Storytelling atmosphere at Kerrville festival fuels family tales
Center Point families gather near Kerrville for a four day festival with storytellers Melisa 11 Symanthia 15 and others. A map on a dartboard decides trips to Midland and San Antonio. Narratives include a hotel manager found hanging from a deer antler head and a late night procession led by Bongo Joe the drummer.
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Center Point
Kerrville
Texas
Midland
San Antonio
Finley
Melisa
Symanthia
Sam
Lisa
Sunday opens defy Blue Law at Permian Mall stores
Richard Perez estimated about 20 Permian Mall stores defied the Blue Law by opening on Sunday. He said more stores would follow after seeing traffic. Dillard Department Store manager Tom Sullivan said the Little Rock based chain would remain closed on Sundays.
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Richard Perez
Permian Mall
Perez
Dillard Department Store
Tom Sullivan
Little Rock, Ark
Brothers injured in Pecos truck overturn during chase
Three Odessa brothers were listed in stable condition at Medical Center Hospital after their pickup overturned during a police chase near Pecos. The driver Alfredo Ortiz 23 Daniel Ortiz 20 and Domingo Ortiz 19 were all injured when the vehicle went off the road struck a culvert and dirt embankment. Citations had not been issued early today.
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Pecos
Medical Center Hospital
Department of Public Safety
Reeves County Sheriff's Department
U.S. 80
DPS
Alfredo Ortiz
Daniel Ortiz
Juarez Sr
Domingo Ortiz
Zacatecas St
Midland Man Jailed After Rifle Incident on Loop 250
An 18-year-old Midland man remained jailed in Midland City on a case involving a ramming attempt on a passing pickup and a .22 rifle pointed at its occupants, including William Harrison and his wife and child. Off-duty deputy Cyrel Collins detained the suspect until on-duty deputies arrived. No injuries reported and no charges filed at this writing.
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Midland
Midland City
Jim Colburn
William Harrison
South Loop 250
Harrison
Midkiff Road
Loop 250
Colburn
Midland County
Cyrel Collins
Roy Harrison
Injured man improves after West Odessa motorcycle crash
The condition of a 27 year old man injured when his motorcycle crashed on Whirlaway Drive Saturday afternoon has been upgraded from critical to stable at Medical Center Hospital. Noe Marichalar, 15 year old, remained in stable condition. DPS reports say the crash occurred at 3 30 p m and troopers continued the investigation.
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Medical Center Hospital
Manuel Molina
Black Gold Drive
Noe Marichalar
Hasty Road
Whirlaway Drive
West Odessa
Department of Public Safety
Marichalar
Odessa College Trustees Eyes Tax Hike And Budget Plan
Odessa College trustees meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building to discuss a potential 3 percent local tax increase raising the rate from 12.6 to 13 cents per $100. The plan also includes a 4 percent salary rise and about $160,000 for launching a public television station amid enrollment-driven state funding growth.
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Odessa College
Odessa College Board of Trustees
Roger Coomer
Coomer
Man dies in rig fall near Goldsmith
A 27 year old Odessa man Darren Earl Bean died early Sunday after slipping from a ladder while disassembling a rig at the J W Cowden base near Goldsmith. He fell seven feet and struck his head. Bean was employed by Cactus Drilling Corp. The office declined to comment until an internal investigation is finished. Dr Ark Angel pronounced him dead at Medical Center Hospital. The sheriff ruled the fall accidental.
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Goldsmith
Odessa
Ector County
Sheriff's Department
Darren Earl Bean
J.W. Cowden
Gene Kloss
Bean
Sheriff’s Department
Cactus Drilling Corp
Ken Hedrick
Interna
Hedrick
Ark Angel
Medical Center Hospital
Klos
Odessa girl reports kidnapping attempt
Odessa police investigated a reported kidnapping attempt on a 10-year-old girl Saturday evening near the 7-Eleven district office at 3915 Tanglewood. The girl fled east on Tanglewood while describing the driver as a white man with dark hair mustache and light beard. a boy aged 7 to 9 sat in the van.
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Odessa
Rusty Baker
Tanglewood
Robber Stole Cash From Southside Store Clerk
Police search for a gunman who took 500 dollars from clerk Gloria Nunez at La Villita 1050 S. Dixie Blvd. around 1 15 a m Sunday. The suspect demanded cash, then ordered the bag returned and she surrendered the money.
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Southside
Gloria Nunez
Villita
S. Dixie Blvd
Nunez
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