Former youth center worker indicted in sex case
Amber Marie Mendoza, a 27 year old former Ector County Youth Center employee, was indicted May 25 on two counts. A sexual assault of a child, a second degree felony, and improper sexual activity with a person in custody, a third degree felony. The charges stem from a period when the 16 year old inmate visited Mendoza at his mother's home in the 2900 block of Eagles Nest Avenue during a weekend furlough between August 1 and 3.
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Ector County Youth Center
Ector County
Amber Marie Mendoza
Mendoza
Eagles Nest Avenue
Ex youth pastor pleads guilty and resigns from church
Robert John Weber, former youth pastor at Second Baptist Church, pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexual assault of a child. He received 90 days in jail and 10 years of deferred adjudication and probation, with restrictions against serving as a pastor or around non-owned children without supervision and parental consent. Weber had continued working at the church until his resignation Sunday. Jerry Robinson, deacon chairman, commented on the case.
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Second Baptist Church
Robert John Weber
Ector County
Bobby Bland
Bland
Weber
Sion
Jerry Robinson
Robinson
DEAL
Odessa Places Ninth in National Water Pledge Challenge
Odessa residents pledged to save 7,325,361 gallons of water and reduce single use plastic bottle use by 22,211 bottles while cutting 607 pounds of hazardous waste from watersheds. The 100,000 to 299,999 population tier top 10 also includes Torrance Ventura Huntington Beach Pasadena Athens Clarke County West Palm Beach Gainesville Fort Collins and Plano.
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Odessa
Ventura
Huntington Beach
Pasadena
Calif
Athens-Clarke County
West Palm Beach
Gainesville
Fla
Fort Collins
Colo
Plano
New CEO at Odessa Hispanic Chamber Introduced
The Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announces its new CEO Joe Montoya. The event is at Edgman Insurance, 4800 E University Blvd, on Thursday with a news conference from 5 to 7 pm. Montoya previously worked as a human resources analyst and QA engineer for Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth and is a 10 year U S Air Force veteran. He has been involved with the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber Fort Worth and Arlington Hispanic Chamber. For info call 432-339-6422 or email office odessahcc.org.
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Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Joe Montoya
Edgman Insurance
E. University Blvd
Montoya
Bell Heli —Nyte
Odessahcc.org
Train hits SUV leaving crossings blocked for hours
A Union Pacific westbound train struck a red 1997 Chevy SUV stuck on tracks at West Murphy Street and South Crane Avenue around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday. The SUV was destroyed. the train suffered no damage and the driver received a citation for interfering with railroad property.
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Courtney Saccoj
Odessa
Union Pacific
West Murphy Street
South Crane Avenue
David Lara
Lara
Johnson
Texas higher education gains funding boost in session
Texas lawmakers approved 17.2 billion for higher education funding, a 1.1 billion rise, plus 3 billion for capital construction to ease demand. Paredes noted 48 million for UT Permian Basin engineering and kinesiology facilities and 14 million for Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Odessa academic building. Rep. Landgraf and Sen. Seliger aided the measure as colleges face funding shifts and reduced contact hours.
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Texas
Raymond Paredes
Paredes
University of Texas of
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