Odessa considers texting ban amid heated council meeting
City officials debated a proposed ordinance prohibiting texting and driving with exemptions for calls, GPS use and emergency calls. Residents including Royce Bodiford and Barbara Graff spoke against the measure, arguing enforcement challenges and education are key. Supporters urged action to save lives. Goates signaled potential return of the proposal for community education.
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Royce Bodiford
Odessa
Bodiford
Bedsford
Hieh Schau
Kelsey Poster
Puke Brown
Foster
Jest
Brown
Commeil
Foster Land
Everett
District 3
Barbara Graff
Graff
Bediford
Andrea Goodson
Goates
Peron
Goodson
Caleb Leverett
Capital murder cases loom in Odessa area court terms
District Attorney Bobby Bland outlined delays and pending capital murder cases including Luna and White with toxicology and DNA results awaiting lab input. Burwell faces murder charges for the Glovers stabbing at Oak Circle home, with bond denied and links to the missing Navigator and Walmart credit card usage, per police affidavits.
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Larry Neil White
Odessa
Leo “Angel” Luna
Bobby Bland
Lubbock
Bland
Luna
White
Burwell
Odessa American
Willie Hurst
Heather Mitchell
Kathleen Newbury
Leroy Flores Alaniz
John Dana Baaley
Pye
Wall
Glovers
Batr Oaks Circle
Eeter County Detention Center
Peggy Glover
West Side
Walmart
West Loop
Students greet composer during video call with Miranda
Senior Jonathan Orr asks about future plans as Miranda urges students to pursue what they love with relentless focus. Miranda discusses life perspectives, acting criteria for Broadway dancers, and influences while previewing a George Washington perspective and a new album open rap. Dojahn calls it a dream come true.
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Jonathan Orr
Miranda
Martine
Mirane
Ross
Gavsell
George Washington
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Whitin
DocuNav
Freghtner
Texas Association of School Boards
Southwest
Hell
Hei
Texas
Anni
Interstate 20
Fandree Road
Morrison Group
Old Bankhead Highway
Fleet Pride
Sewell Ford and
Stewart and Stevenson
Cratco, Inc
Cnandier Ary
Odessa Neversarment Corp
Aa of Texas
Penian Basin
Develp
Nachelor
Taieday Odes
Agreermen Anh
Pew
Heather Leiphart
Odess
Heather Lesphart
James Doyle Burwell
Ector County
Lone Star
Stephen W. Ponder MD
N. Tom Green
Mibal Buy
Spd
Pesah
Western National Bank
Odesse
Midland
Anton
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