Burdine case hinges on lawyer list dispute in Texas
Veterans lawyer seeks reappointment to represent death row inmate Calvin Burdine after district judge refused to appoint him for an October retrial. McGlasson, long familiar with Burdine’s case, argues fairness, noting the Texas Fair Defense Act list excludes him. Prosecution remains noncommittal as appeals unfold.
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Austin
Texas Criminal Court of Appeals
Rick Hagen
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Robert McGlasson
McGlasson
Calvin Burdine
Burdine
Hagen
Paul Storts
Harris County
Huffman
Anthony Osso
Keith Hampton
The
Defense Lawyers Association
Cantaloupe Crop in Pecos Faces Weather Woes and Scarcity
Pecos County reports heavy rains early in the season hindering cantaloupes, watermelons, and onions across southwest Texas. Growers like Randy Taylor and Eric Platt cite cooler temps and hail losses, with some farms down over 50 percent and packing sheds reduced. Still, producers expect a late-season rebound as harvests resume into September.
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Texas
Texas Cooperative Extension
Pecos
Eric Platt
National Weather Service
Midland
Grover Randy Taylor
Saragosa
Foster
Taylor
Leaders Camp Teaches Leadership at John Ben Shepperd Institute
Teens attend a weeklong program focusing on protecting freedom through leadership with 24 campers selected from strong applications. They visit the Petroleum Museum and Commemorative Air Force Museum to study history and events. Austin Nutting aims to sharpen communication for a future occupational therapy career, citing prior Key Club service and a junior JBS camp.
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Addie Leverett
John Ben Shepperd Institute
Leverett
Petroleum Museum
Commemorative Air Force Museum
Austin Nutting
Big Spring
Austin
Key Club
JBS
Ozanа priest faces multiple sex abuse charges in Reagan County
The Rev. Miguel Esquivel, co chair of the San Angelo diocese review board, was indicted by a Reagan County grand jury on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child, and four counts of sexual assault of a child. A Big Lake area resident alleges abuse dating to the late 1980s and early 1990s when Esquivel served as a priest. He has been removed from active ministry. No court date has been set.
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San Angelo
Miguel Esquivel
Ozona
Reagan County
Big Lake
Esquivel
Odessa seminar guides local taxpayers at 4682 E University
Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander’s Odessa field office hosts a 6 to 7 30 p m seminar on sales and franchise tax forms taxability duties and Comptroller services with agency reps available to answer questions For information call 550 3027 The office also offers a hotline and a state website Odessa College updates city parks with public details available through 368 7313 New York City Fire Department guests share Sept 11 experiences at a Southwest Texas Red Cross event An awards reception Friday at Hilton Midland and Towers runs 6 to 10 p m Tickets are 10 RSVP lines 915 570 6161 or 800 219 2154
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Texas Comptroller
Carole Keeton Rylander
Odessa
E. University Blvd
Comptroller
Window State
New York City
American Red Cross
Texas
William Rivera
Herman Tyson
Irene Estrada Rukaj
NYFD
Hilton Midland
Towers
Hearing screening offered by local deaf council at Music City Mall
The Highland Council for the Deaf and Permian Basin Self Help for the Hard of Hearing will host a free hearing screening for ages five and up from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Music City Mall in Odessa. An Andrews man, Ryan Miller, 18, is being held on a motion to revoke, after nine warrants. He and James Nollan Duncan, 19, were pulled over for a stolen vehicle. Duncan then drove off and was later captured. Miller fled and was detained. Duncan faces unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, escape, and felony theft charges with a $15,000 bond. In Midland County, 17-year-old Jonathan Scott Perry is in critical condition after a group at a Cookout doused him with lighter fluid and set him on fire. the incident was videotaped and not considered an accident. Perry was transferred to a Lubbock hospital for treatment.
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The
Highland Council For the Deaf and the
Permian Basin Self Help For
Music City Mall
Odessa
OPD
Thompson
Duncan
Miller
Beeson Avenue
Ector County
Ector County Detention Center
Midland
Lubbock
Midland County
Gary Painter
Painter
Jonathan Scott
Perry
South County
Midland Memorial Hospital
Midland County Sheriff's Office
Lubbock University Medical Center
Mental health board to meet at Midland airport office
The Board of Trustees of the Permian Basin Community Centers for Mental Health and Mental Retardation will convene at 3:30 p.m. today at the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission office located at Midland International Airport, 2910 LaForce Blvd. Agenda items include selecting an audit firm, a contract compliance summary, several reports, and an executive session for personnel matters.
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Board of Trustees
Permian Basin Community Centers For Mental Health
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Midland International Airport
LaForce Blvd
Reading program ends with Kang Read Across Texas
The Ector County Library summer reading program wraps up today at 2 30 p m with a party in Noel Plaza. The bash features Cowboy Judson Bennett formerly of Buffalo Bill in Euro Disney s Wild West Show.
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Texas
Ector County
Noel Plaza
Judson Bennett
Buffalo Bill
Rotary Club Meeting in Odessa Campus Union
The Odessa Downtown Rotary Club will meet at noon Wednesday in the Community Room on the second floor of the Student Union Building at the Odessa campus. Members are urged to attend and discuss club service projects and upcoming community events.
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Odessa
Rotary Club
Dallas firefighters seek delay of 5 percent raise
Dallas fire fighters weigh asking City Council to defer next year’s 5 percent raise if the budget is balanced without civilian job or wage cuts. Lt Greg Perry says deferral could protect civilian workers while unions weigh compromise amid a broader budget fight.
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Dallas
Dallas Firefighters Association
Perry
American Airlines Center
Mary Suhm
Glenn White
Dallas Police Association
White
Laura Miller
City Hall
Kristye Lynch
Arkansas woman narrows search for brothers missing since 1978
Crystal Bolin of Hasty Ark has located one brother and is pursuing the other. She learned Jason Parkis remains in Roswell while Todd Parkis has lived in the Dallas area the last 18 months. Bolin hopes to reconnect after being in foster care with Vernon and Brenda Conner and later with the Dyer family since 1978.
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Arkansas
Crystal Bolin
Hasty, Ark
Jason Clancey Parkis
Chauncey Todd Parkis
Odessa
Donald Dyer
Vernon Dyer
Bolin
Roswell
Jason
Todd
Dallas
Dyer
Crystal
Jason Parkis
Dyers
Amarillo
Vernon
Brenda Conner
Lubbock
Conners
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