Pecos man in critical condition after Wednesday stabbing
Robbyn Ochoa 28, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a domestic disturbance left 39-year-old Felix Ornelas Jr. stabbed multiple times. Ornelas was hospitalized in Odessa in critical condition with injuries including a punctured lung and organ damage. Ochoa is jailed on the felony with the knife found hidden.
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Jon Fulbright
Rosie Flores
Pecos
Robbyn Alexys Ochoa
S. Almond St
Clay McKinney
Felix Ornelas Jr
Ochoa
Ornelas
McKinney
See Star
Pecos PEDC may fund 1.5 million in city upgrades
Pecos Economic Development Corp board votes to begin talks with the Town of Pecos City on a 1.5 million PEDC contribution toward a 15 million water and sewer upgrade plan. The project would replace about 2,000 water meters and renew aging lines, with 9 million coming from city funds.
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Pecos
el Paso
B&b
F’ Street
Locker Road
Jon Fulbright
Pecos Economic Development Corp
Pecos City
PEDC
PECC
Cypress Street
City Public Works
Edgardo Madrid
General Fund
Fred Reyes
Nevarez meets with Reeves County educators in Pecos visit
State Rep Alfonso Nevarez of Texas District 74 visited Pecos Tuesday for a staff development workshop sponsored by Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD attended by four area districts. He spoke of limiting tests, education funding shifts to districts, and county benefits. Nevarez noted ongoing work on public and higher education and plans to visit Eagle Pass Del Rio Marfa Presidio Hudspeth and Culberson counties. He emphasized listening to concerns and touring counties in his district after their first legislative session acting Freshman Democrat of the Year.
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Reeves County
Pecos
Alfonso “Poncho
Nevarez
Texas District 74
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Texas
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Marfa
Presidio
Hudspeth
Culberson County
Reeves
Poncho Nevarez
Pecos High School
Pecos- Barstow-Toyah Isd
P-B-T Isd
Conrad Arriola
Juanita Matta
Pecos City Budget Sees Revenue Boost For 2013 14
City of Pecos council reviews the 2013 14 budget Aug 15 at City Hall with higher income estimates driven by oil boom. Finance Director Ysidro Renteria Jr. projects about 2.8 million in new income and total revenues near 6.9 million, with increases in franchise and permit fees and landfill revenue. Expenditures are set at 6.8 million, including 180,000 for demolitions, 100,000 for equipment, 60,000 for a bucket truck, and 14,600 as a 50 percent grant match for a police patrol program.
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Jon Fulbright
Town of Pecos
Ysidro Renteria Jr
Renteria
Electric Company
Weather outlook with highs near 96 and 92
A weather forecast shows Wednesday high near 96 and Thursday morning low 66. Friday brings a 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm with a high around 92, east wind 5 to 15 mph, and Friday night a 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Saturday is partly sunny with isolated storms after 1pm and a near 95 high. Saturday night has a 10 percent shower chance, then Sunday remains mostly sunny with a high near 93.
Bees attack warning after Saragosa incident in Reeves County
Reeves County Emergency Management Coordinator warns residents after multiple bee stings from a swarm at a Saragosa home. A resident was treated and released at Reeves County Hospital, with bees to be tested at Texas A&M to confirm Africanized origin. A new hive was found near Balmorhea on Wednesday.
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Rosie Flores
Reeves County
Reeves County Hospital
Balmorhea
Reeves County Emergency Management
Ricky Herrera
Herrera
Ex Pecos man pleads guilty in illegal gun possession case
Steven Leonard Precit 54 of Midland pleaded guilty to possessing eight unregistered firearm silencers. Prosecutors say a May 2, 2013 ATF FBI search of his Midland home and a Balmorhea ranch found eight silencers 18 fully automatic machine guns one short barreled rifle and four IEDs all unregistered with no serial numbers or markings.
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Pecos
United States
David Counts
Midland
Steven Leonard Precit
Robert Pitman
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
ATF
Dallas
Robert Champion
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Mark Morgan
Balmorhea
Precht
Prewit
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Art Granada
Texas House of Representatives
Lee Nevarez
Saragosa
R.L. Teller
Barstow
Pecos Ems
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