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Could things have been changed?

THE STORY: Records show that Santiago Lara Jimenez telephoned the Ector County Sheriff’s Office at least eight times over the past two years to report multiple broken windows, property damage and other misdeeds that he blamed on the two neighbo...

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Police brutality lawsuit settled

THE STORY: The city of Midland has settled a police brutality lawsuit with a 69-year-old woman who sought millions of dollars in damages after she was forcibly detained and injured by a veteran police officer at the Midland International Airport....

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Officials not paying property taxes?

THE STORY: Some elected officials and candidates for office have not been paying their property taxes. The Ector County Appraisal District is suing Stellar Media Inc., which City Councilman Benjamin Velasquez has claimed to own. Abraham Torres of the...

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Yolanda Jean Madden proceedings

THE STORY: The FBI has unearthed new evidence in the Yolanda Jean Madden proceedings that could turn the contentious case on its head and land the Odessa woman back in federal prison before she is retried. Prosecutors said the evidence contradicts Ma...

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Ector County’s 2010 Warrant Round-Up

THE STORY: Ector County’s 2010 Warrant Round-Up has been the most successful in its three years. Odessa City Councilman Benjamin Velasquez has even taken advantage of the offer....

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Rights of a Citizen

THE STORY: Former Odessa resident, “Williard” was visited by a small group of U.S. marshals after they say he made violent threats on the Odessa American website....

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ECISD new curriculum requirements

THE STORY: New curriculum requirements for ECISD include four years of science and math....

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Silver Ring Thing

THE STORY: CrossRoads Fellowship joined with Mid-Cities Church to bring in the nonprofit evangelical organization Silver Ring Thing and have the group put on a live event to entertain and spread its message of abstinence and purity rings to young peo...

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Flint Hills plans to demolish building

THE STORY: Flint Hills Resources officials have said the company intends to demolish the 53-year-old facility in a letter sent to the city in response to a letter from the city asking Flint Hills to enter negotiations on the possible restart of its s...

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Larry Neil White's Trial

THE STORY: Larry Neil White, who is charged in connection with the 2007 shooting deaths of three Odessa police officers, will stand trial in Howard County after a judge granted a change of venue in the case....

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Nurse Reports Winkler Doctor

THE STORY: A jury in Andrews acquitted a former Kermit nurse who was indicted after she reported a Winkler County doctor to the state medical board for questionable practices....

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