Petition drive for liquor by the drink fails in Howard County
Howard County petition to hold a liquor by the drink election failed after the state set strict signature rules. Organizer Michael Russell blamed stringent rules and incomplete advertising while Dorothy Moore of the tax assessor collector’s office noted the verification stopped after discarding over 300 names.
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Big Spring
Howard County
Micheal Russell
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Dorothy Moore
Moore
Temporary offices take shape in Ector County Courthouse
Jeanette White, office manager for District Attorney Eric Augesen, decorates unfinished walls in the former law library on the courthouse third floor as support staff prepare to occupy the space until September. Prosecuting attorneys will relocate to Augesen’s former private office at 408 N. Texas Ave as Gary Garrison completes the move to the new second floor site.
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Jeanette White
Eric Augesen
Law Library
Ector County
White
Augesen
Texas Ave
Gary Garrison
Two Injured In Separate Odessa Midland Traffic Accidents
An Odessa teen and a Midland woman were listed in stable condition after unrelated Thursday crashes. Edward Sloan, 14, on a Honda motorcycle, was thrown from his bike near Eisele Street and Cunningham Avenue and hospitalized with abrasions and a concussion. Barbara Fowler, 44, driving a Cadillac on FM 1788, ran off the road and into a caliche pit, sustaining a fractured ankle and head and back injuries. she was admitted to Midland Memorial Hospital.
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Odessa
Midland
Edward Sloan
Medical Center
Department of Public Safety
Cunningham Avenue
U.S. 385
Sloan
Eisele
Barbara Fowler
Texas 191
DPS
Fowler
Midland Memorial Hospital
Police Beat Odessa Unauthorized Vehicle Thefts
Carol Groff reported a 1976 Honda two door valued at 1800 taken from Odessa College parking lot on 20 W University between 10 and 10 30 a m Thursday Officer D A Whitson noted the case. Thormans Howell reported a 1983 red and gray GMC pickup valued at 10000 taken from his driveway about 9 20 a m Thursday. Officer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Groff
Odessa College
W. University Blvd
D.A. Whitson
Thormans D. Howell
Wilshire Drive
Services for Opal Seabourn set at Hubbard-Kelly and Corinth Church
Opal Lorraine Seabourn 69 of Odessa will have services at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Saturday at 10 a.m. with Rev. Jim Brown and again at Corinth Baptist Church Sunday at 3 p.m. Burial in Corinth Cemetery. She died Thursday at Medical Center Hospital born May 29 1915 in Cisco. Survived by son Arnold Lee Seabourn Jr. of Odessa, siblings Melvin Howell Harvey Wanda Eugena, five grandchildren and a great grandchild. Her husband Arnold Lee Seabourn died 1982. She was a Baptist and a retired cook who lived in Odessa 17 years.
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Opal
Lorraine Seabourn
W. 23Rd St
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Jim Brown
Corinth Baptist Church
Corinth
Kimbrough Funeral Home
Cisco
Seabourn
Medical Center Hospital
Arnold Lee Seabourn
Eastland
Odessa
Arnold Lee Seabourn Jr
Melvin Simmons
Howell Simmons
Tulia
Harvey Simmons
Lubbock
Wanda Simmons
Eugena Prescott
Joshua Tree
Calif
Cibolo
Eloiza Vijil
Imperial
Jimmi Isreal
Monahans
Wilson-Miller Funeral Home
Aldino Vijil
Porfirio Vijil
Juan Diego
Joe Vijil
Wirt Robertson
19Th St
Hirtginbotham Brothers Funeral Home
Rising Star
Frank W.wilson Funeral Directors
Amity Community
Robertson
Beulah Lee Crown
Amity
Talpa
Immanuel Baptist Church
Bobbie Martin
Midland
Peggy Ellen
Bill Robertson
Arlington
Elizabeth Robertson
Bertha Mae White
John Robertson
Comanche
Thelma Leova Rodgers
W. Ada St
Frank W. Wilson
California
Lida Taylor
Winifred Gresham
Sedalia
Johnny Blankenship
Elsie Luella Freeman
Gemini St
Kuiper Funeral Home
Highland
Ind
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Shooting at Pyote Wounds Two Men Near Monahans
A 30 year old Monahans man in critical condition after a morning shooting near Pyote was flown to Medical Center Hospital in Odessa with a gunshot wound to the chest. A second man wounded was treated at Monahans Ward Memorial Hospital. Witnesses said gunshots came from the L and L Truck Stop on Texas 115 north of I 20. Ward County deputies reported at the scene.
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Monahans
Medical Center Hospital
Pyote
Odessa
Ward Memorial Hospital
Monahans Hospital
Christine Holleyman
Holleyman
L&l
Texas 115
Interstate 20
Ward County
Six Officers Arrest In City County Jail Sweep
Six people were jailed on varied charges including aggravated robbery and forgery. Mark Anthony Guerrero faced a $7,500 bond for a Feb. 5 Whataburger robbery after a trio of masked robbers took $211. Blanco and Dutchover linked to Feb. 21 robbery with $25,000 bonds each. Bolts Jr. charged with Stop-N-Go robbery and a second suspect at large. Harlen Gene Clark held on forgery and warrants with multiple bonds. Richard Bryan Lake charged with burglary of a building following Ace Ball Pool break-ins.
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Ector County
Odessa
Rusty Baker
Baker
Mark Anthony Guerrero
N. Dixie Blvd
Whataburger
E. Eighth St
Guerrero
Otis Moore
Ramond Marquez Blanco Jr
E. Sixth St
Larry Marquez Dutchover
Dwayne St
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Blanco
Dutchover
Henry Lee Bolts Jr
Wabash Avenue
Lindy Lane
Second St
John McAhon
Harlen Gene Clark
Goodnight Trail
McAhon
Clark
Moore
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Ector County Sheriff's Deputies
Richard Bryan Lake
Huntington Ave
Justice of the Peace Lumpee
Lake
Jeff Schwende
Schwende
Arson Suspected in Two Odessa Car Fires
Odessa investigators suspect arson after fires damaged interiors of two unlocked cars on Eastland Avenue early Thursday. Firefighters found a 1970 Volkswagen owned by Mark Rounds ablaze, with about $900 damage. A 1977 Ford sedan owned by James C. Drugan sustained about $1,200 damage. Inspector Gary Peek noted both blazes appeared simultaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Gary Peek
Eastland Ave
Mark
James C. Drugan
Odessa man charged with cocaine and marijuana possession
Thomas Jackson, 40, remained in Odessa City Jail on $9000 bond after police charged him Thursday with possession of cocaine and marijuana. Officer John McAhon said he was arrested at 509 Patterson Ave at about 8 30 PM on a search and arrest warrant issued by Justice Virgil Lumpee. Guns, golf clubs, a television and 2 to 4 ounces of suspected marijuana were seized along with suspected cocaine and paraphernalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
John McAhon
Thomas
Jackson
Patterson Ave
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
McAhon
Freighter Tepora Sinks After Towle Tow Failure
All 21 crew members aboard the burning 350 foot Tepora were rescued by Coast Guard cutter Dependable in the Gulf of Mexico. The crew faced drug charges and were under arrest as the ship sank, with a pump failure forcing the hull under.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Thomas Peck
Dependable
Tepora
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Russell
Opal Seabourn
Oscar V’jil
Burleson
R.1 Uf
Thelma Rodgers
Elsie Freeman
Robbie Alfred
Robbie Allred
Kelley Ave
Pauline Kinchen
Graham Ave
Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas
Rounds
Mary Jane Rounds
Peek
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