Entomologist's Texas home raided by 22 federal agents
In Fort Davis, 22 U S Fish and Wildlife agents searched the home of entomologist Terry Taylor and his wife Diana seizing records and dead insects. Officials say the investigation is ongoing and all related documents remain sealed. The Taylors run Combined Scientific, a long time supplier of dead insects to researchers and collectors.
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Fort Davis
Davis Mountains
Tom Hirsch
Terry
Diana Taylor
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Robert Lee
Lubbock
Terry Taylor
Gist
Combined Scientific
Hirsch
Taylor
Taylors
California
U.S
Denise Williams
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Community treatment program aids former mental hospital patients
Deana Bradford is a 43 year old released from Big Spring State Hospital now in the Assertive Community Treatment program. The Permian Basin Community Centers runs ACT, placing mentally ill adults in neighborhoods with a four person treatment team to secure housing, monitor meals and hygiene, manage medications, teach living skills, and soon provide job training under state contract with the Texas Department of Mental Health.
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Deana Bradford
Big Spring State Hospital
Permian Basin
Texas Department of Mental Health
E. Alan Tindell
Tindell
Bradford
Big Spring Hospital
Witchcraft summit debates power and violence in South Africa
In Westernburg the witchcraft summit drew 100 to 180 politicians and scholars seeking solutions to violence tied to witchcraft. The gathering acknowledged widespread belief in witches and the brutal outcomes, with officials urging steps to curb burnings and stonings despite philosophical disputes over real power.
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Westernburg
South Africa
Seth Nthai
Classified Crossword Deaths Fun and Games
A terse classified item notes crossword puzzle entries among sections including deaths fun and games and movies with a religion and stocks angle. The snippet indicates a newspaper page segment listing entertainment, obituaries and market items alongside puzzle content and devotional notices.
Convention celebrates sobriety in Odessa flashback
The account recalls Cotton L from San Angelo who, after a drunken spree tied to football bets on Odessa vs. Lubbock over 50 years ago, woke in a hotel room with clothes folded and his Ford car intact. He reflects on past excesses and the town’s long struggle with former drunks.
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Cotton L
Odessa
Cotton
San Angelo
Lubbock
Lopez Wins Selena Role In Biopic Of Tejano Star
Los Angeles star Jennifer Lopez was chosen to portray Selena in a film about the slain Tejano singer's life, beating out thousands of auditioning women including Odessa resident Lisa Marie Tucker. Tucker, among 19 000 contenders, attended a semifinal in Chicago on March 23 and criticized the decision, while Lopez will reportedly earn about 1 million dollars for the movie.
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Los Angeles
Jennifer Lopez
Selena
Odessa
Lisa Marie Tucker
Lopez
Tucker
Chicago
Daily Variety
Freemen depart frees town as standoff ends in Jordan
In Jordan Montana residents celebrate the end of an 81 day standoff with the FBI as the 16 Freemen surrender at Justus Township. People express relief and look forward to a high school reunion and a rodeo amid mixed feelings for families left behind.
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Jordan
Mont
FBI
Ruth Coulter
William Brown
Justus Township
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