Twelve theatre students from Abell Junior High and Alamo Junior High Schools represented Midland ISD at the Texas Thespians Junior Festival in Forney, Texas, on Saturday, October 17, 2026. MIDLAND Twelve theatre students from Abell Junior High and Alamo Junior High Schools repres...
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Election workers sort provisional ballots and forms from polling centers at the Tarrant County Election Administration building in Fort Worth on Nov. 8, 2022. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune By Natalia Contreras, The Texas Tribune This coverage is made possible throug...
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The hottest debate topic in the nationwide right now, besides a potential blue wave, is automated license plate readers. ALPRs, such as those sold by Flock Safety, record passing license plates and enter them into a mappable database that officers can search while looking for mis...
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By Toni King Hello Toni: On Oct. 5, I received a termination letter from the Medicare Advantage HMO which I have been enrolled in for 5 years. The letter stated that the termination is taking place on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Currently, I am having cancer treatment in my right lu...
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Voters in oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with early referendum results Tuesday delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national unity amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation thr...
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PARIS (AP) — Paris returned to calm on Tuesday after its first quiet night since a weekend marred by France's most destructive rioting in years, as authorities imposed curfews in several cities in an effort to prevent another round of rioting and looting. At least 2,400 people we...
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Odessa City Manager Aaron Smith is confident the city will be able to come to a mutually beneficial arrangement with the Permian Basin Bicycle Association if the city should decide to develop the current site of the 93-acre Odessa Mountain Bike Park . The question of whether the ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Tuesday it will withdraw some staff from its embassy in Kyiv, deepening a diplomatic row over Ukraine's announcement last month of a transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war that Seoul says was meant to be secret. The diplomatic dis...
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MIAMI (AP) — Florida is set Tuesday to carry out its 18th execution of the year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term. William Reaves, 77, was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder for the 1986 shootin...
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The above video shows the top local headlines for the morning of October 19, 2026. LUBBOCK, Texas -- In the midst of early voting across the state, President Trump is reported to make a return trip to Texas next week. One of these stops in the Lone Star State is none other than L...
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Israeli police have arrested 10 suspects in a wave of settler violence that targeted a U.S. journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank, and Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced attacks in Yemen ...
