Parents and teachers discuss bell schedule changes
About 30 parents and ECISD teachers met to debate high school bell schedule changes prompted by a state law adding math and science courses for graduates from 2011. They reviewed eight mock schedules and explored summer school online options and college help from OC and UTPB to ease overcrowding.
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Ector County Independent School
Chris Stanley
Stanley
UTPB
Mer
Steve Ballew
Ballew
Odessa High
Anthony Babaute
Babaute
Odessa men arrested in reported kidnapping case
Three Odessa men Charles Edward Thomas Jr Tye Irel yea James and Khiry Muhammad, all 18 or 19, were arrested in Monahans on charges of aggravated robbery kidnapping and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after a reported gunpoint abduction. The victim was robbed and later released. vehicle taken. Monahans police alerted OPD, leading to arrests in Odessa.
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Odessa
Monahans
Eddie Reed
Charles Edward Thomas Jr
Tye Relyea James
Khiry Muhammad
Ector County
OPD
ECISD Earns Accredited Status in Texas Districts
ECISD joined 1,018 of Texas 1,031 independent school districts to receive full accreditation under the TEA classification system. Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott said the status helps taxpayers gauge district education and financial management. The system was approved by the Texas Legislature in 2006.
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Ector County Independent
Texas
ECISD
Texas Education Agency
Robert Scott
Scott
Rangers investigate hanging at Odessa jail
Texas Rangers investigated a Sunday hanging at the Civigenics jail in Odessa near the old Ector County courthouse. Capt. Barry Caver provided few details as the victim’s name was withheld. The body was sent to Tarrant County for autopsy. Civigenics officials referred questions to their corporate office in Waco.
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Texas Rangers
Civigenics
Odessa
Barry Caver
Ector County
Caver
Carl Rogers
Tarrant County
Waco
Peters defends cross border trucking program
Peters says funding not used to create the program while urging Congress to avoid halting cross border trucking. She warns Mexico could impose tariffs if stopped, as Senate scrutiny looms with her scheduled testimony amid sharp industry criticism and official data showing limited voluntary participation.
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Peters
Circuit Court of Appeals
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Senate
U.S
Congress
Mexico
Todd Spencer
Independent Drivers Association
Spencer
Training Continuation Highlights Grant Support and Simulator Use
The article notes an $8,000 Perkins Grant supporting training efforts and describes Odessa police adopting a laser shooting simulator. Carlos Chavez, shooting range master since 2002, cites ammunition costs rising since 2005 and long wait times due to war. The simulator offers cost savings and realism, benefiting 27 Odessa College police academy students.
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Miller
Odessa
Carlos Chavez
Chavez
Travis
Felony Crime Blotter Report From Odessa
The blotter lists burglaries to residences and vehicles with losses including three computers valued at 5200 dollars from a Hemphill Avenue home and a jacket purse and cards worth 1522 dollars from East Eighth Street. It notes cocaine possession arrest of Anthony L. Kirksey on Hancock Avenue and multiple assault reports across Penbrook Street Lindberg Street Oakwood Drive and I 20 corridor.
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Odessa
East Eighth Street
Hancock Ave
Anthony L. Kirksey
Ector County Detention Center
Penbrook Street
East Business Interstate 20
Lindberg Street
Oakwood Drive
Autopsy links mobile home fire deaths to smoke inhalation
Preliminary autopsy results show three children died from smoke and carbon monoxide inhalation in a mobile home fire on West Dunn Street. Deidra Martinez aged 2 Jimmy Martinez aged 3 and their 3-year-old cousin Nathaniel Ramirez died. Crystal Garcia mother remains critical at University Medical Center. Sheriff notes no foul play. investigation ongoing with investigators reviewing reports.
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West
Dunn Street
Deidra Martinez
Jimmy Martinez
Nathaniel Ramirez
Crystal Garcia
Deidra
University Medical Center
Garcia
Lubbock
Vick Wood
Acres West Funeral Home
Ector County
County delays road plan and budget motions at meeting
County officials debated Keystone's road proposal to divert oilfield traffic, but tabled it after an agenda error noted by County Attorney Linch. Sheriff Donaldson's $12,000 janitorial funds request and a health department reclassification were also tabled amid cross department funding concerns. Cemetery director Fierro warned cemeteries could fill in 3.5 years. talks with the Andrade family over South Muskingum Avenue stalled due to price.
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Fred Crawford
Susan Redford
Keystone
Cathy Linch
Linch
Mark Donaldson
General Fund
Donaldson
Precinct
Barbara Graff
Precinct 1
Freddie Gardner
Ector County
Redford
Graff
Rodriguez
Martha Fierro
Andrade
Muskingum Avenue
Fierro
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OADA
Rangers
Transportation Department
Riers
James Hoffa
NAFTA
Hoffa
Ricardo Alday
Washington
OH the Net
Dot.gov
Susan Walshap
Transportation
Mary Peters
John Hill
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Bob Stallman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hemphill Ave
GADA
Ector County Sheriff's Department
Ectorcountysheriff.us
Fredie
John Garcia
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