Texas shield law debate stirs lawmaker concerns
State representatives discuss House Bill 670 seeking reporter shield protections. Lewis opposes the current form citing need for private disclosure and exceptions when reporters are parties to suits or witnesses. Prather and Whalen pledge to negotiate amendments to address concerns while aiming for final passage. The Associated Press contributed to the report.
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Prather
Whalen
Texas
District of Columbia
Associated Press
Lawmaker Eyes Cockfighting Ban Amid Protests
Hodge defends poultry producers as humans who kill for dinner, while a bill would outlaw cockfighting activities including attendance and owning birds. Ray Harris of Magnolia opposes the measure seeking to preserve the right to raise game cocks with bloodlines tracing to 1800s England. His son showed the birds in livestock shows and earned scholarships. Roosters fight naturally, sometimes from birth, and chicks can injure each other severely.
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Hodge
Ray Harris
Magnolia
Texas Game Fowl Breeders Association
England
Lawmaker pushes Texas tanning ban for minors
Texas Rep. Burt Solomons compares tanning to Big Tobacco arguing teens should not access tanning beds. The proposed bill would require a doctor's note and parental presence for under 18s, tightening current rules that allow physician approvals for younger minors and require parent permission or accompaniment.
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Austin
Texas
United States
Burt Solomons
Carrollton
TxDOT weighs FM 1788 widening and reliever route
TxDOT engineers consider widening FM 1788 to connect with a new reliever route to State Highway 349 north of Midland. An eight month study is planned to decide on realignment with no cost estimate or construction timetable due to lack of funding.
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Midland International Airport
Texas Department of Transportation Engineers
Midland
Txdot
Matt Carr
Jennifer Cheney
Big Spring Street
Injured motorcyclist leaves hospital after crash
Edward Alvarez, critically injured March 3 when his motorcycle was struck by a Pontiac Grand Am on Andrews Highway, was released from Medical Center Hospital after a week unconscious with head injuries. He requires speech therapy and six more weeks off work. His wife Rosa and he said he plans not to ride again, or at least to wear a helmet.
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Edward Alverez
Andrews Highway
Maria Jimenez
Alvarez
Francis Drilling Fluids
Medical Center Hospital
Rosa
Edward
Odessa
Pleasant Avenue
Midland man arrested in stabbing at Santa Fe Apartments
Midland police arrested 33 year old Mark Hennington after a 23 year old roommate Joseph Starr was stabbed in the abdomen at 5010 West Loop 250. Starr was taken to Midland Memorial Hospital for surgery. Hennington is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and held at Midland County jail on 25000 dollar bond. The motive remains unknown.
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Santa Fe
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Mark Hennington
Joseph Starr
W. Loop 250
Midland County
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Odessa
Royalty Avenue
Stacy Arturo Dominguez
Keystone Drive
Ector County Detention Center
Odessa crime report lists multiple felony incidents
A police log details assaults burglaries and other offenses in Odessa. Notable items include an aggravated assault on East 35th Street, a robbery at Coliseum Food Center, several burglaries to buildings and vehicles, debit and credit card abuse, forgery and a possession charge. Eighty lines summarize numerous addresses and damages.
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Odessa
East 35Th Street
Coliseum Food Center
Andrews Highway
Death notices from West Texas small towns obituary roundup
Multiple death notices from Odessa Big Spring Kermit Monahans Midland and Monahans noting ages birthplaces service times burial details and funeral home arrangements. Names include Timothy Beadles John Gibbs Clinton Kingston Sherri Rice Evodia Rodriguez John Rylee Christian Vasquez Doug Woolis Rosa Herrera and others with survivors and birthplaces. The notices list churches cemeteries and funeral homes and give dates of death and service times.
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John E. Gibbs
Memphis
Tenn
Nalley- Pickle and Welch Rosewood Chapel
Monroe
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
May
Texas
Nalley Pickle and Welch Funeral Home
James
Chuck” Gibbs
Brighton, Tenn
Jack Gibbs
Kermit
Clinton Malcolm Kingston
First United Methodist Church
Scott Seymore
Chad Barnett
Kermit Cemetery
Family Services Funeral Parlor
Haskell
Florene
Mike Kingston
Early
Chevy
Kay Sawyer
Overton
Marcos Zuniga
Los Angeles Gardens
Odessa Funeral Home
Odessa
Raul Vega
Noel Rivera
Edward Vega
Christian Vega
Eva Lujan
Emilio Rodriguez
Joe Rodriguez
Venus Madrid
Corina Rodriguez
Monahans
Christian Vasquez
St. John Catholic Church
John Lucido
Monahans Memorial Cemetery
Harkey
Raul Vasquez
Honolulu
Hawaii
Claudia Vasquez
Emma Rodriguez
Merced Rodriguez
Ryan Vasquez
Christopher Vasquez
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