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Melton wins
Odessa Mayor Larry Melton didn't face an opponent the first two times he ran for the office. The 2008 race proved to be only marginally more challenging. Melton, 69, defeated challenger Art Leal 89.17 percent to 10.83 percent in Saturday's mayoral election....
'Coach’ wins
Longevity in the Odessa community played to J.E. Pressly's favor Saturday as the 84-year-old won a second term as an Odessa College trustee. Known simply as "Coach" to most, the incumbent defeated 55-year-old challenger Roy Hunton for the Place 4 position...
Incumbents out
Donnie Norwood won the Position 7 seat on the Ector County Independent School District's board of trustees Saturday in a three-way race against incumbent L.V. "Butch" Foreman III and opponent Jay Pease. Norwood, former ECISD executive director for support...
Final election results
FINAL ELECTION RESULTS MAYOR: Larry Melton: 3,252 votes (89.17 percent). Art Leal: 395 votes (10.83 percent). ECISD Position 4: Tom Pace: 205 votes (52.84 percent). Doyle Woodall: 183 votes (47.16 percent). ECISD...
Crane hospital district
CRANE COUNTY Voters in Crane County voted overwhelming Saturday to create a new taxing entity. With 224 votes for, or 65 percent, and 121 votes against, or 35 percent, Crane County now has a tax-supported district to govern Crane Memorial Hospital. County...
Clinic funding
County commissioners on Monday will consider moving $229,862 from various funds to cover start-up costs for the new CareHere employee clinic. Commissioners unanimously approved a contract with CareHere April 14 to provide medical services to county employees...
McCamey mayor
McCAMEY Sherry Phillips remained the mayor of the "Wind Energy Capitol of Texas" after she won Saturday's election in McCamey. Phillips defeated challenger Dennis Greer in Saturday's election. Phillips received 209 votes to Greer's 30 votes. Meanwhile,...
Graduates reflect
More than 300 students celebrated the culmination of years of study as they received their degrees Saturday morning on the Mesa Building lawn at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Grisel Aranda, 22, said her four-year experience at UTPB made...
Hit and run
Mary Subia didn't see the hit-and-run accident late Friday night that sent a young boy to a Lubbock hospital in critical condition. She does, however, care. "Me being a mother and grandmother, my heart goes out to that boy," Subia, a nearby resident,...
Killed in collision
Kathy Robinson said her son was making something out of himself when he died. "He just got moved to management for M-I SWACO," Robinson said. "He was doing good in life." Demonica Dejuane "DQ" Robinson, 34, died late Friday night in a two-vehicle collision...
Crane ISD race draws tie
Two candidates in a Crane school board election are heading to a runoff after finishing in a dead tie in Saturday's municipal election. Vann Dodd and Sandy Hubbard tied with 76 votes a piece for place on the Crane ISD board of trustees, according to...
Price Fire ruled arson
MIDLAND COUNTY The 2,500-acre fire known as the Price Fire that destroyed three homes here earlier this month has been ruled an arson, according to Texas Forest Service public information officer Alan Craft. Craft said investigators have identified "persons...
TYC hearing postponed
MONAHANS Another hearing, another attorney problem for Ray Brookins. The 42-year-old former West Texas State School assistant superintendent, who was charged in April 2007 on two counts each of "improper relationship with a student" and "improper sexual...
Go vote
Elections always bring decisions that tax the brain. Which candidate really does deserve a vote? Municipal election time makes things even worse. Which precinct do I live in? Who's my representative on the school board? Why aren't I voting in the hospital...
Blue Cross deal
Medical Center Hospital and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas officially signed an agreement Friday, bringing to an end a dispute that made the hospital an out-of-network provider April 1. The two-year agreement goes into effect Monday, Robert Abernethy,...
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