Ector County News

The Ector County Hospital District board is scheduled to consider taking a giant leap toward the digitalization of its medical record system during its monthly meeting Tuesday.

WEST ODESSA For Ector County Commissioner Freddie Gardner, it's a dream came true.

A pickup apparently "mudding" in a shallow Texas pond got stuck with the tailpipe submerged below water, and the five occupants died, authorities said Monday.

While local talk radio heated up Wednesday, calmer words came from councilmen and those involved in a nomination to the Odessa Development Corp.

A man accused of being involved in a fender-bender with a sheriff's deputy last week now faces charges after the deputy reported that he fled the accident, according to news releases from the Ector County Sheriff's Office and from the Odessa Police Department .

About six weeks after Ector County Hospital District trustee Abraham Torres turned himself in to police on misdemeanor charges in connection to reportedly assaulting the board's secretary, a plea bargain has yet to be reached and the case could go to trial.

CBS 7 News Staff June 22, 2009 Explanation of Texas Tax Code Section 23.175 according to Ector County Appraisal District OLD WAY: Mineral values were determined by the previous year's average for the starting price for the next year.

Big Spring City Council will decide tonight whether to give $20,000 to help restore adjacent buildings to the Settles Hotel.

Ector County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to continue a county curfew for teens in line with the city of Odessa and approved a resolution calling for changing a section of the state tax code.

CBS 7 News Staff June 22, 2009 ECTOR COUNTY - Children living in Ector County now have a curfew.

Five people are dead after a vehicle drove into a pond Sunday evening in Ector County.

CBS 7 News Staff June 20, 2009 ECTOR COUNTY - Two people are no behind bars in Ector County after running from authorities.

CBS 7 News Staff June 18, 2009 San Angelo attempted murder suspect is behind bars after being caught here in Ector County.

CBS 7 News Staff news@cbs7.com June 18, 2009 Ector County, TX- The Ector County Sheriff's Office Detention Center passed inspection officially today.

A 32 year old San Angelo man is in jail on a charge of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to strangle his girl friend.

An Odessa woman was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison after she pleaded guilty to killing a motorcyclist in an accident and then trying to flee from the crash.

Jordan Reagan CBS 7 News June 14, 2009 Jimmy Ellis, the West Odessa Volunteer Fire Chief is upset over last week's burn ban lift.

A Lubbock man who served nearly six years in state prison on charges related to a fatal accident in 1997 died after a two-motorcycle accident early Friday morning in West Lubbock.

The burn ban set in Ector County has been lifted. County commissioners Freddie Gardner, Greg Simmons, and county judge Susan Redford voted for lifting the ban.

A case of the H1N1 virus has been confirmed in Ector County and Pecos County Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services' Web page.