Democrat Turner Joins Craddick Challenge In Texas House
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, a longtime Craddick ally and speaker pro tempore, announces he will challenge Tom Craddick for the Texas House speakership in 2009. Turner cites focus on lower electric rates, mental health funding, and an end to partisan agendas as reasons for entering the race. Craddick expresses respect for Turner while maintaining he will seek a fourth term, noting competition can be healthy.
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Sylvester Turner
House
Tom Craddick
Craddick
Turner
Alexis DeLee
Sylvester
Odessan Ramesh Babu Ghanta exits Scripps Bee early
Ten year old from Odessa dropped out before the third round after a weak 25 question written test in Washington D C. He plans to try again next year and learned from semifinalists about word origin and definitions while visiting landmarks like the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial with his family.
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Odessan
Ramesh Babu Ghanta
Scripps
Ramesh
Amaranath Ghanta
Ghanta
Washington Monument
Jefferson Memorial
Escapee Harris County run ends on jail trail
A 25-year-old prison escapee from Galveston County was captured on a jogging trail behind Harris County Jail after more than 40 hours on the lam. Off-duty University of Houston-Downtown Police Chief Rick Boyle spotted him, pursued, and helped escort him back to the jail where he faces an escape charge.
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Houston
Harris County
Texas
Andrew Dell Coley
University
Coley
Galveston County
South Texas Intermediate
Rick Boyle
University of Houston-Downtown Police Department
Boyle
Mother charged after girl dies in hot water burns
Yokandra Lanett Midkiff, 24, is charged with felony injury to a child after her 2-year-old daughter Kryschmbria died from burns authorities say likely caused by immersion in extremely hot water. Midkiff initially claimed a Galveston beach campfire caused the injuries, then confessed the bath incident.
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Houston
Yokandra Lanett
Midkiff
Kryschmbria
Galveston
Child Protective Services
Estella Olguin
Mural Artist Details Trains From 1881 to Today
Pontious describes a mural on an underpass showing an 1881 train and a current Union Pacific, plus an early 1900s scene with a wooden station and Model T cars. She notes Odessa settlers may have traveled on the hard to draw train, and compares the ease of drawing today’s boxy train. She works most mornings while real trains pass overhead.
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Midland
Janet Pontlous
Main Street
Odessa
West County Road
Second Street
Union Pacific
Pontious
On the Net Main Street Odessa
A brief note highlights an online resource for Odessa centered on Main Street. It mentions a local business or community web portal at a dedicated site and invites readers to visit for information and happenings.
Texas troopers set drug seizure record in 2006
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports state troopers seized over 50 tons of illegal drugs in 2006, including marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, with a street value around 335.9 million dollars. A total of 95,653 pounds of marijuana was seized, more than twice 2005 and 20,000 pounds above the 2004 record.
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EL Paso
Texas
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Tom Winger
Permian grad to debate in national event
Odessa student Jordan A. Eicher will compete at the National Forensic League National Tournament in Wichita Kansas, as the sole Odessa representative in 7 minute impromptu and one on one Lincoln Douglas debates. The Permian sophomore aims to showcase skills in her final high school nationals, planning to study journalism and law at Texas Tech University.
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Jordan A. Eicher
Eicher
Staten Island
New York City
Odessa
Wichita
Kan
Lindsoln Douglas
Wendell Sollis
Ector County Independent School
Sollis
Texas Tech University
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