Tall City Blues Fest Names Duarte and Harmon as Headliners
Riley Geological Consultants presents the Tall City Blues Fest in Midland Centennial Plaza on July 26 27 with Chris Duarte headlining Friday and Zac Harmon Saturday. Friday day passes cost 15 and Saturday 25, weekend 30, tickets online at talicitybluesfest.com.
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Stamp Out Hunger drives food drive in West Texas Basin
West Texas Food Bank gears up for its largest Stamp Out Hunger drive on May 11 with postal workers delivering bags to Basin mailboxes for canned goods. Midland and Odessa post offices compete for a quilt prize. call 432-580-NEED for details.
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Fiesta West Texas Parade details and fees
The Fiesta West Texas parade offers free admission for participants on event day and discounted ticket sales at ten dollars. Prizes total 600 for first place business floats and 300 for individual floats. Registration fees vary by entry type, with floats 40, cars 20, horses and motorcycles 10, bicycles free. Parade begins in front of Odessa College on Andrews Highway and ends at Ninth Street and Andrews Highway.
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ECISD police: no charges in two resignations case
ECISD police say insufficient evidence existed to press criminal charges in two separate cases involving Permian High School employees. Teacher Kathryn Maples and athletic trainer April Collins resigned after investigations into alleged improper relationships with students, with the District Attorney's Office ultimately not filing charges.
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Former Permian standout to be released from prison
Guerdwich Montimere, a 25 year old who posed as a high school student, is scheduled for release on May 13 two years after being convicted in 2011 on two counts of sexual assault of a child and three counts of tampering with government records. He previously lived with Permian basketball coach Danny Wright after convincing the program he was a 16 year old, with later Florida teammates helping uncover his true identity.
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Wreck Claims Two Lives In Gardendale Intersection
Two people died in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday in Gardendale after Vanessa Burleson 30 of Odessa failed to yield on East Goldenrod Drive. Her Toyota Corolla struck Bobby Childress 52 of Gardendale in the Dodge Ram on North Hollyhock Avenue. Burleson died at the scene. Childress died later at Medical Center Hospital. He was belted. she was not.
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Dangerous Roadways Rally as Spring Traffic Fatalities Rise
During the first week of spring a spate of fatal wrecks sparked worry over traffic in the Permian Basin. From March 21 to March 26 ten people died in ten days, including three on March 26, bringing Midland and Ector county fatalities to eighteen this spring.
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