Rainfall steady but below average in Ector County despite August rains
Ector County agriculturist Jim Ward reports August rains helped soil moisture and range grass, but Midland Airport measures 0.77 inches for August, 0.27 inches below the 9.49 inch average. NWS says rainfall varied. cooler, unsettled conditions expected into September, with cautious optimism for agriculture after a long drought.
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Ector County
Jim Ward
Midland International Airport
National Weather Service
Michael Wrinkle
NWS
West Odessa
Schlemeyer Field
Odessa
Gardendale
Wrinkle
Permian Basin
Ward
Aryan Circle members receive federal prison terms in Midland
Thirteen individuals linked to the Aryan Circle face sentencing rounds after 11 of 19 members who pleaded guilty have already been sentenced. Johnny Wane Hines Jr. drew 11 years eight months for continuing criminal enterprise and meth conspiracy. Other sentences ranged from seven to 10 years for co-defendants while two witnesses received prison time for cooperating. Sentencing for Bailey, Bishop, Catoe, Criswell, Eaton, Hines Sr, Renfro, and Samson is scheduled for Sept. 27 and 28.
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Aryan Circle
Midland
Johnny Wane Hines Jr
Hines Jr
Max Edwin
Mad Max” Mays
Christopher Donald
Sun
Dance” McElwee
Jerry Don
Jbird” Witt II
Tony Brent Wilkins
Mays
McElwee
Witt
Wilkins
Jerry Perkins
Amber Slater
Calvin Glenn Bailey
Timothy
Mississippi” Bishop
Patrick Daniel Catoe
Andrew John “Snyder
John” Criswell
James Coleman Eaton
Johnny Vane Hines Sr
Kevin Lynn “Westwood” Renfro
Lori Samson
Reeves County commissioners talk raises and budget plans
Reeves County officials discuss rumors of a raise amid a 2005 budget of about 55 million dollars. They defend fiscal prudence, note jail funding impacted job losses, and cite the prison as creating 400 new jobs while 1,200 were lost previously. The panel approved Rogers & Belding Life Insurance and kept Don Crawford for health and dental, with higher employee costs for dependent coverage.
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Tarin
Turin
Reeves County Detention Center
Galindo
Pecos
Rogers & Belding Life Insurance of
el Paso
Don Crawford and Associates
Midland
Buddy's Drive In Earns Small Business of the Month Honor
Bonnie Duncan describes busy weekend service at Buddy's Drive In in Andrews. Regulars include Al Andress and Bobby Burt who praise steak fingers. Local figures like Texas Rep. Buddy West and former Gov. Mark White have visited, highlighting the cafe as a family business with plans for the future.
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Duncan
Texas
Buddy West
Rodessa
Buddy
West
Andrews
Buddy’s
Mark White
Bonnie
al Andress
San Marcos
Jal
N.M
Andress
Bobby Burt
Darren Scoggins
Odessa
Hunters Cleared to Hunt Red Bluff Lake This Year
Red Bluff Water District and Texas Parks and Wildlife permit hunting along the east shoreline of Red Bluff Lake while the west shoreline stays closed. A boat is needed to reach open areas and hunters must hold a regular license, annual public hunting permit, state and federal duck stamps and use non toxic shot. Contact numbers provided for information.
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Pecos
Red Bluff Lake
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Red Bluff
Mayors declare Stop DWI Awareness Day in Midland
Odessa Mayor Larry Melton and Midland Mayor Mike Canon will proclaim Stop DWI Awareness Day at 10 a.m. at the Midland County Courthouse. For details, call 699-8783. Bands L.T.D. and Zapp headline FunkFest Labor Day weekend at Pan American Ballroom. Doors open 8 p.m. show starts 9 p.m. Saturday at 2214 E Murphy St. Advance tickets 30, at door 40. Tickets at Super Services or Endless Horizons. For info, call 570-1082 or 332-7881.
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Canon
Midland County
Call
L.T.D
Zapp
Pan American Ballroom
E. Murphy St
Super Services
Endless Horizons
Roadhouse Metal Bash Set for Andrews Highway Night
The Roadhouse hosts The Metal Bash Meltdown featuring Cielo Scapegrace Blood Spill Down Fall Antisocial Dead Lye and Dust at 6115 Andrews Highway today. Doors open 5 pm show at 8 pm. ID required. $10 ages 17 to 20. $5 age 21 and over. Call 362 4948 for details.
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the Roadhouse
Cielo
Scapegrace
Blood Spill
Down Fall
Andrews Highway
Motorcycle ride through Big Bend set for October
A one day 350 mile event titled From Heaven to Hell and Back will occur October 2 starting in Alpine. Safety instructor Mike Latta of Sul Ross State University outlines a route visiting Study Butte Terlingua Lajitas Presidio along the Rio Grande and back to Alpine finishing in Marathon. For information call (432) 837-1070 or email mikeand Martha overland.net.
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Heaven
Hell
Big Bend
Mike Latta
Sul Ross State University
Alpine
Butte
Terlingua
Lajitas
Presidio
Rio Grande
Marfa
Fort Davis
Marathon
Mikeand
Martha
Overland
Services set for 11 year old girl dies in West Odessa crash
Funeral services for Ryan Nicole White, 11, will be held at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Saturday. She died from injuries after a Tuesday two car crash at Third Street and Knox Avenue in rural West Odessa. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens follows. Her brother Sean, 10, was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital. Survivors include parents Todd and Cami White of Odessa, mother Melissa Shipp, grandparents Cliff White, Carolyn White, Dolores Thompson, great grandparents Kathryn McClellan and Frazier Thompson, all of Yonkers or Odessa.
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Odessa
Ryan Nicole White
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Jerry Carter
Sunset Memorial Gardens
She
Jacksonville, Fla
White
Medical Center Hospital
Third Street
Knox Avenue
West Odessa
Sean
MCH
Todd and
Cami White
Melissa Shipp
Cliff White
Carolyn McClellan White
Dolores Thompson
Yonkers
N.Y
Kathryn McClellan
Goldsmith
Frazier Thompson
Sean White
Zacchiah White
Leader of drug ring sentenced to life in prison
Joe Gary Rivas 59 of San Angelo received a life sentence without parole for conspiracy to import drugs after leading a ring that smuggled 20 000 pounds of marijuana and 264 kilograms of cocaine from 1996 to 2003. Judge Sam Cummings said the sentence fits the crime. Rivas pleaded guilty in June. 27 other members were indicted in 2002.
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Dallas
Joe Gary Rivas
San Angelo
U.S
Sam Cummings
Lubbock
Mexico
United States
Richard B. Roper
Rivas
Roper
Joaquin Cadena Marietta Maldonado
Warrant issued for missing banker in Mount Vernon
A felony bank theft warrant was issued for James Emery 28 of Mount Vernon after his disappearance first treated as a missing person case. Emery left with three children ages 7 4 and 18 months. Police say 163 000 vanished from the bank vault and 75 000 from his grandmother s account. A videotape shows Emery entering the vault and placing money in a bag.
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Mount Vernon
Texas
James Emery
Texarkana Gazette
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NCPR
Saty
Aes
Bosworth
Midland Odessa
Kerrville
Basin Smart Shopper
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