Officials seize pot stash worth more than $3M
U S Customs and Border Protection officers at the Santa Teresa port of entry seized 3846 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of 3076800 dollars. The driver Lazaro Alfredo Marquez Cano of Ciudad Juarez was arrested and handed to ICE and HSI for charges tied to the failed smuggling attempt.
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Santa Teresa
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Mexico
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Lazaro Alfredo Marquez Cano
Ciudad Juarez
Chihuahua
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
HSI
Listeria Found in Blue Bell Plant in 2013
FDA investigation links listeria to Blue Bell’s Oklahoma plant from March 2013 through February 2015 with 17 positive tests on equipment and nonfood surfaces. Blue Bell continued shipping product amid inadequate cleaning as recalls expand and company awaits restart.
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Washington
Blue Bell
Oklahoma
Food and Drug Administration
Kansas
Texas
Arizona
Blue Bell Creameries
FDA
Alabama
Associated Press
Paul Kruse
Twisters Roar Through North Texas Counties
Severe thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes across counties north and northwest of Dallas and Fort Worth causing scattered light damage. Storm spotters tracked the twisters as daylight faded Thursday with no injuries reported.
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Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Catholic Charities Sees Increased Need Amid Oil Downturn
Catholic Charities reports a 40 percent rise in emergency aid calls since mid March as oil field slowdowns tighten wallets. director Valerie Longoria Bueno notes weekly client contact around 36 people and 20 daily calls, with services reaching over 13 000 Ector County residents through a thrift store food pantry and education outreach at Cory Learning Center. Volunteers and donations are urged as demand grows and the charity expands homeless outreach and GED programs.
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Catholic Charities
Ector County
Democratic Club
Andrews Highway
Valerie Longoria Bueno
Bueno
Karen Wilkins
Cory Learning Center
Two men arrested after drive-by shooting in Odessa
Police say at 1 18 am Wednesday a pickup blocked McKnight Drive then shots were fired toward a home. Driver Tommy Nguyen 24 and passenger Juan Hernandez 22 fled, later detained. Officers found a 40 caliber handgun and shell casings in the truck. Both charged with deadly conduct and weapon and drug offenses. Nguyen also faces evading arrest and false ID. No injuries reported. Both held at Ector County Detention Center with bonds set at 50 000 and 30 000 respectively.
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Odessa
McKnight Drive
Tommy Nguyen
Nguyen
Sandra Lane
Juan Hernandez
Hernandez
Ector County
Car and Bike Show Benefit For Raxton Jones
A charity car and bike show at Music City Mall Fuddruckers Entrance supports Raxton Jones son of Lindsay and Ryan Jones who was born with X linked Myotubular Myopathy. Entry is 25 dollars with donation options at First Basin Credit Union under Raxton Jones Carshow benefit.
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Music City Mall
Raxton Jones
Lindsay and
Ryan Jones
First Basin Credit Union
Fuddruckers
Gofundme.com
Carshow
Runoff Pushes Lake J.B. Thomas Toward Seventy Percent Full
Lake J.B. Thomas nears 69.84 percent capacity after recent rains, CRMWD says. John Grant notes the surge adds about 14 months of supply for Odessa Big Spring and Snyder, with last high in 1964 and potential overflow routing to E. Spence still unlikely this soon.
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Colorado River
John Grant
CRMWD
Odessa
Big Spring
Snyder
Grant
Thomas
Odile
E. Spence
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