Odessa News

Odessa American

• BCF coming to Odessa

  Odessa American – Tue Dec 15, 3:15 am ET  

  Odessa will have one less spot for temporary Halloween stores next year, but, more importantly, it will have around 70 new jobs. Full Story »

• The reading room

  Odessa American – Tue Dec 15, 3:15 am ET  

  Would you use a reading room? Yes, I’d love to have someplace nice to read. Nope, I like to read wherever I am. Look at me, I’m reading right now Full Story »

• Suspect found in Dumpster

  Odessa American – Mon Dec 14, 10:15 pm ET  

  MIDLAND Midland County sheriff’s deputies on Monday served a felony warrant on a man they found hiding in a Dumpster, authorities said. Robert Craig Bigelow, 21, of Midland, was charged with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Full Story »

• Police Blotter 12-15-09

  Odessa American – Mon Dec 14, 10:00 pm ET  

  Numbered addresses of crime victims’ private residences and locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block. >> An Odessa man reported someone assaulted him with a knife at 1:15 a.m. Monday in the 700 block of Clements Street. Full Story »

• Decision expected Friday

  Odessa American – Mon Dec 14, 7:00 pm ET  

  U.S. District Judge Robert Junell is expected to announce Friday whether he will set aside the federal drug conviction of Yolanda Jean Madden, an Odessa woman who claims new evidence in her case showed police lied in her 2005 trial. Full Story »

Midland Reporter-Telegram

• Monday, December 14, 2009

  Midland Reporter-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 2:33 am ET  

  Violation of parole: Debra Nichole Ballez, 34, of Midland was arrested Sunday by Midland County deputies in the 700 block of East County Road 129 on a charge of violation of parole. Full Story »

• DEAR ABBY: Plans made now ease fear for elderly parents' future

  Midland Reporter-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 2:33 am ET  

  DEAR ABBY: “Afraid for the Future in San Antonio, Texas” (Oct. 25), expressed concerns about having to provide care for her aging parents and in-laws. While the sentiments you conveyed were true, your answer didn’t go far enough. Full Story »

• District seeking Early College High School grants

  Midland Reporter-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 2:33 am ET  

  Midland Independent School District's Early College High School has been a success, but the district will have to find funds to continue it. Full Story »

• Authorities find fugitive hiding in trash bin

  Midland Reporter-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 2:32 am ET  

  A man indicted for an aggravated assault charge was found hiding in an alley trash bin Monday afternoon when law enforcement tried to serve him a felony warrant. Full Story »

• Second bus accident in week leaves no one injured

  Midland Reporter-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 2:32 am ET  

  A Midland Independent School District school bus was involved in a minor accident Monday afternoon in front of the Petroleum Club on Wall Street around lunch time, according to authorities. Full Story »

News West 9 Midland

• New international bridge opens

  News West 9 Midland – 8 mins ago  

  Associated Press - December 15, 2009 11:15 AM ET MISSION, Texas (AP) - A new international bridge linking south Texas and Mexico has opened, becoming the first new land port of entry on the... Full Story »

• Feds charge Pa. teens, police officers in attack

  News West 9 Midland – 9 mins ago  

  A federal grand jury has indicted two Pennsylvania teenagers and four Shenandoah police officers in a hate crimes investigation into a fatal attack on a Hispanic man. Full Story »

• 800,000 doses of kids' swine flu vaccine recalled

  News West 9 Midland – 9 mins ago  

  Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. Full Story »

• Coleman named publisher of Caller-Times

  News West 9 Midland – 23 mins ago  

  Associated Press - December 15, 2009 11:05 AM ET CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Darrell Coleman, the publisher of the Wichita Falls Times Record News, returns to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times... Full Story »

• Health care issues: Public plan compromises

  News West 9 Midland – 23 mins ago  

  By The Associated Press A look at key issues in the health care debate: Full Story »

KMID Midland

• Current Conditions V2

  KMID Midland – Tue Dec 15, 12:14 am ET  

  MIDLAND— By now many people in the Permian Basin have decorated their homes for the holidays. Decorations can be beautiful, and can really put some in the Christmas spirit. But, they also can be dangerous. Full Story »

• Current Conditions V2

  KMID Midland – Mon Dec 14, 10:29 pm ET  

  A Midland man is behind bars tonight after attempting to hide from police. Midland County Sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Marshal's Service were attempting to serve a felony warrant on Robert Craig Bigelow for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Full Story »

• Current Conditions V2

  KMID Midland – Mon Dec 14, 12:29 am ET  

  A wanted Odessa man turned himself in to police on Saturday. That's according to the Odessa American . Apparently, Gabriel Casias was wanted in connection to a shooting that happened at B illy Weir's Billiard Palace . The alleged shooting went down early Saturday morning. Full Story »

• Current Conditions V2

  KMID Midland – Mon Dec 14, 12:14 am ET  

  The Reeves County detention center is making headlines yet again, but this time it's about what's happening outside the bars. This weekend, the ACLU of Texas joined forces with other human rights groups to protest outside the detention center. Full Story »

• Current Conditions V2

  KMID Midland – Mon Dec 14, 12:14 am ET  

  MISD superintendent Sylvester Perez announced his retirement at the last school board meeting, which was just last Tuesday. Now the search to find his replacement is on. The board plans to meet this Tuesday for a special meeting. That's according to an article in the Midland Reporter Telegram. Full Story »

Dallas Morning News

• Plano trustees expected to approve attendance zones tonight

  Dallas Morning News – Tue Dec 15, 1:29 am ET  

  Months of relentless and often divisive debate over proposed school boundary changes in Plano are likely to come to a head tonight, when school trustees are expected to approve districtwide attendance zone plans. Full Story »

• Experts: Dallas undercount of assaults builds 'artificial image'

  Dallas Morning News – Tue Dec 15, 1:28 am ET  

  In a sample of cases, the police department's tally of aggravated assaults would have been at least 50 percent higher if it followed FBI guidelines. Full Story »

• Four Dallas high schools under pressure to improve

  Dallas Morning News – Tue Dec 15, 12:48 am ET  

  Four Dallas high schools will have to show improvement this school year or risk losing most of their staffs and at least half of their students. At worst, they could be closed. Full Story »

• Fake officer pulled over motorist in Dallas' Pleasant Grove, police say

  Dallas Morning News – Mon Dec 14, 1:26 am ET  

  According to Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse, a Dallas police spokesman, the impostor was a white man in his mid-30s who used a dome-shaped removable red light on the top of his car, an unknown color Ford Crown Victoria, to signal the victim to pull over. Full Story »

• Mentors offer shoulder to cry on for military kids who lose parents

  Dallas Morning News – Mon Dec 14, 1:16 am ET  

  VERNON BRYANT/DMNSgt. Kristopher Giuranna is among 17 mentors who followed Snowball Express, an annual charity event, to the Dallas area. Full Story »

Houston Chronicle

• New international bridge opens at Mission

  Houston Chronicle – 8 mins ago  

  A new international bridge linking south Texas and Mexico has opened, becoming the first new land port of entry on the southern U.S. border in 10 years. Full Story »

• S. Texas man pleads guilty to arms smuggling in Ala.

  Houston Chronicle – 2 hrs 53 mins ago  

  Arick Andre Dube of Mission, pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to exporting munitions from the United States. U.S. District Judge William Steele set a March 17 sentencing date. Full Story »

• Harris bachelor party sting leads to prostitution arrests

  Houston Chronicle – Tue Dec 15, 8:17 am ET  

  When the guests arrived and the party on FM 1960 got under way, undercover agents arrested them for a variety of charges, officials say. Full Story »

• Warrants issued in San Antonio over missing boy

  Houston Chronicle – Tue Dec 15, 8:00 am ET  

  Prosecutors in San Antonio on Monday obtained kidnapping and aggravated perjury warrants for 41-year-old Jean Philippe Lacombe. Lacombe, also charged with interference with child custody, and his son are missing. Full Story »

• Front pushes fog out of Houston

  Houston Chronicle – Tue Dec 15, 7:00 am ET  

  There is a 60 percent chance of rain today, and low temperatures tonight should drop into the lower 40s behind cooler north winds. Full Story »

Austin American-Statesman

• Mack Brown's salary deemed 'unseemly'

  Austin American-Statesman – Tue Dec 15, 12:22 am ET  

  A resolution criticizing the $5 million pay package for University of Texas football coach Mack Brown as "unseemly and inappropriate" was approved in an unofficial vote at a Faculty Council meeting Monday despite an impassioned defense of the package by UT's president. Full Story »

• Austin trustees dual-language program

  Austin American-Statesman – Tue Dec 15, 12:16 am ET  

  The Austin school board late Monday unanimously approved starting a pilot dual-language program next school year. Full Story »

• Arbitrator: Austin police chief was wrong to bypass officer for promotion

  Austin American-Statesman – Mon Dec 14, 11:51 pm ET  

  An independent arbitrator ruled Monday that an Austin police lieutenant who was denied a promotion by Police Chief Art Acevedo — a decision that sparked controversy in the department and community — shouldn't have been bypassed and must be elevated a rank. Full Story »

• City may pay $25,000 to move legal billboard

  Austin American-Statesman – Mon Dec 14, 11:49 pm ET  

  The City of Austin on Thursday will consider paying a billboard company $25,000 to move a sign the company legally erected next to a condominium building near downtown earlier this year. Full Story »

• Lay off Bohls - he's not paid to mollycoddle the Horns

  Austin American-Statesman – Mon Dec 14, 10:28 pm ET  

  Today I'm here to defend Kirk Bohls, one of our sports columnists here at the American-Statesman, although he probably doesn't really need the help. Full Story »

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Police seek witnesses in Grand Prairie homicide

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram – 1 hr 34 mins ago  

  A couple returned home from church and found a burglar. The husband sent his wife outside to call police and then she heard gunfire. Full Story »

• Gas company seeks Arlington council's approval for wells near Interlochen

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 12:45 am ET  

  City planners had rejected the proposal, but at least 335 residents signed a petition in favor. Full Story »

• Fort Worth legislator listed publicly funded district office on his campaign Web site

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 12:42 am ET  

  Rep. Mark Shelton says the mix-up stemmed from the delay in opening his district office. Full Story »

• So long, warm weather; back you to, cold

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 12:32 am ET  

  Hope you enjoyed the warm weather while it lasted. Full Story »

• As part of DFW Super Bowl effort, women, children to team up for service projects

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Tue Dec 15, 12:29 am ET  

  SLANT 45 is designed to leave a legacy in North Texas long after the NFL's premier event is in the books. Full Story »

San Antonio Express-News

• Kerrville man charged with assaulting cops

  San Antonio Express-News – 2 mins ago  

  Domestic dispute preceded scuffle at local club. Full Story »

• Boerne switch to voting-by-districts finalized

  San Antonio Express-News – 2 mins ago  

  Federal judges approves joint motion to modify settlement Full Story »

• Police find 95 pounds of pot stashed in vehicle

  San Antonio Express-News – 32 mins ago  

  San Antonio police arrested two people Monday night after finding more than $100,000 worth of marijuana stashed in their vehicle. Full Story »

• Judge Mireles in critical condition

  San Antonio Express-News – 2 hrs 32 mins ago  

  State District Judge Andy Mireles, 59, was taken to a hospital late Sunday. Full Story »

• Two killed in Comal head-on crash

  San Antonio Express-News – Tue Dec 15, 8:22 am ET  

  Officials said it was raining Monday morning when two vehicles collided head-on in Comal County, killing two people and injuring one man. Full Story »

NBC Dallas Fort Worth

• Investigators: Family Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

  NBC Dallas Fort Worth – Mon Dec 14, 11:27 pm ET  

  Firefighters say a Dallas family of three apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Full Story »

• Why It's Not a Good Idea to Pinch a Woman's Backside

  NBC Dallas Fort Worth – Mon Dec 14, 10:57 pm ET  

  A female police officer arrests a man after he allegedly pinched her backside. Full Story »

• Dear Santa: All I Want Is My Dognapped Puppy

  NBC Dallas Fort Worth – Mon Dec 14, 10:42 pm ET  

  A 7-year-old girl only wants one thing this Christmas: the return of her dog. Full Story »

• Money Woes Close Kids' After-School Programs

  NBC Dallas Fort Worth – Mon Dec 14, 9:57 pm ET  

  A decrease in funding and donations closes several Kids Club programs. Full Story »

• Police: Armed Robber Attacks 2 Women In Lewisville

  NBC Dallas Fort Worth – Mon Dec 14, 9:12 pm ET  

  Lewisville police believe the same robber armed with a knife attacked two women within an hour and less than two miles from each other. Full Story »