PUC proposes new fuel cost rule to curb automatic pass throughs
Public Utility Commission chairman Alan Erwin outlined a rule to stop automatic fuel cost pass throughs, requiring public hearings and orders for any recovery factor. The rule targets 10 investor owned utilities and the Lower Colorado River Authority and aims to stabilize bills by delaying monthly volatility.
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Associated Press
Austin
Public Utility Commission
Alan Erwin
OPEC
Erwin
PUC
Mark White
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Plan
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Politics blamed in soldier's charges
Pfc. William Dale Savage now faces a renewed push by Attorney General Jim Mattox to prosecute him for the deaths of Hortencia Sauceda and her two children after a DWI crash that killed four. Savage's defense says the move is driven by political pressure, not facts, amid protests and hunger strikes at the courthouse.
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NEW Braunfels
Texas
Pfc
William Dale Savage
Hortencia Sauceda
Committee For Justice For All
Savage
San Antonio
Jim Mattox
Fort Sam Houston
Mattox
Richard Woods
Beating puts two women in hospital as police hunt suspects
Yvonne Galloway 18 and her mother Jeanie 42 remain hospitalized after a Monday assault. Facial injuries include multiple fractures. the daughter’s condition improved to stable from critical, while the mother stays in critical condition. Detectives seek motive and have limited victim cooperation.
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Yvonne Galloway
Jeanie Galloway
Medical Center Hospital
Police Department
Mike McKnight
Shooting leaves Crane boy in critical condition
A 13 year old Crane boy, Derrick Copeland, son of Dearrel and Oleta Copeland, was listed in critical condition at Odessa Medical Center Hospital after a shooting shortly after noon Thursday. Police withheld details and could not be reached for comment.
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Crane Police Department
Crane County Sheriff’s Office
Derrick Copeland
Dearrel
Oleta Copeland
Teenager killed in senseless Russian roulette incident
A 16-year-old boy, Joe Richard Ramirez, died from a chest wound after a Russia roulette attempt in Frio County. Carlos Marquez, 19, faces murder charges with a $50,000 bond after the gun fired when pointed at Ramirez following repeated triggers.
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Melon
South Texas
Joe Richard Ramirez
Frio Hospital
Pearsall
Carlos Marquez
Frio County
Frank Robledo
Marquez
Clayton Schelcher
Ramirez
Schelcher
Dallas doctor sentenced for illegal drug prescriptions
A 74 year old Dallas physician, Howard Young Sigler, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 100000 dollars for illegally prescribing five drugs including Dilaudid to two Dallas women without medical justification. Sigler, an orthopedic surgeon in Lakewood, was found guilty May 4 on 11 charges. The judge ordered report to prison July 27. Police say the fine is unusually high and part of efforts to equalize penalties for doctors.
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Howard Young Sigler
Lakewood
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