ramon
Reeves County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Office
Reeves County
Andy Gomez
Odessa American
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
UTPB
Law Enforcement Academy
Odessa College
Medical Center Hospital
MCH
Texas education chief Jim Nelson to resign March 31
Texas Education Commissioner Jim Nelson announced his resignation effective March 31 to join Voyager Expanded Learning in Dallas as an executive in higher education. Nelson, a long-serving TEA head since 1999, praised by Gov Perry and Bush, oversaw accountability reforms and the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills amid teacher shortages.
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Austin
Texas
Jim Nelson
Dallas
Nelson
Odessa
Texas Education Agency
George W. Bush
Bush
Rick Perry
Voyager Expanded Learning
Ector County Independent School District Board of
Texas Association of School Boards
Permian High School
Texas Tech University School of Law
Perry
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