Early voting wraps up in Odessa primary election
Odessa voters completed early voting with 5,931 Republicans and 1,509 Democrats casting ballots for the coming primaries. Turnout by 7 p.m. Friday showed 816 Republicans and 197 Democrats voting, with Thursday counts at 593 Republicans and 135 Democrats as a phone outage delayed Thursday results. In Midland, a local freight Beechcraft twin engine plane made an emergency landing after tire failure on takeoff, the right main gear collapsed, but the pilot Jim Nyerges was uninjured and air traffic remained uninterrupted.
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Ector County
Sharon Wilson
Midland
Marvin Esterly
Esterly
Jim Nyerges
Midland Fire Department
Mark Fields
ECISD selects Roy Benavides as next superintendent
After a long executive session on Friday night, the Ector County Independent School District board named Roy Benavides the lead candidate for superintendent. Benavides, Region XIII Education Service Center executive director in Austin, has prior superintendent roles in Weslaco and Judson districts. Negotiations will begin soon, with contract finalization delayed by state law until March 25.
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Ector County Independent School District School Board
Roy Benavides
Benavides
Region XIII
Austin
Weslacott
Judson
Converse
Education Service Center
Board of Trustees
Paula Adders
Bob Thompson
Center For Executive Leadership
Beaumont
Adders
ECISD
Mike Atkins
Campaign for sheriff heats up in Ector County race
Tensions rise as Eldon Blount accuses rivals of using ads to smear him. Chief Bailiff Mark Donaldson objects to Blount's flyer claiming a federal jury found the sheriff and deputy violated Blount’s civil rights in 1996. Blount won a jury verdict for wrongful termination and First Amendment violations.
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Ector County
Mark Donaldson
Eldon Blount
Donaldson
Blount
Sheriff's
Federal District Court
O.A
Bob” Brookshire
Four dead in Texas medical helicopter crash in fog
A Life Star medical evacuation helicopter crashed in fog 20 miles north of Dalhart, Texas, killing four aboard including a 4 month old patient. The crew included two flight staff and a pilot. the infant’s parents learned of the disaster after arriving at the scene.
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Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Life Star
Northwest
Texas Healthcare System
Amarillo
Boise City
Okla
Moody Chisholm
Texas Department of Public Safety
Mike Cox
John Clabes
Federal Aviation Administration
Cox
Chisholm
Lauren Stone
Terry Griffith
Stone
Griffith
Dinosaur packs rival T rex as largest meat-eaters found
A multinational team in Patagonia uncovered fossil bones of up to six previously unknown carnivorous dinosaurs dating about 100 million years. They boast long narrow skulls and razor teeth, suggesting pack hunting and potential 45 foot length, possibly bigger than Giganotosaurus or Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Argentina
North America
Patagonia
Andes
South America
Philip Currie
Royal Tyrrell Museum
Alberta
Canada
Currie
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Lee Norman
Mark Neager
Livonia
Mich
Saginaw River
Saginaw
Neager
Sonja McGillivray
Adela Vasquez
Vasquez
Thompson
Odessa
Houston
Richard
Plebs
POL. Adv
Sheri
Mark Sterkel
Joe Commander
Jobey
Philip Currie Scientist
Patagonian
USA Riverfront Art Center
Wilmington
Del
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