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ODESSA, TEXAS/AUGUST 28, 2021-ECTOR COUNTY ISD HELD A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 26^TH, TO VOTE ON A RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT A TEMPORARY MASK MANDATE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF. APPROXIMATELY 32 PERSONS VOICED THEIR OPINIONS FOR OR AGAINST THE TEMPORARY MASK MANDATE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.

(JESSICA WRIGHT, PARENT-AGAINST TEMPORARY MASK MANDATE)

THOSE THAT WERE AGAINST THE TEMPORARY MASK MANDATE BELIEVE THAT THE RESOLUTION VIOLATES THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

(JESSICA WRIGHT, PARENT-AGAINST TEMPORARY MASK MANDATE)

MEDICAL OFFICIALS WITH ORMC, MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL AND THE ECTOR COUNTY HEALTH AUTHORITY PRESENTED COVID-19/DELTA VARIANT DATA TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TO PERSONS ATTENDING THE MEETING.

(HELEN HUSBAND, RETIRED ECTOR COUNTY ISD TEACHER-SUPPORTER OF TEMPORARY MASK MANDATE)

SUPPORTERS OF THE ECISD TEMPORARY MASK MANDATE ARE CONCERED THAT CHILDREN IN SCHOOL COULD BE PASSING THE COVID-19 VIRUS TO OTHERS.

(HELEN HUSBAND, RETIRED ECTOR COUNTY ISD TEACHER-SUPPORTER OF TEMPORARY MASK MANDATE)

A STUDENT AT PERMIAN HIGH SCHOOL EXPRESSED HIS FEAR TO THE ECISD SCHOOL BOARD OF BEING IN SCHOOL WITH OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAVE COVID.

(PERMIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, ODESSA, TEXAS)

ECTOR COUNTY ISD APPROVED A MASK REQUIREMENT SHORTLY AFTER THE SCHOOL BOARD RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. HOWEVER, DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 26^TH, THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING MASK MANDATES IN TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

(SCOTT MURI, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AT ECTOR COUNTY ISD)

ECTOR COUNTY ISD IS WORKING WITH LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE TEXAS HOUSE AND SENATE TO WRITE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD EMPOWER THE DISTRICT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.

(SCOTT MURI, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AT ECTOR COUNTY ISD)

FOR DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, DANNY BARRERA

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY-“COLD CASE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TEXAS RANGERS-JOSE JASSO 2010 COLD CASE”-EPISODE 3.

JOSE JASSO WAS FOUND MURDERED AT HIS RANCH IN REEVES COUNTY IN PECOS, TEXAS IN 2010.

THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

Midland, Texas/August 22, 2021-On Sunday, August 22, 2021, at 2:52AM, Officers with the Midland Police Department and the Midland Fire Department responded to the intersection of S Garfield St and W Wall St in reference to a single vehicle crash. A blue 2017 Ford Mustang was located at the southwest corner of the intersection. A passenger of the vehicle a 29-year-old male, was located and pronounced dead on scene. The driver, a 31 year-old-male, fled the scene on foot.

The investigation revealed that the vehicle was travelling southbound on Andrews Hwy at a high rate of speed. It passed through the intersection and struck the traffic light pole head on which split the vehicle in half. The driver was located west of the crash scene and was taken into custody. Charges are pending.

Midland Police have no additional information at this time.

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Midland, Texas/August 22, 2021-On Sunday, August 22, 2021, at 12:13AM, Officers with the Midland Police Department were dispatched to Park Glen Apartments located at 2300 Camp Drive in reference to a 15-year old juvenile male gunshot victim. The victim was transported to a local hospital and was later pronounced deceased.

Detectives later located Dwight Washington, an 18 years-old male, who confessed to the shooting. He was transported to the Midland County Jail and has been charged with Manslaughter.

Midland Police have no further information.

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ODESSA, TEXAS/AUGUST 22, 2021-LAST THURSDAY, SEVERE STORMS HIT ODESSA CAUSING MAJOR FLOODING IN THE USUAL STREETS IN CENTRAL ODESSA. FLOODING OCCURS ON NORTH MUSKINGUM, TOM GREEN, HANCOCK, JACKSON, DIXIE BLVD, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS, CAUSING MOTORISTS GETTING STRANDED.

(RENE CALDERON, WATER RESCUED DAUGHTER)

RESIDENTS FEEL THAT ODESSA CITY GOVERNMENT HAVE NO SENCE OF URGENCY IN FIXING THE FLOODING PROBLEM. THIS FLOODING PROBLEM HAS EXISTED IN THE CITY FOR DECADES.

(RENE CALDERON, WATER RESCUED DAUGHTER)

RENE CALDERON, A RESIDENT OF ODESSA, BELIEVES THAT A BETTER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS COULD BE BUILT OR THE WATER COULD BE COLLECTED FOR DIFFERENT USES.

(RENE CALDERON, WATER RESCUED DAUGHTER)

MOTORISTS CONTINUE TO BRAVE THE FLOODED STREETS TRYING TO CROSS, PUTTING THEIR LIVES IN DANGER, RESULTING IN A WATER RESCUE.

FOR DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, DANNY BARRERA.

ODESSA, TEXAS/AUGUST 19, 2021-THE DOWNTOWN LIONS CULB VISITED MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL TO DONATE 70 THOUSAND SYRINGES TO BE DISTRISTUBTED TO MCH CLINCS TO BE USED FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS WHO ARE LOW INCOME, INDIGENTOR THOSE THAT ARE UNDER INSURED.

(RUSSELL TIPTON, CEO-MEDICAL CENTER HEALTH SYSTEM)

(DR. MORALES, SERVICE CHAIRMAN, ODESSA DOWNTOWN LIONS CLUB)

CATHY RHODES, WHO IS ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD AND A MEMBER OF THE ODESSA DOWNTOWN LIONS CLUB WANTED TO HELP THE HOSPITAL AND THE COMMUNITY BY MAKING A MUCH-NEEDED DONATION.

(RUSSELL TIPTON, CEO-MEDICAL CENTER HEALTH SYSTEM)

(KELLY EVANS, PRESIDENT-ODESSA DOWNTOWN LIONS CLUB)

THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ODESSA DOWNTOWN LIONS CLUB ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING OTHER WAYS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID-19/DELTA VARIANT PANDEMIC.

(DR. JAVIER MORALES, SERVICE CHAIRMAN, ODESSA DOWNTOWN LIONS CLUB)

THE COST OF THE 70 THOSAND SYRINGES WAS APPROXIMATELY $15 THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND WERE BROUGHT TO MEDICAL CENTER FROM KERRVILLE, TEXAS