Odessa Development Council approves 2.8 million budget
The Odessa Development Corporation unanimously approved a budget exceeding 2.8 million for expenditures and nearly 35 million in projected business incentives. The plan funds five groups including the Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and its Mexico Initiative, with ongoing review in six months and city council ratification due September 12.
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Odessa Development Corporation
CDC
ODC
Odessa
Betsy Triplett-Hart
Raymond Chavez
Mexico
Hispanic Chamber
CVA Advertising and Marketing
UTPB
CVA
High court blocks to new Texas maps
The U S Supreme Court ordered Texas to pause redrawing statehouse maps ahead of 2018 elections. Justice Alito issued a stay delaying a lower court ruling finding four Texas counties’ districts must be redrawn, as the court considers the voting map case.
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Austin
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Samuel Alito
Alito
Supreme Court
Man arrested in stabbing of former roommate in Odessa
Odessa police arrested Willie Ray Myles Jr. 56, on a first degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (family violence) charge after a knife attack on his 24 year old former roommate in the 600 block of North Lee Avenue. The victim was treated at Medical Center Hospital for neck and torso wounds. A witness saw three knife slashes. Myles was taken to the Ector County Law Enforcement Center.
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Odessa
North Lee Avenue
Willie Ray Myles Jr
Medical Center Hospital
Myles
Ector County
Cellphone networks hold strong after Harvey in Texas and Louisiana
Across the damaged Gulf Coast, major carriers added equipment and backup power and used drones to inspect towers. By Thursday only 296 of 7,804 towers in affected counties remained down, with most outages from landlines and wonky data links.
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New York
Texas
Louisiana
Harvey
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Aransas County
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Verizon
Karen Schulz
Schulz
At&t
Houston
Trey Forgety
National Emergency Number Association
Odessa College kicks off Student Success Scholarship drive
Odessa College launched its Student Success Campaign with checks from ECISD Education Foundation and J.C. Ferguson Foundation totaling 115000. The goal is 350000 with community gifts through September. Average award 1133 for full time and 800 to 1300 others based on credit hours.
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Meyers
Ector County Independent School District
J.C. Ferguson
Odessa College
Education Foundation
Ector County
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