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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 2016
Page
1
Power outages linger after the storm with Oncor restoring service for about 1600 customers Thursday afternoon. Area Manager Gus Ortega said 12,000 without power at the storm’s peak in Odessa and 27 power line poles were down. Crews from other areas assisted as Oncor workers had worked overnight to restore service.
Payday Loans Catholic Charities of Odessa schedules a conference for community leaders and officials on payday and auto-title lending. The 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. session at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church features Bishop Mike Sis and Dr. Taylor Sandlin with refreshments and an RSVP URL and contact Valerie Bueno.
Market Street hosts the Best of Texas Food Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with Texas grown products. The event features samples, in-store displays, and demonstrations across all 16 Market Street locations including Odessa and Midland. Staff will answer questions and provide meal recommendations.
Odessa July sales tax receipts fell 12.17 percent to about 2.85 million from 3.24 million in July 2015, Texas Comptroller figures show. Officials said declines narrow but persist, with Odessa Development Corporation receiving over 570 thousand of that total and Midland posting a larger July drop.
Paul Lujan, 33, who had been inadvertently released from federal custody, turned himself in outside the Ector County Courthouse after being arrested June 23 on a state murder charge tied to the Aug. 22, 2009 stabbing death of Roger Lee Vasquez Jr. outside Crossroads Bar. He was previously charged federally with felon in possession of a firearm. that count was dismissed and later refiled.
Odessa residents struggle to recover after a Wednesday night storm toppled power lines, triggering a citywide blackout and three fires. A power line collapse at a shed sparked a residence fire at 8 30 p m. Gardendale attic blaze followed at 9 p m. Later, a West Odessa home burned to ruin as a firefighter suffered heat exhaustion before being treated and released. Triple digit heat is forecast for the next five days.
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