Thunderstorms bring more rain to Basin cities
Rainfall across the Permian Basin and surrounding towns varied as thunderstorms moved through Saturday morning. Midland Regional Airport logged .67 inch, Odessa stations reported amounts from .50 to .86 inch, and other local sites measured .38 to .84 inch. Nearby towns including Andrews, Big Spring, Seagraves, Jal, and Hobbs also reported rainfall. Pecos and Imperial noted trace amounts. Forecasters expect fair skies and warm temperatures into Tuesday.
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Midland Regional
The
Weather Service
Odessa American
Fourth
Jackson
University and
Golder
Odessa
Central Fire Station
Murphy and Dobbs
Grandview
Eighth
Santa Rosa
Permian Basin
Andrews
Big Spring
Seagraves
Jal
N.M
Fort Davis
Wink
Lovington
Aftermath of the Wichita Falls Tornado Deepens Emotional Toll
Residents face ongoing trauma as recovery unfolds with 2 million spent by the Army Corps of Engineers and 6 percent of debris cleared. Psychologists warn of post disaster stress while schools consolidate, housing costs rise, and insurance hurdles strain families. Portents of hope appear in a rainbow over Faith Village as reunions begin.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Don Boulware
Wichita County
Boulware
Johnnie Ozee
McNiel Junior High School
Rider High School
Ozee
Jim Jones
First Step
Haven
Linda Weber
Bill McAda
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
McAda
Dellwood Lee
Independent Insurance Agents Association
Judy McConnell
Small Business Administration
SBA
McConnell
Texas
Congress
Wichita Falls
Lee
Faith Village
Jackie Luna
Black march in Okolona protests killings at library
About 400 Black residents in Okolona marched from the United League office to the public library in a silent rally. Speakers including Dr. Howard Gunn denounced police killings of Black people and called for action after the death of Haseena Le Andrew Carruthers, with federal and state authorities investigating.
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United League of Mississippi
Howard Gunn
United League
Gunn
Haseena le
Andrew Carruthers
Odessa Man Charged With Theft Of 1976 Van
A 19 year old Odessa man Gayneal Ray Baker was charged with theft after a 1976 model van disappeared from Mae Hansen's driveway on Snyder Street. Baker was arrested at 907 Snyder and released on 5000 bond by Municipal Court Judge Otis Moore.
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Odessa
Gayneal Ray Baker
Snyder
Mae Hansen
Baker
Otis Moore
Warmer Start With Weekend Warmth From Midland Site
National Weather Service forecast from Midland Regional Airport calls for a warm spell through Monday with highs in the mid 80s and lows near 58. Winds east-southeasterly 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation in the last 24 hours totals .67 inches. Year to date precipitation stands at 6.75 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Odessa Man Returns Home to Ransacked House
An Odessa man arrived home at 2 a.m. Saturday to find his residence ransacked and $2,450 in items missing including a microwave, TV, tools, and a cassette player. Police investigate nine similar burglaries tied to damaged doors, fenced areas, and unlocked vehicles with various items stolen.
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Odessa
John Richard Puga
Clifford
Oil Transport Co
James P. Gilstrip
Brentwood
Doby’s
East Eighth
Terry L. Blum
Penbrook
Citizens Band
North
Grandview
Mary Oden
Paradise
David Cisnersos Pequeno
Post
North Kelly
el Charro
South Crane
Barbara LaBruyere
Ranchland No
Shirley Havens
West Third
Police probe two city vandalisms in Odessa
Police investigate two vandalisms Saturday night in Odessa. Dawn Ingram reports a bathroom window at 9184 East 16th broken totaling 30 dollars. An employee at Padrino's Lounge 410 East Murphy says someone fired two .38 caliber bullets through a lounge window after hours.
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Odessa
Dawn Ingram
East 16Th
Padrino’s
East Murphy
Deaths in Monahans and Sanderson Highlight Local Obituaries
Obituary notices honor Harold Lee Arrington 52 of Monahans with services at Immanuel Baptist Church and Masonic graveside rites, noting his Navy retirement and work as a service lant mechanic for Texas Electric. Also remembered is Inez Taliaferro 76 of Sanderson, died in Pecos County Memorial Hospital, with services at First United Methodist Church and burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery. she moved from Fort Worth to Sanderson in 1969 and was a homemaker and Methodist.
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Harold Arrington
Monahans
Harold Lee Arrington
Immanuel Baptist Church
Wilson- Miller Funeral Home
Ward Memorial Hospital
Caddo
Oklo
Navy
Texas Electric Co
Eastern Star
Scottish Rite Bodies
Lubbock
Odessa Shrine Club
Lou
Lahoma Selby
Compton
Louann Airington
Harold Airington Jr
Wyoming
Allen Lee Brock
Odessa
Mitchell Brock
Herbert Arrington
Kathleen Wright
Farmington, N.M
Stella Hill
Sanderson
Inez Taliaferro
First United Methodist Church
Cedar Grove
Fort Stockton
Pecos County Memorial Hospital
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Wayland Taliaferro
Decatur
Lena Bell Morell
First Baptist Church
Oak Lawn
Sullivan Funeral Home
Vernon
Bowie
James Floyd Morell
San Angelo
Wilbarger County
Lucinda Texas Englehardt
Midland
Daisy McGann
Billie Marie Easley
Dallas
Ralph Morell
Johnnie Ray Morell
Merchant Marines
Fort Davis
Ruth Givan Carlton
Geeslin
Alpine
el Paso
San Marcos
Red Cross
Kenneth Smith
Marfa
E.N. Carlton
Joe Carlton
Ernest Carlton
Don Carlton
Vicy Myrtle Watts
Washington
Morelock Funeral Home
Brownwood
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Watts
Medical Center Hospital
Grosvenor
Second Baptist Church
Jewel Gunter
Avery Schuepbach
Gladys Hensell
Garland
Georgia Graham
Lucille West
Brownfield
Odessa man shot four times in front yard fracas
A 30-year-old Odessa resident was treated for four gunshot wounds at Medical Center Hospital and a man was questioned by detectives. The victim, Billy Ray Harrison, was struck twice in the lower abdomen, once in the head and once in the right hand with a .22 pistol at 311 South Muskingum. Police reported the shooting occurred in a front yard. further details were unavailable Saturday night.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Billy Ray Harrison
South Muskingum
District Court Divorces Granted List
District Court records show divorces granted for multiple couples including Jacke Langham Smith and Bill Ray Smith, Ronnie Dacklyn Prentice and Tom H Prentice, Frances Denise Thomason and Michael Cvane Thomason, Paula Jean Vaught and David Randall Vaught, Erma Elizabeth Hughes and Billy Lee Hughes, Rau Ojinoga Reyes and Jeannie Estorga Reyes, G W Thomas and Inez Margaret Thomas, Roberta Strange and Billy Strange, Barbara Ann Roberts and James J. Roberts, Beverly Jean Martin and Richard Sidney Martin, Terry Lynn Naranjo Perez and Genaro Jesse Perez, Rebecca Burleson and Jimmy F. Burleson, Marion Burton and Teresa Kay Burton, Patricia Sebok and J Z Sebok, Lynn F. Pires and Robert Ann Peoples, Onetta Mae Chaney and Lindon Jack Chaney, Jackie Pollinger and Gerald J. Pollinger, Pamela Jo Hayes and Roy Dale Hayes, Nancy Brown and Terry Brown, Wanda Lydia Baucham and Chester Rucker Baucham, Lorraine M. Rives and R J Rives, Clinton McClain Miller Jr. and Cecile Hogan Miller, Barbare Ann Nunly and Richard Kenneth Nunley.
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Jacke Langham Smith
Bill Ray Smith
Ronnie Dacklyn Prentice
Tom H. Prentice
Frances Denise Thomason
Michael Cvane Thomason
Paula Jean Vaught
David Randall Vaught
Erma Elizabeth Hughes
Billy Lee Hughes
Rau Ojinoga Reyes
Jeannie Estorga Reyes
G.W. Thomas
Inez Margaret Thomas
Roberta Strange
Billy Strange
Barbara Ann Roberts
James J. Roberts
Beverly Jean Martin
Richard Sidney Martin
Terry Lynn
Naranjo Perez
Genaro
Jesse Perez
Rebecca Burleson
Jimmy F. Burleson
He Marion Burton
Teresa Kay Burton
Patricia Sebok
J.Z. Sebok
Lynn F. Pires
Robert Ann Peoples
Onetta Mae Chaney
Lindon Jack Chaney
Jackie Pollinger
Gerald J. Pollinger
Pamela Jo Hayes
Roy Dale Hayes
Nancy Brown
Terry Brown
Wanda Lydia Baucham
Chester Rucker Baucham
Lorraine M. Rives
R.J. Rives
Clinton McClain Miller Jr
Cecile Hogan Miller
Barbare Ann Nunly
Richard Kenneth Nunley
Man charged with assault in Odessa case
A 2 year old Odessa man was free on 15000 bond after being charged with aggravated assault for beating a man with a crow bar. Ruben Munoz Jr 1419 South Lee was arrested at the police station Friday morning. Frank P Mendoza 811 South Autumn said he was attacked near Randy's Grocery Crane and Drury last Sunday and hospitalized five days. The charge was filed with Justice of the Peace Jimmy Harris. The Ector County Grand Jury meets Monday to consider pending felony cases.
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Odessa
Ruben Munoz Jr
South Lee
Frank P. Mendoza
South Autumn
Randy
Crane and Drury
Munoz
Justice of the Peace
Jimmy Harris
Ector County Grand Jury
Odessa events set for tomorrow across three venues
Tomorrow in Odessa the Ector County Commissioners Court convenes at 10 A.M. at the Ector County Courthouse. At noon the Odessa Kiwanis Club meets at the Inn of the Golden West. At 7 P.M. Wildcat Toastmasters gather in the Odessa College faculty lounge.
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Ector County Commissioners Court
Ector County Courthouse
Odessa
Wildcat
Odessa College
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Hobbs
Sheriff's Office
Pecos
Crane, Rankin and
Ozona
Bruce Wilson
Imperial
Ku Klux Klan
University of Arkansas At
KKK
Southwest Airlines
Tahiti
Alfred
Skip’’ Robinson
Okolona
Odessan
Lena Morell
Ruth Carlton
Ironhead
Dabney
U.S. Army
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Breckenridge
Frances Revels
Eastland
Mike Dabney
Robert Revels Jr
Waco
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