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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 2014
Page
1
The Ector County Sheriff’s Office probes a homicide after a white male in his 40s with multiple upper torso stab wounds was found in a field near JBS Parkway and Interstate 20 at about 11:35 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies estimate he’d been there about 24 hours before discovery. autopsy to be performed in Tarrant County.
Odessa Police Department received a report of a man with a gun near Hays Elementary School around 1 45 pm Wednesday. No threat was found. the school was sheltered in place until ECISD confirmed safety at 2 22 pm. Local officers checked the area for a black male in a white shirt and black pants waving a gun but could not locate him.
The Commemorative Air Force moves its headquarters to Dallas Executive Airport after announcing relocation of B 29 FiFi and B 24 Diamond Lil. The Midland Nose Art Gallery may depart its longtime home amid museum changes and state funding concerns, while Midland Airfield focuses on local WWII stories and shifts to volunteer operation.
City officials in Odessa consider using eminent domain to assemble land downtown near East Fifth Street and North Texas Avenue for a potential hotel and convention center project. City Manager Richard Morton says land could be taken with compensation at market value, with public use defined broadly to include facilities like a convention center. City Attorney Larry Long notes eminent domain is usually avoided and clarifies public use scope.
The Loving County Sheriff's Office reports two fatalities and nine injuries after a production facility explosion near Orla. Victims Amos B. Ortega and Roberto Magdaleno identified as the deceased. Injured individuals suffered cuts and hearing issues from airborne shrapnel. none were hospitalized.
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