Absent police officers cost Houston millions
Houston officers missing court appearances dismisses up to a quarter of traffic cases in municipal court. The Houston Post cites a potential yearly revenue loss near 5 million amid 700,000 annual cases, with April showing 29 percent dismissed on state not ready pleas.
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Lee Brown
Felix Stanley
Ron Beylett
the Post
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Horses find new lives after county shelter auction
At a 25 minute sale at the Ector County Odessa Animal Shelter nine horses were sold for 1091 dollars to buyers from Odessa Crane Imperial and Rankin. Mark Martinez paid 55 dollars for a yearling colt Budweiser and 80 dollars cash pocketed after the sale. Roy Bradley paid 110 dollars for an 18 month filly named Kitty. Both men agreed to care for the horses, with Martinez planning riding training and Bradley rehoning Kitty into a buggy horse. The auction followed neglect complaints against Evelyn McCasty of Pleasant Farms and the shelter will monitor health. if not improved the horses may be repossessed.
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Roy Bradley
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Ector County-Odessa
Ector County
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Rankin
C.K. Jones
Mark
West Odessa
Kitty
McCasty
Ruth Marks
Presbyterian Hospital to continue abortion policy amid protests
In Dallas 2000 demonstrators formed a prayer chain around Presbyterian Hospital to protest abortion policy. Hospital officials affirmed the board of trustees policy dating from October 15, 1985, permitting first trimester abortions on request and second trimester abortions when medically indicated, with no third trimester abortions. Pro choice groups raised funds to subsidize abortions for poor women, while opponents urged a boycott.
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Bill Mays
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Mays
William Price
Greater Dallas
Right To Life
Sallie Stratton
Couple Wed During Wagon Train Celebration in Abilene
ABILENE AP The assistant wagonmaster of the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train wed Shawna Hicks and Michael Lowrie in a Beeshart Arena ceremony at Taylor County Expo Center. The crowd witnessed a horse drawn procession, a circuit riding preacher, and riders marking the day in a spirit of great western heritage.
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Abilene
Michael Lowrie
Shawna Hicks
Beeshart Arena
Taylor County Expo Center
Hamburger brawl ends in deputy’s fatal shooting
Fort Worth AP report says Arthur Oldner, 31, a Johnson County deputy sheriff and Whataburger security guard, shot and killed Lawrence E. Timmons, 40, after Timmons assaulted him with Oldner’s nightstick during a early morning dispute over buns. Timmons was armed with a knife during the confrontation.
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Forest Hill
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