TxDOT to seal coat several Odessa area highways
TxDOT plans seal coating on County Road West from Hilmont to Yukon, South Loop 338 from US 385 to I 20, and I 20 frontage roads from the Midland County line to west of Penwell. Drivers may face flaggers, lane closures, pilot cars, and speed reductions. alternate routes advised. Fines double in construction zones.
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Odessa
Hilmont Avenue
Yukon Road
U.S. 385
Midland County Line
Penwell
Txdot
Glen Sarum
Txdot Public Information
Sarum
Larum
District Attorney drops murder charge against Irving man
The Ector County District Attorney dismissed a murder charge in the case of Gary Russell Lemarr, indicted last July for the stabbing death of 60 year old Donald Gene Sisson. A lack of witness reliability and no scientific link led to the dismissal on June 12, with Lemarr released and traveling to Dallas. Police connected the crime by locating Sisson’s decomposed body, a VCR with Lemarr’s name at a pawn shop, and a stolen station wagon found in Irving.
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Ector County
Irving
Gary Russell Lemarr
Donald Gene Sisson
Odessa
Mike Holmes
Lemarr
Dallas
Holmes
Preston Stevens
Grandview Avenue
Sisson
Pecos Rodeo Week Kicks Off With A Night In Old Pecos
Pecos hosts top five PRCA rodeo companies with events from June 27 through early July. A Night in Old Pecos and the Cantaloupe Festival begin the celebration, followed by an oldtimer's reunion, rodeo parade, Pioneer Family reception, and first evening performance. Ricochet and Tommy Shane Steiner perform at Reeves County Civic Center. Ticket prices range from 5 to 16 dollars, with box seats 12 to 16 and Friday Saturday tickets 15. Tickets available through Pecos Chamber of Commerce at (800) 588-2855.
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PRCA
Pecos
Old Pecos
Rodeo
Ricochet
Tommy Shane Steiner
Reeves County Civic Center
Odessa youths and adults report knife threats and knife attack
A 17 year old Odessa man says he was cut with a knife and struck in the head with a hammer in the 300 block of Carver Aygine around noon Wednesday. A 46 year old Odessa woman reports being threatened with a knife in the 1400 block of East Second Street around 10 p.m. Wednesday.
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Odessa
Carver Aygine
East Second Street
Odessa obituaries note multiple arrests and a Midland death
An Odessa man, 26, faces a felony DWI charge with a $5,000 bond, another 36 year old Odessa man is charged with aggravated kidnapping with a $10,000 bond, and a 40 year old Odessa man is charged with delivering a controlled substance with a $30,000 bond. A CPS case worker reported a child’s arm broken in a Graham Drive area incident. Local burglary reports involve a 26 year old Odessa woman and a 53 year old Odessa woman whose properties were stolen. In Midland, James Richburg of Plainview died in Crane. his funeral and services are set in Midland with final burial at Resthaven Cemetery guarded by Ellis Funeral Home.
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Odessa
Ector County
Danny Florez
Oakwood Drive
Ricardo Ramirez
North
Lee Avenue
Lino Garcia
Junction St
Child Protective Services
Graham Drive
San Jacinto Avenue
Kingston Drive
Perry says Glickman vows drought aid for Texas farmers
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry said U S Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman vowed to work with state officials to aid farmers and ranchers facing persistent drought. Perry noted lessons from 1996 should guide 1998, and cited estimates of a 1.7 billion dollar economic impact for Texas with crop losses of 517 million.
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Washington
Texas
Rick Perry
U.S. Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Perry
Glickman
Texas A&m Extension Program
Death notices from Texas towns report multiple passings
Obituaries list Mark L Lew Barbee 78 of Lubbock a Phillips Petroleum retiree died June 16 1998 with services at Franklin Bartlett Chapel burial at Peaceful Gardens. Others include Maggie Bippes 80 Pecos Kenneth Cable 79 Norman Steven Compton 45 Toyah Anabel Acosta Elizondo 58 Odessa Cornelia Trejo 82 Odessa Charles Allred 80 Odessa Lavern Mann 69 Schertz and Betty Townsend 70 Odessa all with burial or service details and survivor lists.
Families sue energy group over deaths in Karachi ambush
A Houston energy company is sued for wrongful death after four employees were killed in the November ambush in Karachi Pakistan. The suit filed May 20 argues Union Texas Petroleum Energy should have warned workers of danger after a Pakistani man Mir Aimal Kansi was convicted for killing two people outside CIA headquarters in Virginia.
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Houston
Karachi
Pakistan
State District Court
Union Texas Petroleum Energy
Emplo
CIA
Key
U.S. State Department
U.S
Mir Aimal Kansi
Jamesetta Williams obituary in Odessa 74
Jamesetta Williams 74 of Odessa died June 15 1998 at Medical Center Hospital Funeral services 11 a m June 20 1998 at Parks Memorial Church of God in Christ officiated by Rev Jackie Riles Burial in Odessa Cemetery Food served at 1423 N Lee Ave Survivors include son Lester B Williams Dallas daughters Shirley Odessa Rosalee Haynes Las Cruces Surella Diane Canada Lake Jackson brothers Willie Cunningham Marvin Cunningham Fort Worth sister Mildred Phillips Fort Worth seven grandchildren five great grandchildren preceded in death by her husband Berry C Williams and her parents James and Rosetta Draper Memorial fund contributions may be sent to Nations Bank 700 N Grant Ave Funeral arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel
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Odessa
Jamesetta Wiliams
Parks Memorial Church of God In Christ
Jackie Riles
N. Lee Ave
Williams
Medical Center Hospital
Vernon
Lester B. Williams
Dallas
Shirley Williams
Rosalee Haynes
Las Cruces
N.M
Surella Diane Canada
Lake Jackson
Willie Cunningham
Marvin Cunningham
Fort Worth
Mildred Phillips
Berry C. Williams
James
Rosetta Draper
Jamesetta Williams
Nations Bank
Grant Ave
Odessa Funeral Home
Angeles Memorial Chapel
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Midland
Plainview
James Alton
Barbara Jean Blevins Richburg
Richburg
Richburg Welding
Crane
Dina Richburg
B.J. Blevins
James Richburg
Trent
Troy Richburg
Christine Richburg
Shirley and
Calvin Blevins
Portales
Fairmont
Duke Alton Richburg
Mark Barbee
Maggie Bippes
First United Methodist Church
Bruce Abbott
Mount Evergreen Cemetery
Pecos Funeral Home
Adel
Iowa
Donald Biof Pecos
Melvin
Mary Ann Sewall
Sarah Samples
Norman
Okla
Kenneth Cable
Norman, Okla
Primrose Chapel
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Primrose Funeral Home
Noble
Walter Cable
Everett
Wash
Toyah
Steven Compton
Toyah Baptist Church
J.R. Wooten
James Henderson
Toyah Cemetery
San Angelo
Betty Compton
Sarah Lay
Sawsons
Joshua Lee Compton
Bluemound
David Hampton
Fort Stockton
Sandra Jarrett
Anne and
Monahans
Damon Compton
Diana Tollett
Anabel Acosta Elizondo
Martinez Funeral Home
Carlos
Acosta
Simona Acosta
Lydia
Belinda Sue Olgin- Benavides
Alue
Elizondo
Lydia Rodriguez
Baldwin Park
Calif
Elva Sanchez
Grand Prairie
Cornelia Trejo
Cornelia S. Trejo
Fort Stockton Funeral Home
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Bernardito Getigan
St. Joseph Cemetery
Charles Allred
Parks Methodist Retirement Village
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Betty Townsend
Betty Lee Townsend
St. * Odessa
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