Insurance dispute prompts outside investigation request
Three Ector County commissioners voted to seek an independent probe into how former commissioner Tom Todd’s wife remained on county health coverage after he left office and premiums went unpaid for 22 months. They favored the attorney general or Texas Rangers to handle the inquiry, with DA John W. Smith to assist if needed. Todd has paid back premiums and officials want a broader audit of all county policies and claims.
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Ector County
Tom Todd
John W. Smith
State Attorney General’s Office
Austin
Texas Rangers
Attorney General’s Office
Precinct 3
Barbara Graff
Precinct 1
Freddie Gardner
Commissioners’ and Judges’ Association
Waco
Bob Bryant
Jerry Caddel
Greg Simmons
Graff
Simmons
Caddel
Connie
Todds
Todd
Odessa man observes Flag Day every day at home
Odessa retiree and Korean War veteran Raul Rios brings out Old Glory each morning after coffee and a one mile walk. He hoists the flag on a pole he built in the 1960s and flies it all day weather permitting, watching it from his front door as wind allows.
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Juan Rios
Cindera Nealy
Odessa
Olivia Rios
Juan
U.S
West Odessa
Rios
America
Flag Day Retired Flags Ceremony at American Legion Post 430
American Legion Post 430 at 2701 E. 8th St will dispose of U S flags during a Flag Day observance. The ceremony begins at 10 a m today at the post.
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American Legion Post 430
U.S
8Th St
U S patrol ambushed in Iraq no American casualties
In Balad and northwest of Baghdad U S forces in Apache helicopters and Bradley vehicles repelled Iraqi attackers after a dawn ambush on a two tank patrol. About 100 insurgents were reported killed in the fourth day of the sweep against Saddam's supporters with no American casualties.
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U.S
Iraq
Balad
Cer
Saddam Has
Sein
Saddam
4Th Infantry
Baghdad
Andy Fowler
Central Command
Fowler
3Rd Infantry Division
Colleagues defend Tech professor facing plague fraud charges
Thomas Butler, a longtime infectious disease expert and 30-year veteran, built a career studying relapsing fever and the plague. Colleagues recall his brilliance and stubbornness as he faces January arrest for allegedly fabricating a report that 30 vials of plague bacteria vanished from a Texas Tech lab. He pleaded innocent and awaits federal trial, with access to the lab restricted.
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Butler
Texas Tech University
Dead horse stench near West Odessa home draws complaints
Mary Lou Leverington reports a decomposed horse in a flooded caliche pit near her Big Valley Circle residence. She says the smell worsens with the wind and blames multiple agencies for inaction. Leverington first noticed the odor days ago and suspects the horse sat longer than claimed.
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Mary Lou Leverington
Leverington
West Odessa
Big Valley Circle
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