Family in Odessa wins new home in drawing
An Odessa couple Angel and Denise Borunda were awarded a newly built three bedroom brick house valued at 58 800 in the Ernest R Martinez addition. The family of three celebrated at a city led event as their names were drawn from four homes under construction. Denise expressed gratitude and said she prayed hard for the chance.
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Odessa
Odessa Housing Finance Corporation
City of Odessa
Odessa Housing Authority
Angel
Denise Borunda
West Clements Street
Ernest R. Martinez
Jeffery Borunda
Angel Borunda
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Train ride outreach highlights railroad safety program
Union Pacific employees and Operation Lifesaver led a train trip for about 100 ECISD students from Odessa to Monahans. Dignitaries including Judge Jerry Caddel and MANO president Gloria Valdez attended as the event stressed crossing safety in West Texas.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Ector County Independent School District
Operation Lifesaver
Texas
West Texas
Union Pacific
Fort Worth
Weatherford
Abilene
Sweetwater
Big Spring
Midland
Odessa
Monahans
ECISD
Odessan
Jerry Caddel
Wilmer Ray
Tom Todd
Freddie Gardner
MANO
Gloria Valdez
Ashley Mendias
Daniel Garcianap
Hays
Students Produce Wildcat News At Gale Pond Alamo
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary in Ector County ISD created a 30 minute student news program titled Wildcat News during intersession. Second grade teacher Janie Andrews guided fifth and sixth graders with KOSA TV staff and Kevin Andrews, an intern with KOSA, assisting in taping and editing. The telecast covered school uniforms and sixth graders’ worries about moving to junior high.
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Gale Pond Alamo Elementary
Wildcat
Gale Pond Alamo
Ector County Independent School District
Alamo
Janie Andrews
Andrews
Kosa. TV
Kevin
KOSA
Kocv-Tv
CAF Veterans Day schedule honors service members
The Confederate Air Force marks Veterans Day with a series of events across Midland. An 11 AM exhibit dedication, Stars and Stripes 2000 performance, and a noon ceremony at the Permian Basin Vietnam Memorial lead into a 6:30 PM panel at the American Airpower Heritage Museum.
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Confederate Air Force
CAF
Bill Coombes
Vietnam
Rusk Elementary
Midland
Permian Basin
Wright Drive
Midland International Airport
Midland High School
Armed Service
Ector County
CAF Desert Squadron
American Airpower Heritage Museum
CAR
Lefty Gardner
Mike Purse
Royal Air Force
Dorothy Rush
Britain
Gardner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
16 year old certified to stand trial as adult in murder case
The 16 year old Anthony Manuel Veliz was certified to stand trial as an adult for murder, a decision met with tears by Brandon Webster's family after the hearing at the Ector County Youth Center. Assistant County Attorney Michele Surratt supported the move saying the crimes escalated with each offense and the district attorney may send the case to the grand jury.
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Brandon Webster
Ector County
Anthony Manuel Veliz
Webster
Michele Surratt
Veliz
Inmate Escape Sparks Quick Jail Capture in Odessa Area
A 39 year old Ector County jail inmate Jamie Lin Borders escaped Thursday morning by prying a fence and crawling out. She was found about 12 10 p m in the 100 block of East May Street after a 10 30 a m escape. Borders crossed a breezeway to the female section without a guard, with investigators reviewing procedure.
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Ector County
Jamie Lin Borders
N. Harolds Ave
East May Street
Borders
Gary Fields
Fields
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Jeffery
Cori Takemoto Williams
Pecos
Lara Meckfessel
Hector Olivas
Murry Fly Elementary
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