Health care workers wary of home HIV test kits
Odessa health care workers and AIDS resource leaders warn home HIV test kits risk psychological harm without proper counseling. They note high error rates in finger prick tests and emphasize need for lab analysis and in-person support, urging cautious FDA approval.
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Ashlye Bartlett
Odessa Midland
South Plains
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Health Department
Decker
Permian Basin
Bartlett
Brothers receive federal prison terms for threats to judge
Shawn Ellis Pardue and twin Shane Oliver Pardue of Midland each received federal sentences for threatening the life of Federal District Judge Lucius Bunton last December. Shawn got two years in prison plus three years supervised release, Shane two years and six months plus three years supervised release. They will begin serving federal terms after state sentences. Both are held in Midland County Central Detention Center, and Texas records show they are no longer incarcerated.
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Shawn Ellis Pardue
Midland
Royal Furgeson
Shane Oliver Pardue
Lucius Bunton
Tom Kirspel
Midland FBI
Kirspel
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Midland County Central Detention Center
Blood center offers mobile donations in Midland schedule
The Permian Basin Regional Blood Center announced a mobile unit schedule at the Midland Air Terminal on May 13 May 22 June 6 June 15 and June 22 from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Donors should call 561-5539 for appointments and must have doctor orders. The center aims to reduce trips to other cities and noted past autologous and directed donations.
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PBRBC
Midland Air Terminal
Hall
Larry Sanz
Ricky Jorgensen
Lubbock
San Angelo
Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Permian Basin
Memorial Hospital
Midland
Laurie Johnson
Blood Center
FDA
Midland trio treated after two vehicle crash near East Loop 338
Odessa Police reports outline a collision at East Loop 338 and East Ridge Road involving a 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee carrying Maria Ybarra Molnar Angela Marie Maquez and Sonia Ybarra. Brandi Davis 19 was cited for failure to yield. A separate assault, cocaine possession and a motel death are also noted with various arrests and detentions.
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Midland
Medical Center Hospital
Maria Ybarra Molnar
Angela Marie Maquez
Sonia Ybarra
Odessa
Brandi Dawn Davis
Texas Senate weighs alcohol checkpoint bill and safety rules
U S Supreme Court alerts on DWI policies as Texas lawmakers consider a checkpoint bill backed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving and law enforcement groups. The plan uses a fixed selection method, limits per-car stop time, requires reasonable suspicion for sobriety tests, and restricts checkpoint duration and placement. An amendment would videotape operations and study effectiveness by Feb. 1. In 1994 Texas saw 1,170 drunk driving deaths and 34,060 injuries per DPS data.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Lee Gregory Luna
D-San Antonio
Ceme
Sibley
Mike Moncrief
D-Fort Worth
Pepeeien
Moncrief
Texas Department of Public Safety
Prayer resists past neglect with renewed National Day event
Perryman urged Odessa listeners to oppose families that allow minors to drink alcohol as crime statistics rise. She noted substance abuse deaths from drunken driving start with small steps like permitting youths to drink. Churches should continue their community battle, and two National Day of Prayer gatherings drew about 350 at the Ector County ISD admin building and 60 at Noel Heritage Plaza for prayer and praise.
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Odessa
Perryman
Ector County Independent School District
Noel Heritage Plaza
Indicted in El Paso Mutilation Slaying of Wife
James Patrick Bradley was indicted by a El Paso County grand jury on a single murder count for the death of Suzy Gae Hahn Bradley. Bradley, held on a 1 million dollar bond, was arrested February 21 after police traced a grisly trail of severed body parts across the city over four days. A trial date is pending and a conviction could bring up to 99 years in prison and a 10000 dollar fine.
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EL Paso
el Paso County
James Patrick Bradley
Suzy Gae Hahn Bradley
Bradley
Paso
James Bradley
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