Basin guardsmen may be sent to border to help as plan unfolds
Texas National Guard aims to deploy up to 2,300 soldiers and airmen along the border by late summer. Officials say some Permian Basin personnel are likely to be among those sent, though exact units and hometowns remain undecided. County sheriff notes potential impact on local guardsmen and supports broader border coverage.
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Texas National Guard
Gonda Moncada
Moncada
Permian
Ector County
Mark Donaldson
Iraq
Man executed for ax killing of girlfriend in Texas
Timothy Titsworth, a 34 year old former crack user on probation for auto theft, was executed for the 1992 capital murder of his girlfriend. He apologized repeatedly in the death chamber, saying he could not take back the pain he caused and expressed hope for her peace. The execution marked Texas’ 11th this year as onlookers from Alamosa, Colorado watched.
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Titsworth
Texas
Huntsville
Timothy Titsworth
Alamosa
Colo
Planet Troopers Cleanup Ends With Gift Card Draw
Odessa volunteers join seven day pool passes program cleaning Woodson Park and prepping for the finale at Commancho Trails Park. A $250 mall gift certificate raffle and a McDonald’s Coca Cola sponsored picnic accompany the final event. only participants at both cleanups qualify for the drawing.
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Odessa 1
Malik
Woodson Park
Planet Troopers
Commancho Trails Park
Lopez
McDonald’s
Coca-Cola
Odessa plans classic rock fundraiser to aid education
Sponsor tables for the OA concert in Odessa are selling fast with Three Dog Night table sales outpacing past events. Tickets go on sale around July 1 as organizers aim to attract crowds and fund schooling projects with proceeds.
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KC & the Sunshine Band
Odessa
MICH approves bid for cancer parking lot
The Ector County Hospital District board approved NC Sturgeon to construct a $5.3 million cancer center on the MCH campus and pay $280,000 for a parking lot on Washington Avenue between Third and Fourth streets. The project starts in July and ends by September, with additional $90,000 for architect fees and related work. The board also created a radiology division of ProCare and made leadership changes.
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Ector County Hospital District
NC Sturgeon
Tony Ruiz
MCH
Ruiz
Washington Avenue
Third
Fourth
ProCare
Bill
Three Dog Night Hits and Iconic Songs
The band Three Dog Night produced multiple well known tracks including Black and White Joy to the World often called Jeremiah was a Bullfrog One is the Loneliest Number and Mama Told Me Not to Come.
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Jeremiah
FutureGen and VHT3R reports slated for Odessa development meeting
Odessa Development Corp meets Thursday at 2 p.m. at Odessa City Hall to hear FutureGen and the High Temperature Test Reactor reports. Neil McDonald will discuss the nationwide site hunt for a $1 billion DOE project with Penwell among 12 contenders. Kirk Edwards reports on UT Permian Basin and General Atomics efforts to bring the reactor to Andrews, with Odessa Midland and Andrews collaborating. Debi Mace will cover Permian Basin Workforce Board, with officer elections and committee reports on the agenda.
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FutureGen
Odessa Development Corp
Odessa City Hall
Neil McDonald
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
West Texas FutureGen Task Force
Department of Energy
Penwell
Ector County
Kirk Edwards
Odessa
Andrews
Midland
General Atomics of California
University of Texas
Permian Basin
ODC
Debi Mace
Police Await Autopsy Results In 13YearOld's Death
Andrews Police Chief Bud Jones says the probe into Elizabeth Gamboa's death is on hold while awaiting autopsy results from the Lubbock County Medical Examiner. The girl died May 2 at a Lubbock hospital. officials say they are relatively sure it was not a homicide. Efforts to reach the medical examiner’s office were unsuccessful.
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Andrews Andrews
Bud Jones
Lubbock County
Pital
Jones
Lubbock County Medical
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