Choice Bus highlights impact of schooling on futures for Crockett students
Crockett Middle School welcomed the Choice Bus from the Mattie C. Stewart Foundation, a six‑bus dropout prevention tool visiting 21 states since 2008. About 400 sixth to eighth graders toured the 8 by 8 foot cell replica and viewed a video linking education to higher earnings and freedom, while speakers emphasized positive choices and future plans.
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Crockett Middle School
Mattie C. Stewart
Midland
Alternative Education Center
Odessa
Lee
Pat Arenas
Communities In Schools
Arenas
Christoper Rice
Mattie ©. Stewart
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Dents
Chet Pennock
Rice
Choice
State Farm
Mattie C. Stewart Foundation
United States
Jail staffing and overcrowding squeeze Ector County
The county faces jail overcrowding with a need for about 20 jailers per shift to cover operations, though only 14 can be on duty given inmate levels around 624. To cope, inmates are housed in Lynn, Hale, and Hudspeth counties with an option to use McLennan County Jail.
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Austin
Donaldson
Ector County
Lynn
Hale
Hudspeth
McLennan County
Texas Commission On Jail
Brandon Wood
Execu
Tive
TCJS
Wood
446Th District Court
Fifth District Court
Crane High Band Uses Contest Day To Sharpen Focus
Crane High School seniors Todd Tara Priest Tabitha Blain and Tailyn Gillette say limited practice time plus critique from judges helps the band see real stakes. They note feedback, not just praise, drives better marching and playing and highlights the team’s unity and preparation.
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Todd
Tara Priest
Tabitha Blain
Tailyn Gillette
Crane High School
Priest
Gillette
Felony blotter items from local area police report
Police report a series of felonies including drunken driving third offense on University Boulevard and Redbud Avenue, cocaine possession in the East 42nd Street block, and methamphetamine possession near Andrews Highway. Suspects include Edgar Baltazar, Anthony N.M., Matthew Delap, Matthew David Contreras, Christopher Mojica, Kellie Beck, WOMA, and Kelly Gonzalez with various bonds and detentions noted.
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University Boulevard
Redbud Avenue
Edgar Baltazar
van Buren St. Anthony N.M
Ector County Detention Center
East 42Nd Street
Matthew David Contreras
24Th St
Crane Avenue
Christopher Mojica
Dawn Ave
East Monahans Street
Kellie Beck
Rosa
Clements
Wi Woma
Andrews Highway
Kelly Gonzalez
Roger Ave
Ector County
Roundup of local arrests in Odessa and area incidents
Odessa police report a man was arrested for forgery after showing altered border crossing and social security cards with a different name. Other incidents include a woman charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a knife incident, a pedestrian struck by a vehicle with minor injuries, a Fort Stockton man who died after rear ending a backhoe loader, and a man jailed on counterfeit currency and drug paraphernalia findings. Additional details cover a deputy stop leading to a suspect with warrants and transfer plans to Scurry County.
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U.S
Highway 80
Odessa
Carlos Alberto Luna Bonilla
Luna Bonilla
Penbrook St
Ector County
Adams Avenue
Flowers
OPD
Medical Center Hospital
Alleghaney Avenue
Clements Street
Tommy Jones
Jones
Danny Wyatt
Fort Stockton
Joan Deere
Matthew Dominic Munoz
Pecos County Memorial Hospital
The
Texas Depart
Ment of Public Safety
Munoz
42Nd Lane
Water Street
Purifoy
Houston Avenue
Scurry County
ECDC
Cada.com
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Crockett
Jacob Fordjodessa
Blain
Grandview Avenue
Matthew Delap
43Rd St
Cecilia Flowers
Adams Ave
Carlos Albfoto
Luna
Bovilla
Clint Purifoy
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