Juneteenth Festival Echoes Community Spirit at Park
Allen Cannon Sr. and Allen Cannon Jr. set up a metal support as Alfreda Cannon threads a belt at Woodson Park for Juneteenth. The family has run booths for over a decade to aid the community. Tonight features Little Miss Juneteenth for ages 6 to 10 at 7 p.m. and a junior high and high school pageant at 8 p.m. in Blackshear Elementary School auditorium.
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Alfreda Cannon
Woodson Park
Allen Cannon
Blackshear Elementary School
Hurst case moves toward trial in Thornhill slaying
Judge Whalen may appoint another attorney for Hurst as a trial date hoped before year end. Hurst faces capital murder in the 2008 Thornhill death after a crossbow attack and body disposal in a Goldsmith oilfield. Elms pled guilty to life without parole, Mitchell and Newbury face related charges as the death penalty is waived.
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70Th District Court
Hurst
Robert Thornhill
Thornhill
Derek Elms
Elms
Heather Mitchell
Kathleen Newbury
Two Ponciano brothers arrested after gunfire and brass knuckles
Odessa duo James Ponciano, 31, and Juan Ponciano, 22, were arrested from 4412 Conleyton Ave after one fired at an unmarked police car and the other attempted to strike an officer with brass knuckles. James faces a $35,000 bond on a third degree felony charge and Juan a $50,000 bond on a first degree felony for aggravated assault of a peace officer. The incidents occurred around 2:28 a.m. and 3:43 a.m. Tuesday amid a loud party and a family disturbance, with no injuries reported.
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James Ponciano
Juan Mark Ponciano
Conleyton Ave
Ector County Detention Center
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Conley
Sherrie Carruth
Carruth
Jacob Wells
Passing Time with Odessa Gardener Passes Time with Mojo
Chester Callaway, 90, longtime Odessa resident now at Emeritus Sherwood Place, tends a garden he started this spring in front of the facility with his dog Mojo. Neighbors offer plant and style ideas while he does all the work and enjoys keeping busy.
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Odessa
Sherwood Place
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Alpine man killed in Austin homicide ruled
An Austin Police Department news release says 24 year old Tommie Jake Huerta from Alpine was found dead at 1332 Lamar Square Austin at 2 17 a m Saturday and the death is a homicide Detectives say Huerta was involved in a disturbance inside the apartment and are talking to people of interest with no charges yet filed Huerta attended Alpine High School and Austin Community College and worked as a maintenance worker for the Mary Lee Foundation
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Austin Police Department
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Lamar Square
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Alpine High School
Austin Community College
Mary Lee Foundation
ECISD reshuffles magnet program leadership
ECISD assigns Monica Sarabia and Cindy Harbour as assistants principals at Cameron Zavala and San Jacinto while expanding magnet programs with a 6.8 million dollar three year Department of Education grant. Mary Sanchez and Alicia Syverson rotate roles, Noel Elementary gains, and Zavala shifts to children's engineering under new leadership. The district says changes aim to place staff where best suited. board approval pending.
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San Jacinto Elementary
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Zavala
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Hays
ECISD
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Noel and
San Jacinto Elementaries
Lamar Early Education Center
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