Ector County News

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.

Odessa Man Charged with Kidnapping and Sexual Assault Found Competent to Stand Trial 10/27/09 The attorney for 24-year old Dwayne Dale Billings confirmed that there will be a hearing for a change of venue.

Ector County road and bridge crews have been working on the shoulder area of Cottonwood Road near Gardendale for the past couple weeks, the department's director said.

About 40 people got updates on everything from wind power to 4-H Tuesday at Texas AgriLife Extension Service Ector County's annual luncheon.

Numbered addresses of locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block.

Beau Berman CBS 7 News bberman@cbs7.com October 20, 2009 Goldsmith, Texas - The Ector County Sheriff is meeting with residents in Goldsmith, responding to concerns about a homeless shelter that's creating controversy.

Faye Roper, chairwoman of the White-Pool House board of directors, shows where moisture in the north wall of the house has caused the wallpaper to buckle in a second-floor bedroom.

Elias Hernandez CBS 7 News October 14, 2009 Odessa, Texas - There will be fewer part-time TAKS tutors in Ector County school district elementary schools this year.

Numbered addresses of locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block.

Elias Hernandez CBS 7 News October 6, 2009 Odessa, Texas - The Ector County Independent School District board of trustees spent the day reviewing their current sex-education program.

Brain Swearengin's attorneys didn't call a single witness in his defense Wednesday afternoon, thus putting an end to testimony in his capital murder case.

A gas line fire east of Crane this morning sent a plume of smoke into the air and prompted a multiple-county response.