Job Corps center eyed for Midland County site
Job Corps National Director Richard Trigg cited proposals weighing community compatibility and cost efficiency as options for a 400000 square foot TI building. The site near I-20 tops a six city short list including Midland, with 150 to 75 workers planned and a 350 bed dormitory for up to nine months of training in trades such as welding and firefighting.
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Bank Robbery Suspect Description Released By Police
Police describe a suspect in a bank robbery as 5 foot 10, 165 to 190 pounds, wearing a dark blue sweatsuit, tennis shoes, a black baseball cap and sunglasses. OPD Chief Chris Pipes notes FBI usually handles robberies, but current focus allows OPD to lead this case. Call OPD at 333-3641 or FBI at 570-0255 with information. Crime Stoppers offers $1,000 for tips leading to arrest and indictment.
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Dump truck hits pole. power and phone brief Odessa outage
A dump truck driver Ramon Levario, 72, struck a utility pole at Second Street and Adams Avenue in Odessa, breaking cable, phone and electric lines. Power was restored by 8:45 a.m. Cpl. Pedro Torres notes the raised bed caused the crash. A Yellowstone recruiter will be in Odessa later to hire for seasonal positions at Yellowstone National Park Lodges.
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City to expand Alzheimer's unit in Big Spring visit
City official will visit the Big Spring Texas State Veterans Home on Wednesday to announce an expansion of the Alzheimer's unit to better serve more than 21,300 veterans in the Odessa Midland area. Dr. John Farquhar, the Big Spring home’s medical director, will be honored by the city. The Texas State Veterans Home is at 1809 North Highway 87, next to Big Spring State Hospital.
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Boy Scouts to Hold Weekend Food Drive
The local Boy Scouts of America organize a Saturday food drive to benefit the West Texas Food Bank. Canned corn green beans vegetables fruits peanut butter macaroni and cheese Jell O cake mixes and similar items are requested. Donors may leave bags on doorsteps by 9 a.m. for pickup at the Scout Office or contact the West Texas Food Bank for details.
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Boy Scouts of America
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Man wanted in Hobbs shooting still missing
Hobbs police pursue two tips as they seek Gregorio Orosco 54 for murder in the January 21 shooting death of Jimmy Flores 39. Flores was found with a .22 caliber chest wound at Alston and Morris streets and died at Lea Regional Hospital after an autopsy confirmed the gunshot as the cause.
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Donnie Graham
Gregorio Orosco
Graham
Jimmy
Flores
Alston
Morris
Lea Regional Hospital
Space station crews chat about family and science on orbit
Space Center Houston and the international space station paused research to swap greetings from orbit. Columbia orbiter and the station passed over Brazil and Ukraine respectively as crews discussed work and home lives while continuing experiments on mist behavior for fire studies and other science.
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Columbia
Brazil
Ukraine
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Laurel
Clark
Donald Pettit
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Phil Engelauf
Houston trader indicted for fake natural gas trade data
Michelle Marie Valencia 22 is charged in a federal indictment with wire fraud and reporting 43 fake natural gas trades to Inside FERC Gas Market Report between November 2000 and February 2001. She was arrested in Houston, pled innocent, surrendered her passport, and posted 100000 bond awaiting trial.
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Dynegy Inc
Michelle Marie Valencia
Calvin Botley
Valencia
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Odessa County commissioners lift hiring freeze motion on agenda
Precinct 1 Commissioner Freddie Gardner won 4 0 approval to lift a hiring freeze for a new hire. Precinct 3 Commissioner Barbara Graff backed lifting the hiring ban for all departments, noting equal treatment, but the motion was ruled out of order and withdrawn. Other actions include bids for county vehicles, a $5 million airport renovation, court executive session on a lawsuit, tax delinquent lot sales, and contract items with several vendors.
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Texas Jail Standards Commission
Freddie Gardner
Barbara Graff
Chris Pipes
Donaldson
Pipes
Bryant
Graff
Gardner
Caddel
Precinct 2
Greg Simmons
Robert Motsenbocker
Mario Lopez
District weighs school closure amid flu illness trend
The district notes attendance dipped from 95 percent in a typical first-semester week as illness spreads. Reagan and other schools run mostly normally while officials urge frequent hand washing and avoiding handshakes to curb the flu. Students with fever should stay home, officials say.
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Reagan
Mathew
Workforce Training Grant Awards to Odessa College
The Workforce Commission awards an $882,317 skills development grant to Odessa College benefiting about 1,100 employees across sixteen local firms including a planned Family Dollar distribution center. OC will assess company needs to tailor training and has already engaged three firms such as PMC Global Industries Inc. for certification efforts since November.
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Arleene Loyd
Ee Ee OC
Coen
Loyd
PMC Global Industries Inc
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