Ector County schools seek nearly 8 percent tax hike
The Ector County Independent School District plans a 7.96 percent local tax increase to offset state funding cuts and new state education requirements. A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the board room at 802 North Sam Houston Ave. The district would raise the rate from 76.97 to 83.1 cents per $100, with a 6.2 cent increase.
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Ector County
Ector County Independent School District
North Sam Houston Ave
Bill Holm
Holm
Machine speeds urine drug tests in Ector County probation
A urine analysis machine helps Ector County probation officers deter drug use among adult offenders. Since last September the detection rate has fallen from initial positives to mostly negatives, with the machine achieving about 95 percent accuracy for recent use.
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Ector County
Larry Myers
Myers
Mike Neeley
Probation Department
Neeley
Motorcyclist killed in head on collision in Odessa
A 27 year old Odessa man died from internal injuries after a head on crash with a car on Golder Avenue early Sunday. Brian B Basso 3204 Mercury St died about 1 30 a m at Medical Center Hospital. He was driving a 1983 Honda motorcycle when he veered into the northbound lane and struck a 1979 Ford Pinto driven by Wallace Mick Snyder 32 of 907 E 15th St with passenger Cliff Curtis 33 of 1112 N Adams Ave both treated and released from the hospital.
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Odessa
Department of Public Safety
Brian B. Basso
Mercury St
Medical Center Hospital
Basso
Golder Avenue
DPS
Wallace Mick Snyder
E. 15Th St
Cliff Curtis
N. Adams Ave
Mercury Ave
Bayshore
Long Island
N.Y
Mr. Basso
Burglary reports in Ector County from storage unit and home
Police notes list two burglary incidents. Terry Wayne Justice of 2735 E Eighth St reported 3406 dollars of miscellaneous goods taken from Colonial Self Storage on 3233 East U S 80 between 2 pm Wednesday and 8 am Sunday, with Officer R Hammerman assisting. Ann Yzaguirre of 11000 Chaparral Drive reported a Gibson bass guitar valued at 1025 dollars taken from her residence between 4 45 pm Friday and 6 30 pm Friday, with Deputy W Palmer handling the case.
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Terry Wayne Justice
E. Eighth St. No
Colonial Self Storage
E. U.S
Hammerman
ECTOR
Ann Yzaguirre
Chaparral Drive
W. Palmer
Odessa area obituaries and funeral notices roundup
Multiple funeral services and burial arrangements for Darren Earl Bean McGail Riley Linabell Hargis and other Odessa area residents are listed. Accounts include birth dates death details and survivors names with locations and funeral home arrangements noting hospitals and cemeteries in Odessa Sunset Memorial Gardens Coleman Oakwood Cisco and Center Hospital.
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Darren Earl Bean
Odessa
Frank W. Wilson
Daren Riley
44Th St
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Martinez Funeral Home
Linabell Hargis
Coffeyville
Kan
Sunset Mausoleum
Danny Hargis
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Hargis
Coffeyville Memorial Hospital
Independence
D.B. Hargis
Kansas
Camp Wood
Janell Franklin
Immanuel Baptist Church
Bill Cook
Oakwood Cemetery
Cisco
Odessa Man Faces Second Trial On Child Molestation Charge
A district judge was to decide today if Gene Bobo, 52, will face jurors again for indecency with a child. His first trial ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict following hours of deliberations.
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Odessa
Gene Bobo
Bobo
Ector County
Roger Jones
Matt Thomas
Tryon Lewis
Dowling
Jones
Lewis
Odor leads pair to jail near Hico farm
Erath County deputies traced a debt discussion to a farmhouse one mile north of Hico after a strong meth odor from two bankers. James D. Vivian and Patricia Marie Vivian, both 42 and 38, were jailed on 500000 bonds each on conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance charges. Authorities seized weapons and lab equipment, and the farmhouse had been under surveillance since March.
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Hico (Ap
Erath County
David Coffee
Tom McWhorter
Hico
James D. Vivian
Patricia Marie Vivian
Brath County
Stephenville
Justice of the Peace
Sarah Miller
McWhorter
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Nicky
Shirley Bean
Darla Brazeal
Andrews
Dana Bean
Danial Bean
Naomi Glossit
Springfield
Harvey Clevenger
McGail Riley
McGail Lee Riley
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
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Charles Riley
Crown Point
Ind
Ronald Belford
Centerbury
Ohio
Danny B. Hargis
Shirley Leonard
Twila Adams
Junie London
Vivian Kedulka
Ford City
Frank Basso
Las Cruces
N.M
Frank R. Basso
Keith Basso
Deland, Fla
Frank L. Basso
California
Noel Basso
Nona Basso
Michelle Basso
Alison Garcia
Lydia Terry
Azores
Paula Basso
Gainesville
Fla
Claudia Stuart
Mastic
Laura Kohlerschmidt
Durango, Colo
Marsha Stroub
Miami, Fla
Sister Frances Marie
Uniondale
Gene Stiehl Coleman
Gene ‘‘Cotton" Stiehl
Coleman
Coleman City Cemetery
Ray Martin
Walker Funeral Home
Stiehl
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Big Spring
Ardmore
Okla
Pecos
Gary Adams
Franklin
Uvalde Memorial Hospital
Don Franklin
Odessa Water Department
First Baptist Church
Mary Elizabeth Redwine
Richard Redwine
Longview
Hermanio Aguirre
Ruth St
William Rhodes
N. Lee Ave
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Odessan
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