Memorial events honor fallen veterans across Odessa area
Memorial ceremonies and a traveling Fallen Heroes Wall will be held at Ector County Cemetery War Memorial and around Texas. The American Legion hosts the wall, Rolling Thunder preserves those lost in action and prisoners of war, while the VFW plans a 7:30 a.m. flag raise and 21-gun salute at Odessa post. A Ride to Remember begins at 9:30 a.m. from Permian Basin.
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American Legion
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Texas
Iraq
Afghanistan
Rolling Thunder
East Vfw Lane
Charlie Robes
United States
Kobes
Teresa Galloway
West Texas Patriot Guard
Midland
Odessa
Andrews County Veterans Memorial
Galloway
Memorial events honor fallen soldiers at Midland area
Free entry events mark Vietnam Memorial ceremony at Wright Drive, the High Sky Wing memorial at 9600 Wright Drive with a noon ceremony and fly over, and rides aboard an A 26 Invader. A Ride to Remember precedes them from the Permian Basin Vietnam Memorial to Andrews. Local officials emphasize honoring those who served.
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Midland Army Airfield
Commemorative Air Force
Wright Drive
Kobes
High Sky Wing
Midland Army Air Field Museum
West Texas Patriot Guard
Permian Basin
Vietnam Memorial
Andrews
Odessa trio arrested after meth shipment stop on 42nd Street
Odessan Zacery Aparicio 22 joined two Fort Stockton residents after a 8 35 am traffic stop near 42nd Street and Andrews Highway. Aparicio faced fugitive and warrants charges, Crespin Jr. 35, was charged with first degree felony meth manufacture or delivery, and Jessi Vondra 20 faced misdemeanor weapon and drug possession counts.
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Andrews Highway
Odessa
OPD
Aparicio
S. Hastings Sr
Ector County Detention Center
Alfred Crespin Jr
W. James Sr
Jessi Vondra
N. State St
Vondra
Four Alleged Cartel Assassins Arrested in Ciudad Victoria
Tamaulipas security group says four men aged 18 to 22 were arrested Thursday for a series of executions in Ciudad Victoria between March and May. The arrests target alleged cartel operatives linked to killings in the state capital.
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Ciudad Victoria
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Obama and Abe honor Hiroshima victims with wreaths
In Hiroshima Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid wreaths at the Peace Memorial Park cenotaph. The moment, amid solemn remarks, focused on moving past old wounds and renewing calls for a world free of nuclear weapons. Survivors Tsuboi and Mori spoke softly of the president’s empathy.
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Hiroshima
Shinzo Abe
Peace Memorial Park
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North Korea
U.S
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