62nd Independence Day Parade in Odessa
The 62nd annual Independence Day Parade starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Odessa College and ends behind the Ector County Independent School District Administration Building on Eighth Street. Firecracker Fandango begins at 6 p.m. with live entertainment, activities, food booths, and a fireworks finale around 10 p.m. Details at mainstreetodessa.com.
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Eighth Street
Mainstreet
Odessa.com
Davis Mountains Preserve opens for wide range of activities
The Nature Conservancy Davis Mountains Preserve will open for hiking camping horseback riding backpacking picnicking photography birding stargazing and more from 10 a.m. July 9 to 3 p.m. July 1. Entry is free but visitors must sign in and out at the McIvor Conservation Center and only high clearance vehicles may pass the Center.
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Davis Mountains
Nature Conservancy
McIvor Conservation Center
Nature.org
Texas
Permian High School teacher arrested for improper relationship
Permian High School teacher Robert Young was arrested Tuesday on a second degree felony charge for an inappropriate relationship with a student. ECISD police began investigating after an anonymous tip. Young was placed on paid administrative leave June 2. The accused did not have sex with the student but allegedly engaged in heavy petting and sent nude images. the student had just turned 18 and was not in Young's classes.
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Permian
Robert Young
ECISD
Young
Mike Adkins
Permian High School
Adkins
Blue Bear Delivers Toys to Hospital Patients
Blue Bear from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas visited Medical Center Hospital to donate toys, books, stuffed bears, and new clothes through the Children’s Miracle Network. The effort, now in its fourth year, aims to comfort hospitalized children and aid out of town families with ready clothing on discharge.
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Marina Almance
Jose Ruben Aleman
Blue Bear
Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of Texas
Barbie Dunston
Medical Center Hospital
Midland
Blue Cross
Children's Miracle Network
Meier
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
Children’s Miracle Network
Robert Romero
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Romero
Rachel Shintani
Dobbs
Almance
Jose
Alamance
Hurricane Alex Lands In Mexico Coast As Storm Moves West
Hurricane Alex, first Atlantic hurricane of the season, made landfall near Soto La Marina with sustained winds near 105 mph as a Category 2 storm. The system disrupted Gulf oil spill cleanup, caused beach erosion along Louisiana Florida and Alabama, flooded roads, and prompted evacuations. Alex drifted west at about 10 mph, spawning tornadoes and pushing families into shelters.
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Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Soto la Marina
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Alex
Brownsville
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