Valley AirCare crew killed in crash near Rio Grande Valley
Flight nurse Carlos De La Fuente Sr pilot Anthony Martinez and paramedic Brenda Leinweber died doing their work after a Valley Air Care helicopter crashed en route to a truck wreck in Brooks County. The NTSB probed the scene as memorial services were planned. a trucker was treated and released.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Bill Aston
Harlingen Community Emergency Care Foundation Inc
Valley AirCare Development
Shannon Wilks
Valley Baptist Medical Center
Bill Elliott
Leinweber
South Padre Island
Brownsville Ems
Harlingen Ems
Wilks
de la Fuente
San Benito
Brian Gates
Harlingen
Cameron County
Oscar de la Fuente
Valley Baptist
Carlos
Elliott
Martinez
Houston
McAllen
Valley Air Care
California
Mexico
Brooks County
Valley AirCare
BLOTTER: Odessa arrests and narcotics charges detailed
A list of recent police reports from Odessa includes a 17 year old in Ector County Jail on aggravated assault of a peace officer. Other cases involve assault, DWI, and possession of cocaine with varied bond amounts and arraignment statuses. Officers were assaulted, cocaine possession charges cited against several individuals.
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Odessa
Ector County
Marlin R. Insante
Texas Ave
Medical Center Hospital
East Murphy Street
Renee Lynn Rousey
N. Andrews Highway
Ricky Edward Simpson
E. 63Rd St
Eugene Castillo Nanez
E. Second St
Oscar Delores Ornelas
W. May Street
Anthony Wade Coursey
South Hasty Road
Family sues over cardboard coffin burial in Texas
The family of Pasadena man John T. Mitchum, who died of cancer at 65, sue Budget Funeral Home and Rosewood Funeral Home alleging he was buried in a cardboard box. Exhumed remains and unpaid burial bills are at issue as trial is set for June 22 in Houston.
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Houston
Pasadena
John T. Mitchum
Mitchum
Laurine Udiz
The
Houston Chronicle
Rosewood Memorial Park
Humble
Budget Funeral Home
Rosewood Funeral Home
Budget
Jess Fields
U.S
Jack Fields
Rosewood
Tad Halback
Fields
Rob Purgatorio
Purgatorio
Stanley Hardware
Jim Mitchum
Liberty County
Funeral Home
Striking French pilots offer to fly World Cup fans
Air France pilots proposed free flights for World Cup ticket holders to France as their strike entered its second week. The gesture, if accepted, may not avert disruption to the event with normal service expected to resume only three days after the walkout ends.
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Air France
France
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon
Army Defends School of the Americas Amid Rights Criticism
Army officials describe the School of the Americas at Fort Benning as a training hub for Latin American officers aimed at promoting democracy and peace. Critics cite human rights abuses linked to some graduates, including operatives in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama. Supporters argue most graduates perform well while a minority err.
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America
Maryknolls
Kevin McIver
Fort Benning
Panama
United States
Army
Department of Defense
el Salvador
School of the Americas
U.S
Jennifer Harbury
Noriega
Florida
Outcome School of America
Yvonne Dilling
Coalition
School of the Americas Watch
McIver
Mclver
Corporate charter schools expand across states amid policy shifts
A network of company run learning centers from Dade County to Dallas and Minneapolis highlights a trend toward charter style schools funded or supported by employers. Sites include Miami International Airport Mt Sinai Hospital Florida Power Light Santa Rosa Des Moines Target. In Houston Medical Center Charter School co founders run a private school in the same building. Florida lawmakers alter charter rules to allow single company service, with similar efforts in Arizona.
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Dade County
Miami International Airport
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miami Beach
Florida Power & Light Co
Florida City
Hewlett- Packard
Santa Rosa
Calif
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Business Education Alliance
Dallas
Mill City Montessori
Target Store
Minneapolis
Houston
Medical Center
Texas Medical
Margot T. Heard
James L. McKey
Florida
Arizona
Teachers push back on grade pressure from officials
Manning and Lansdale defend teacher integrity against policy calls to change grades. Lansdale argues teachers face undue pressure and that student failure stems from student effort, not teacher actions. Both oppose punitive messages blaming educators.
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Manning
Lansdale
UT offers and enrollments rise with varied minority shares
The Associated Press reports college offers by ethnicity show whites up 14 percent and Hispanics up 21 percent while African American offers rise 7 percent. Overall enrollment increases 5 percent to 15 558 with Asian offers dipping slightly from 1715 to 1705 and American Indian offers up from 45 to 48.
Hare, the Bell, and the Hornets
Hare tricks Coyote into ringing a bell that never rings. Coyote shakes a hornets nest from a tree, provoking a swarm that chases him across the desert. Coyote vows revenge, but Hare outwits him again.
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Coyote
Hare
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Odessa American
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