After Tennessee unsuccessfully tried to execute Christa Pike last week, an ambulance whisked her to a Nashville hospital, where the condemned murderer became a patient in urgent need of lifesaving care. Should Pike recover from two botched administrations of pentobarbital, which left her unconsci...
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Christa Pike regaining consciousness and speaking a week after receiving two doses of execution drugs in Tennessee has astonished even some medical professionals and left many people wondering: How did she survive? Attorneys for Pike, 50, called her recovery “medically unpreceden...
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NEW YORK, NY Sam Allen Weaks , a 22-year-old musician and Odessa-raised artist, is joining the national tour of “A Christmas Story: The Broadway Musical” as associate music director and pianist. Produced by Big League Productions, the show will tour across the United States and C...
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AUSTIN The RRC assessed $1,245,802 in enforcement docket fines against operators and businesses at the Commissioners’ open meeting on Tuesday. The Commission has primary oversight and enforcement of the state’s oil and gas industry and intrastate pipeline safety. Master Default O...
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DALLAS (AP) — Lawyers for a Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk are asking a judge to stay his execution by lethal injection set for Wednesday, citing the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week. This would be the first execution scheduled in the ...
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The trial of a man accused of killing a North Carolina college student 14 years ago began Wednesday with the prosecution alleging she was killed in a fit of rage by a stranger who left his DNA all over the crime scene. The defense said the evidence doesn’t add up. Miguel Salguero...
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AUSTIN Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday announced the ninth Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan for more than 450 megawatts (MW) of new, reliable power in Reeves County, enough electricity to power approximately 110,000 Texas homes. Pecos Power Plant LLC is developing the project, whi...
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District 2-6A standings Team Overall District Permian 6-0, 0-0 Midland Lee 4-2, 0-0 San Angelo Central 3-2, 0-0 Midland High 3-3, 0-0 Odessa High 2-3, 0-0 Last week’s games Permian 28, Camden (N.J.) 13 Midland Lee 61, Somerset Academy Losee (Nev.) 6 Midland High 14, Red Bluff (Ca...
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By JESSICA HILL The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Axel Rodríguez Olivas nervously steps on stage, carrying a violin. He raises his bow and begins to play, his nerves melting away. Mariachi music explodes throughout the room as violins, trumpets, the guitarrón, and a stringed instrum...
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West Texas A&M University’s “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” will run Oct. 14 to 18 in the Happy State Bank Studio Theatre in the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex. (Courtesy Photo) CANYON A hugely popular young-adult book series explodes on stage in West Texa...
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Presidio police warned residents on Wednesday about a text message scam where fraudsters claim an arrest warrant has been issued to solicit money or personal information....
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer There’s a race to the bottom of the NFL standings four games into the season, including some surprisingly winless teams. A record-tying five teams are 0-4 one month in, marking just the seventh time that has happened in NFL history and the fir...
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With Election Day fast approaching, just one debate between candidates in a statewide race is on the calendar. Credit: Getty Images via iStock By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune When asked in July if Attorney General Ken Paxton intended to face off against his U.S. Senate opponent J...
