Fort Stockton relocates battered women and children's shelter
Fort Stockton relocates the battered women and children's shelter from a donated four bedroom house to an apartment behind the police station. City Manager Jesse Garcia cites complaints and says the center served six clients in 1 1/2 years. The two properties sold for $52,000 to Robert Jameson to fund police use. Betsy Spencer relayed calls to Garcia.
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Fort Stockton
Jesse “Chuy” Garcia
District Attorney's
112Th District
Albert Valadez
Garcia
Robert Jameson
Valadez
Betsy Spencer
Louisiana man pleads guilty in May church arson case near Waskom
Robert Todd Elton of Greenwood Louisiana pleaded guilty to destruction of religious property and arson in the Gainesville Church of God in Christ fire near Waskom. Timothy Wright of Waskom had pleaded guilty in July. Both face up to 40 years and a 500000 dollar fine. A 14-year-old was also involved. Sentencing not set.
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Gainesville
Church of God In Christ
Boggy Road
Waskom
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Todd
Wright
Lawsuit over Andrews County waste dump target of opposition
Harold Simmons-backed Waste Control Specialists has pressed state and federal courts, Congress, and the Texas Legislature to block regulators from opposing its plans for a waste dump in Andrews County. The firm sought a legislative change to allow a privately held company to run a nuclear waste dump and sued the Energy Department to bid on disposal contracts, but lost. Officials could not be reached for comment.
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Dallas
Harold Simmons
WSC
Congress
Texas
Andrews County
Energy Department
Activities at PHS set for this week
Permian High School schedules Mojo Day and Panther Day events this week with booster club meetings in the cafeteria on Wednesday and Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. A pep rally is planned Friday at 8 45 a.m. in the field house.
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Permian High School
Texas Tech helps promote health careers in West Texas
JOBS helps promote health and safety in the community and takes students to places such as senior citizen centers to help perform assessments on people. The program aims to educate the community to use therapists and encourage students to stay and work locally. Physical and occupational therapy students gain experience with Medical Center Hospital staff as job prospects in the region remain strong. The school educates doctors on the value of therapists, aiding recruitment, with recent grads often staying in West Texas due to the Texas Tech facility nearby.
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Barnett
Knotts
Edical Center
Nett
Texas
Snoddy
Texas Tech
West
Magnet program funding eyed for ECISD expansion
The ECISD would receive 2 million over three years to develop magnet programs at Ector Junior High and five local elementary schools if its Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant is approved before the September board meeting. The grant could yield a roughly one cent tax impact. A public hearing on the 1998-99 tax rate is set for 7 pm in the administration building board room.
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Ector
Goodman
ECISD
Ecisd Administration
N. Sam Houston Ave
Former union president sentenced for embezzlement in Texas
Richard Hammond, 51, former president and business manager of Teamsters Local 988 in Houston, received four years and three months in prison for theft and embezzlement. He must reimburse the union about 60,000 in personal charges, pay a 25,000 fine, and was convicted on 14 counts. He was acquitted on one count of false statements. Federal prosecutors said union credit cards funded personal items.
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Houston
Amsters
Richard Hammond
Lynn Hughes
Hammond
Teamsters Local 988
Odessa Police Blotter: many local crime reports summarized
A succession of Odessa incidents includes shootings, aggravated assault, thefts, burglaries, and vehicle damage. Notable items involve a pistol fired at a resident on West 67th Street, a groin wound on West Clements Street, a building break in at OSSA Inc at UT Permian Basin park, and multiple organized crime charges with various bonds.
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Odessa
West 67Th Street
West Clements Street
Ossa Inc
University of Texas
Needy children receive more help this year
Salvation Army Captain Michael Barnhouse says more Ector County families need school supplies and clothes, with 200 bags of supplies, 701 changes of clothes, and 229 pairs of shoes distributed so far. The Children’s Clothes Closet reports 50 to 55 children helped in two weeks, on pace to beat last year’s total.
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Ector County
Salvation Army
Michael Barnhouse
Barnhouse
First United Methodist Church
Estee Smith
Corinne Costello
Smith
Woman accused in plot to kill husband in Texas
East Texas woman Patricia Sexton and three others allegedly conspired to murder her husband Bobby Sexton over a month before his February disappearance. A man confessed and cooperates. body found in a swamp a month after he was reported missing. Also charged are Dorothy Bingham and Michael Fielding. another man faced tampering with evidence. Authorities tied the killings to Social Security benefits.
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RUSK
East
Texas
Bobby Sexton
Patricia Sexton
Dorthy Bingham
Maydelle
Michael Fielding
Jacksonville
Sexton
Jacksonville Daily Progress
Odessa Woman Reports Motor Vehicle Theft
An Odessa woman, 31, reported the unauthorized use of her 1986 Plymouth Horizon valued at 1500 dollars. The theft occurred between 8 30 p m Saturday.
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Odessa
Tom Green Avenue
East Eighth Street
Eastridge Road
Penge Ge Tengarer Taba Keel
East 89Th Street
West Clements Street
Dillard's Department Store
4204
Odessa Woman Bonded On Forgery Charge
A 19 year old Odessa woman Cory Nicole Powell posted bond and was released from Ector County Jail on forgery charges. Powell residing at 422 Snyder Street had bond set at 5000 dollars Monday.
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Odessa
Ector County
John Dent Thurman
Second St
Ronald Lynn Reeves
E. University Blvd
Jeremy Fred Conant
W. 56Th St
Steven James Garrett
Tanglewood Lane No. 219
Shelly Roso
Carter Drive
Sheriff's Office
Cory Nicole Powell
Snyder St
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