Tri ethnic panel delays actions on desegregation
A tri ethnic committee in Ector County delays annual report work until MALDEF delivers a list of objectives. The group, chaired by Yolanda Ramirez, emphasizes carrying out the 2006 consent decree guiding ECISD desegregation by June 2009 while MALDEF and DOJs oversight continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nual Maldef
ECISD
Hector Mendez
Maldef
U.S. Department of Justice
Mendez
David Hinojosa
Gene Collins
ECISD requirements for grade advancement and TEA reading results
Eighth graders must pass TAKS reading and math to move to ninth grade while third and fifth graders need reading. Statewide 83 percent of fifth graders passed reading, up 1 point from 2007. 29 percent reached commended status. In third grade 88 percent passed the English reading test, down 1 point from 2007. 38 percent achieved commended status, TEA reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TEA
Jury finds father guilty in child burn case
Galveston jurors convict Joshua Mauldin of felony injury to a child for stuffing his daughter Ana in a microwave. Prosecutors seek life in prison citing lifelong physical and emotional scars, while the defense urges probation for continued psychiatric treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Joshua Mauldin
Ana
Mauldin
State District Court
Local oilfield death, crane county roundup
A 33-year-old coworker died when a pump jack equipment fell on him at FM 1601 Crane County eight miles north of FM 1233. Marcos Bueno, 29, Odessa, released from Medical Center Hospital after a Monday accident. Authorities continue to investigate other local incidents including a Midland rollover that killed a 42-year-old man and a 35-year prison sentence for Glenn Turner for sex offender registration violations. Funeral services set for Mike Gonzales after a Thursday Andrews County rollover death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane County
Odessa
Marcos Bueno
Medical Center
CareStar
Bueno
Robert DeLeon
Errico Huerta
Midland
DeLeon
Huerta
Midland Midland
Jeffrey Jankowiak
Thomason Drive
Big Dog Drilling
Loop 250
Investi
Bill McCoy
Bobby Bland
Glenn David Turner
Bland
Turner
Scott Layh
Justin Low
Andrews
Andrews County
McNett Funeral Home
Mike Gonzales
Calvary Baptist Church
Bill Melton
Andrews North Cemetery
Texas Department of Public Safety
Gonzales
Odessa College to name pavilion after late student Rudy Acosta
Odessa College Board unanimously approves naming the new 2,400 square foot pavilion for Rudy Acosta, a 1990 OC graduate and former Texas advocate who died at 43. The facility near the Wi Fi Java Cyber Café will cost about 284,820 dollars and be finished by August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Acosta
Odessa College
Courtney Wardlaw
Acosta
Wardlaw
Williams
Place
Ray Ann Zant
Gary Johnson
J.E
Pressly
Roy Hunton
Murry Fly
Westview Ave
Pease Elementary
E. 22Nd St
Bowie Junior High
W. 21St St
Leaders to speak at UTPB on national politics series
John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute at UTPB invites Harold Ford Jr and Michael Steele to speak April 10 at 7 p.m. in the UTPB gym. The event aims to explain the presidential election process and issues with KOSA TV anchor Tatum Hubbard moderating. Anjelica Sisneros hopes to ask questions about health care and the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ben Shepperd
Harold Ford Jr
National Democratic Leadership Council
Michael Steele
GOPAC
UTPB
U.S
Anjelica Sisneros
Sisneros
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Ship Institute
Bobby Burns
JBS
Public Leadership Institute
Kosa-Tv
Tatum Hubbard
Burns
Karl Rove
George W. Bush
Watts
West Texas
Steele
Maryland
Ford
Tennessee
Environmental critic Stacy Alaimo lecture at UTPB
Environmental critic Stacy Alaimo will discuss her book Bodily Natures at 7 p.m. today in the Student Union Multi-Purpose Room at Mesa building. The free public talk explores human body's permeability, ethics, and perception of scientific knowledge, with a reception to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UTPB
Utpb College of Arts and Sciences
Sigma Tau Deltz
Stacy Alaimo
Mesa
Alaimo
Susan J. Hekman
On the Net Stacy Alaimo's page at UT Arlington
Stacy Alaimo's online profile at the University of Texas at Arlington provides an academic page detailing her teaching areas research interests and publications. The page links to courses and contact information for more details about her work in English studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacy Alaimo
Odessa council approves Landgraf Crutcher H I sewer design
Odessa City Council unanimously approves hiring Landgraf Crutcher and Associates to design Phases III IV and V of Sewer Line H in north Odessa for 433800. The vote omitted Councilman Bill Cleaver. Also zoned two northeast tracts for development and office use and approved Atmos Energy franchise. Election judges and polling places set for May 10. Community Development Week proclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Landgraf, Crutcher and Associates
North Odessa
Yukon Road
Ratliff Ranch
Lawndale Addition
Matt Squyres
Landgraf
Crutcher
Ing
Bill Cleaver
James Goates
Larry Lee
Eastridge Road
Parks Legado Road
DJK Inc
Old Bankhead Highway
Odessa Country Club
Atmos Energy Corp
Fire victim Nicole Redmon returns to school walking
After three months in a Lubbock hospital and rehab, eight year old Nicole Redmon is back in third grade at Barbara Jordan Elementary. She left her wheelchair during spring break and now uses a walker, with her mother Dawn Redmon noting a long recovery ahead and optimistic outlook. Nicole and her brother Rowdy were injured in a New Year’s Day apartment fire at the Sunset Apartments. Rowdy was released January 10 and Nicole spent 34 days in the University Medical Center burn unit. Nicole suffered third degree burns on her right leg and both arms and abdomen, plus a second degree burn on her left leg. Doctors say recovery will be years and scars may heal with time, but she is now walking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Dawn Redmon
Nicole Redmon
Barbara Jordan
Redman
Nicole
Rowdy
Sunset
University Medical Center
Dawn Redman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carol Arndt
Tara Deaver
Ramirez
Xochitl Vandiver
Vandiver
Kevin M. Cox
Galveston County Daily News
Rollover
Gators
University of Texas of the
Odessa.edu
JBS Public Leadership Institute
David Watts
Utpb.edu
Gopac.org
Dic.org
Feminism
Oanews
OADA
City
OACA
Odessa-Tx
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!