Ector County News

Ector County commissioners could decide Monday on what action they want to take against people who are "no shows" for appointments at the county's new employee wellness center.

An Ector County jury of six men and six women decided to acquit Christopher David Lyson of murder shortly after 3 p.m. Friday.

He's only been an animal control officer for a year, but James Tidwell may have made the biggest find he'll ever get when he was called Tuesday to the 12200 block of Drivers Haul of Fame Street in West Odessa.

Stephanie Rivas CBS 7 News November 18, 2009 Odessa, Texas - Odessa Animal Control officials are sending out a warning for livestock owners.

CBS 7 News Staff November 17, 2009 Odessa, TX - Taxpayers may be footing the bill to decide whether or not the death penalty case for a man accused of killing three Odessa police officers, will be moved from Ector County.

The former residence of the late Ellen Nol, now owned by UTPB, is still on the market after listing early this summer with Century 21 Acsales Realty.

A handful of tributes are scheduled around Odessa to mark Veterans Day on Wednesday.

Beau Berman CBS 7 News bberman@cbs7.com November 12, 2009 Gardendale, Texas - Gardendale residents are working to stop a crime wave in the community that some believe will only stop if a deputy is on site.

Carlos Puente, with Sid & Sam's Original Steakhouse, grills some top sirloin steaks for the restaurant's booth at the 26th annual Taste of the Permian Basin Tuesday at the Ector County Coliseum.

Alan Waltrip CBS 7 News November 9, 2009 Gardendale - A Gardendale couple died in a murder suicide according to preliminary autopsy results.

Preliminary autopsy results indicate a double homicide last week in Gardendale was a murder-suicide. "We got as a possible suicide attempt," Sgt.

Neighbors Shocked at News of Gardendale Couple Found Dead in Home 11/07/09 Jordan Reagan CBS 7 News November 07, 2009 The Ector County Sheriff's Department today continues to investigate the deaths of a Gardendale couple, who were found dead in their home Thursday with apparent gunshot wounds.

Sheriff's Office Investigating Deaths of Married Couple in Gardendale 11/6/09 Ector Co.

Ector County Library November 4, 2009 Odessa, Texas - The Ector County library in conjunction with the West Texas Food Bank will be having a Food for Fines event.

Clara Sissel's two-car garage is laid out more like an assembly line of sorts. A filing cabinet full of snacks and beef jerky stands next to shelves of shampoo and lotion bottles.

Kinky Friedman says that it's time to stop telling one of his favorite jokes - that he's too young for Medicare and too old for women too care.

A Bowie Junior High history teacher is on paid administrative leave following his arrest Oct.

Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland will not be prosecuting the case against Odessa attorneys accused of breaking into a home.

Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland will not be prosecuting the case against Odessa attorneys accused of breaking into a home.

Odessa Teacher Placed on Paid Administrative Leave Following Arrest 10/28/09 Elias Hernandez CBS 7 News October 28, 2009 Odessa, Texas - A teacher at Bowie Junior High was placed on paid administrative leave today, following his arrest last week.