Tornado Strikes Hill County Area Near Lake Whitney
An elderly man died when a tornado hit a Hill County lake area home. A second resident was critically injured. exact identities withheld until relatives are notified. About 20 homes were heavily damaged as the storm moved from Hill into Bosque County, with residents urged to return for belongings in the morning. The event began in Hill County, then crossed into Bosque County, with a separate brief touchdown in Collin County.
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Waco
Hill County
Bosque County
Tim Gage
Gage
Waco Tribune- Herald
Jason Jordan
National Weather Service
Fort Worth
Pat Small
Whitney
Jordan
Collin County
Dallas
Parks to accept land gifts and restrict funding growth
Gov. Bush formed a 13 member task force to advise on parks and outdoor recreation by November. The Parks and Wildlife Department relies on entrance fees and campsite rents, while resisting land gifts due to maintenance costs. Land donations have faced delays or underuse, and conservation often yields to politics amid restricted public land expansion.
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George W. Bush
Carol Dinkins
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas
Big Bend Ranch
West Texas
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Chinati Mountains State Park
Bastrop State Park
Robert Saunders
D-La Grange
Houston Road
Saunders
Department
Bush Graduation Speech Mixed Reactions at Prairie View
Interracial dating tensions surface as Adegboyega Adegbola, a Nigerian student, turns his chair away during Governor Bush remarks. Bush praises faith and family while paying tribute to Prairie View students lost this semester. nearby, anti death penalty protesters urge execution halt in the Graham case.
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Adegboyega Adegbola
Adegbola
Bush
Bob Jones
Charles A. Hines
Barbara Bush
Prairie View
East
Texas
George Bush
Rice University
Houston
Gary Graham
Jesse Muhammad
Nation of Islam
Muhammad
Graham
Rae Gant
Jeanne January
January
Odessa area bLOTTER report details thefts and felon firearm charge
An Odessa woman reports a window unit, TV, and bedroom suite valued at 2800 stolen from Center Avenue between April 25 and Wednesday. A 68-year-old woman is robbed on John Ben Shepperd Parkway, with 40 cash, 200 lottery tickets, and a checkbook taken. A motorcycle valued at 2500 is stolen from East 37th Street. An Odessa man involved in unlawful firearm possession is released after bond set at 5000. Bond details list Thomas Shamy and Alberto Garcia with corresponding amounts.
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Odessa
Center Avenue
John Ben Shepperd Parkway
Ector County
Thomas Shamy
17Th St
East 37Th Street
Alberto Garcia
Tom Green Ave
Pedro Olivas
Swan Road
TNRCC seeks $1.25 million fine for refinery air violation
The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission recommends a 1.25 million dollar penalty against Crown Central Petroleum for an unauthorized sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide release. If upheld, it would be the agency’s largest air quality fine ever. Crown previously faced a 1.05 million dollar penalty in 1998, the previous state record.
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Houston
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Crown Central Petroleum
TNRCC
Lisa Dyar
The
Houston Chronicle
Crown
Police Await Autopsy In Odessa Fatality
Odessa investigators still do not know the victim’s identity in Fridays fatal car wreck. Autopsy was set for 9 am Saturday in Austin but results had not arrived by Saturday afternoon. Police say Turner a 58 year old Motion Industries branch manager lived on Rocky Lane. Graveside services are set for Monday.
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East Odessa
Austin
B.J. White
White
Billy Turner
Turner
Rocky Lane
Motion Industries
Odessa
David Tavarez
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Pure Air Conditioning, Inc
Cori Takemoto
Odessa Country Club
Student Union
World Wide Web
Edu
Odessa College
W. University
Wal*mart
John Ben Shepperd
Patricia Beakes-Collins
Oaca.com
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