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Big Spring utility repairs Nov. 4: Water interruption, road closure planned
BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - The city of Big Spring wants to inform its residents about the utility repairs taking place Wednesday, Nov. 4. Water Service Interruption – NW 11th & N. Aylesford Contractors will be replacing a water valve at the intersection of NW 11th Street and N. A...
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Midland County jury sentences man to life without parole in 2022 shooting
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - A jury convicted a man of capital murder and sentenced him to life in prison without parole for his role in a December 2022 shooting that killed two people and wounded a third. According to the Midland County District Attorney’s Office. 29-year-old Jamar Y...
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Odessa man gets life for 2022 double murder in Midland
MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- A 29-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday after a jury convicted him of capital murder in the 2022 shooting deaths of two people in Midland, authorities said. Jamar Yusef Jackson Jr. was convicte...
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The Latest: Cost of living and government corruption are top issues, AP Voter Poll says
Election Day is here. Voters nationwide will decide control of the U.S. House and Senate. Democrats must flip four seats in the Senate and three seats in the House to wrest control of the chambers from Republicans. Control of Congress would give Democrats a way to push back again...
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Nicole Taylor of country trio Taylor Red dies at 35 after breast cancer diagnosis, sisters say
(Gray News) — Nicole Taylor, a member of the country music trio Taylor Red that gained fame in 2021, has died, according to her family. She was 35. Taylor died Sept. 28, four years after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Taylor and her triplet sisters, Nika and Natalie Taylor...
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Election Day unfolds with relatively few problems. Some voters disrupted by weather, machine issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans ...
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Odessa ballot has 44 propositions
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Odessa voters will see 44 propositions on the ballot. State law says charter amendment elections can happen only every two years, and elections cost $200,000. At-large Councilmember Craig Stoker said a portion of the propositions update the city charter’s l...
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Endangered missing 6-year-old from Kentucky found alive, police say
LOUISA, Ky. ( WSAZ /Gray News) — A missing 6-year-old boy from Kentucky has been found alive. Kentucky State Police said Roman Heilman was found by emergency crews in the area and is being medically evaluated. Roman was reported missing around 3:45 p.m. Sunday from Tadpole Road. ...