Hospital report delays spark public scrutiny and FOI push
District officials clash over releasing a FRG review of Medical Center Health System operations amid potential default risks. Board members urge public access while defense of Open Meetings Act compliance faces criticism. voters seek clarity as new directors push for a united approach and fuller questions before a final board discussion.
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District 5 Board
Don Hallmark
Hallmark
Thompson
FRG
Medical Center Health System
MCHS
Jon Riggs
Dodd
Administration
Odessa
Ron Griffin
Kelley Shannon
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District 7
Ben Quiroz
Quiroz
Rae
District 4
David Dunn
District 2
Mary Lou Anderson
Last 900 Harvey evacuees leave Houston convention center
The last 900 Hurricane Harvey evacuees at the George R Brown Convention Center have been relocated as this Houston site returns to normal operations. Evacuees shifted to a Houston Community College warehouse shelter and others to residences at Emancipation and to the Chinese Community Center.
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Harvey
Convention Center
Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center
Housing and Community Development Department
Jacklynn Keville
Houston Community College
Keville
Emancipation
Texas
Sylvester Turner
Rights Bill and Hobbs Plane Crash Highlight 1988 News
Archive notes a rights bill and a Hobbs New Mexico plane crash that killed four. World news covers American artillery in Saigon. Odessans eyed Bale Griffith Firestone appliances and a highway ribbon busting on US 80. Storms hit Texas after Hurricane Gilbert. Permian Basin Fair featured Robinson's Racing Pigs. Michael Jackson top earner at 97 million. Chris Comer eyed to replace Boobie Miles on Permian Panthers. Odessa facts touch politics sports and tragedy across years.
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Hobbs
N.M
Saigon
Bale Griffith Firestone
Texas
Gilbert
Texas Gulf Coast
Lone Star State
Robinson
Michael Jackson
Chris Comer
Chris Comer Who Would Replace An Injured Boobie Miles On the Permian Panthers
America
Odessa Chamber
Renee Earls
UTPB
Odessa American Archives Now Digitized on Newspapers.com
The Odessa American and related papers dating 1919 onward are searchable on newspapers com providing birth death and marriage details. Archives include the Odessa Herald starting June 14 1919 Odessa News and Ector County News from July 1 1927 and the Odessa American from October 2 1942 with subscription options 4 95 per month or 19 95 for six months.
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Odessa American
Newspapers
Odessa Herald
Odessa News
Ogoa.com
Newspapers.com
Odessa woman auditions for Jeopardy in Los Angeles
Roth, 32, spoke after auditioning in Los Angeles where the pool system admits about 400 new contestants per season from 75,000 online tests and 2,000 to 3,000 in-person auditions. She described early starts, strict study limits, and the mix of contestants from all walks of life while noting luck plays a big role.
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Los Angeles
Susie Eun
Jeopardy
Eun
Roth
Odessa
Texas
Harvard
Trebek joked about his truck during TV show breaks
Roth, from St. Charles Illinois, moved to Odessa for a full time teaching job after earning English degrees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She recalls host Alex Trebek answering audience questions during commercials and joking about his vehicle.
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Chicago
Alex Trebeck
Trebeck
Roth
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Ill
St. Charles
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Odessa
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