Texas fires escalate as heat drives evacuations and cross-state aid
Firefighters from Georgia, South Carolina and Florida joined Texas crews amid blazes across multiple counties. More than a dozen departments and two National Guard helicopters battled fires threatening hundreds of homes. Officials warned of near-constant ignition risk in 100 plus degree heat as burn bans spread to 174 counties.
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Kerrville
Whitehead
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Liberty County
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State sets up insurance fraud hotline in Texas
Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor announced a toll free hotline for reporting suspected fraud after citing losses of at least 2 billion dollars yearly. He highlighted a top 10 list of cases from a Bowie County fake knee injury to a Dallas area life insurance and viatical scheme resulting in a 60 year sentence and 3.5 million dollars restitution.
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Montemayor
Bowie County
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John Watson
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OC Art Department Gallery Displays Alumni Works
The OC art department in Sedate Hall invites visitors to tour facilities such as a painting lab bronze foundry and kiln pottery labs drawing design and printmaking labs and a photography lab on the second floor. Current Student Art Space show runs through Sept 14 featuring Roach Raigoza Morris Turner and Cochran with plans for six faculty members to show in November and a January print exhibit by Phillips.
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Phillips
Terry Roach
Texas Tech University
Benjamin Raigoza
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Laree Morris
Odessa High School
Keenan Turner
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