ECISD urged to rethink its high school eligibility policy
About a dozen residents urged the Ector County Independent School District board to rethink a proposed policy that would force eighth graders in AAP programs at Ector and Bowie Junior High Schools to choose their high school for UIL eligibility. Parents argued that eight grade is too young to decide where to play. The policy would affect athletes who must declare a high school before ninth grade UIL events and would end the district death penalty rule, allowing a year off UIL competition to change eligibility while still permitting workouts.
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Ector County
Jennifer Cupper
Odessa High School
Icy
Ector
Bowie Junior High
ECISD
Vernon Stokes
Permian High School
Stokes
Earnybody
Drive-by shooting targets Odessa hamburger trio
Odessa police seek suspects after a red 1980s Chevrolet Beretta fired at a van idling at Whataburger near John Ben Shepperd Parkway and 42nd Street around 3 15 a m. No injuries reported. Victims escaped with their order. Police call it indiscriminate, not gang related. Call 333 3641 or Crimestoppers 333 TIPS.
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Odessa
Bob Hammerman
Whataburger
John Ben Shepperd Parkway
42Nd Street
Hammerman
University Boulevard
John Ben Shepperd
OPD
Midland Woman Receives 40 Year Sentence for Fatal Shooting
Barbara McMullen, 49, was convicted of shooting her husband Joseph Winn McMullen, 36, to death during a July 1997 domestic dispute. She must serve at least 20 years before parole, and was fined 10,000. Prosecutor notes contradicting self defense and cites harsh jury verdict.
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Midland
John Westbrook
Barbara McMullen
McMullen
Joseph “Winn” McMullen
Joseph McMullen
Westbrook
Constable hurt when tower falls in Kermit
Kermit precinct constable Bill Hopkins and his stepson were injured when a 320 foot radio tower they were dismantling buckled and collapsed. Hopkins suffered multiple injuries and remained comatose at first. Jeremy Branum sustained a broken back and pelvis. Both men were airlifted from Winkler County to Lubbock for treatment.
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McDaniel
Hopkins
Branum
Jeremy
Winkler County
Robert Roberts Jr
Kermit
Kermit Memorial Hospital
Lubbock
Ector County Commissioners Court
500 Pounds of Pot Seized in Ward County Bust
A Hagerman New Mexico man is jailed in Ward County after a routine traffic stop led to the seizure of 500 pounds of marijuana valued at about 332000 dollars. Interdiction officers recovered marijuana from the back of a Suburban, some wrapped in cellophane and some exposed.
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Permian Basin
Finley
Ray Charles
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Tom Passmore
Bowie
Cr Ie
Ector Junior High
Mark Sterkel
Joe Acevedo
Aaron Concrete Contractors
Highway 191
Bill Hopkins
Precinct
Paula McDaniel
Easy Ward
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