Odessa Permian football fever fades but remains central local lore
In Odessa the Permian vs. Odessa High rivalry still draws attention though it has cooled from its peak. Both teams sit at 4-1 entering district play, with long memories of past playoff drama and civic fever. The piece notes continued community impact, boosterism, and the shadow of Friday Night Lights on local culture.
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Permian
Odessa High
Panthers
Ratliff
Odessa
First Basin triplets bring Big Spring couple threefold life
Jeff and Elizabeth Donnell welcomed triplets at Odessa Regional Hospital after fertility treatment. The two boys, William Calvin and John Alexander, weighed 3 pounds 5 ounces and 3 pounds 4 ounces, and daughter Katherine Elmnore weighed 2 pounds 9 ounces. The births occurred Friday via cesarean, with the babies nine weeks premature.
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Odessa Regional Hospital
Jeff
Elizabeth
Sissie
Donnell
Sissie Donnell
Jorge Bianco
Bianco
William Calvin
John Alexander
Katherine Elmnore
Jeff Donnell
First Baptist Church
Big Spring
William
John
Katherine
Ferris police officer dies after fatal shootout at gas station
Ferris officer Harry M. Steinfeldt, 28, was killed after returning 17 rounds at a murder suspect who killed Pedro Moreno, 38, at a gas station south of Dallas. The suspect Kent Sprouse, 30, was wounded and survived as Steinfeldt died en route to Methodist Medical Center. The force of 12 in Ferris mourns a hero who loved his job amid questions of motive and mental instability from relatives of the suspect.
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Dallas
Ferris
Harry M. Steinfeldt
Ellis County
Kent Sprouse
Cottongame
Sprouse
Pedro Moreno
Steinfeldt
Methodist Medical Center
Moreno
Menally
Ector County hospital board to award catheter lab bid
The Ector County Hospital District Board of Directors will award a bid for the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Medical Center Hospital during the 5:30 PM meeting in the MCH board room. Bids were sent to contractors about a month ago and the forecasted cost is around 17 million dollars.
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Ector County Hospital District Board of Directors
Medical Center Hospital
MCH
Tony Ruiz
Supoe Neee Se
Robert Abernethy
Ane Ee
ECISD to Hold Special Meeting on Secondary Plan
ECISD trustees plan a special meeting tonight to discuss the Secondary Plan for improving secondary education. Benavides says the district aims to chart a schematic of current and future actions, including an instructional monitoring program already in place to track student progress.
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ECISD
Trict
Benavides
Hector Mendez
Texas Education Agency
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Ken Brodnax
First Basin
Jessie Houtz
Gary Pay
Second St
Jett Cottongame Perris
Ector County Hospital Board
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