County budget talk and monitor program details emerge
Thompson notes senior citizens should not wait for buses in cold weather as county action continues into the afternoon. Attendees discuss electronic monitoring for inmates, with a $5 daily fee proposed to replace a $62,000 state grant. Juvenile probation and detention costs are trimmed by $117,000 while scheduling changes save funds. County Clerk records funding, staff reductions, and a new $5 land records filing fee expected to raise $76,500. Workshops enter their third day.
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Thompson
Post Depart
Callendar
Bryant
Dunlap
Juvenile Probation Department
County Juvenile Detention Center
Caddel
Barbara Bedford
Linda Haney
Bedford
Fire gut sheds at Dean's Marine in weekend blaze
A fire destroyed a sheet metal building at Dean's Marine damaging no boats in display outside but leading president Dennis Salyards to plan demolition of the 1964 structure plus 1970s and 1980s additions. No injuries were reported. Salyards left for lunch shortly before the blaze. He mourned his father's mementos lost in the fire and framed the event as a learning experience for reopening.
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Dean's Marine
Dennis Salyards
Salyards
OFD
Police await autopsy in Odessa death of elderly man
Odessa police await autopsy results for Loy Hugh Mead, 75, found dead at his home on Sunday. He was pronounced dead at 11:55 a.m. by medical examiner B. J. White who ordered the autopsy due to bruising. Officials say the case is not being treated as a homicide. Funeral services set for Thursday at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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Odessa
Loy Hugh Mead
Catclaw Drive
Ector County
B.J. White
White
Mead
Frank W. Wilson
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Traffic lights favor main streets over side routes in Odessa
Odessa city officials explain that sensors on side streets trigger green lights to move traffic along main arteries. A traffic light installation follows Texas standards, relying on volume, street width, speed limits, and accident history. Crews monitor signals daily and urge public reports of light problems.
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42Nd Street
Squyres
Odessa
Grant Street
Two died in Sonora rollover crash in Texas
In Sonora a Tuesday morning rollover on a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban killed Josefa Bou-Hamad, 50, and Alejandro Abecia, 15, who were ejected. Six others including Lilia Abecia, 53, Angelina Abecia, 11, Miguel Angel Abecia, 46, and Roberto Abecia, 12, were treated at Shannon Hospital for serious injuries. Driver Miguel Abecia reportedly overcorrected after losing control. all but Bou-Hamad wore seat belts.
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Sonora
Corpus Christi
Josefa Bou-Hamad
Alejandro Abecia
Sutton County
Adelia Alvarez
Lilia Abecia
Shannon
Angelina Abecia
Miguel Angel Abecia
Roberto Abecia
Burglary and property loss reported in Odessa area
Police blotter lists multiple burglary cases with losses from private residences on Conley Place Beechwood Street Langtry Avenue Graham Avenue East 56th Street and East Eighth Street. Totals include jewelry 6450 appliances 2200 tires 1900 and other items. damage to vehicles reported on East 52nd Street and East 21st Street. A business on Grant Avenue reported tires and wheels theft.
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Beechwood Street
Odessa
Langtry Avenue
Graham Avenue
East 56Th Street
East 52Nd Street
East Eighth Street
East 21St Street
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Justice of the Peace
Southside Senior Center
Northside Senior Center
Veterans’ Services
Jerry Caddel
State Farm
Houston Copeland
Houston
State Farm Service Office
Ashford Park
Jbs Parkway
Suite A
Texas
Statefarm.com
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, IL
Conley Place
Credit Car Center
N. Grant Ave
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