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  2. Odessa, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Odessa (/ ˌ oʊ ˈ d ɛ s ə /) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Ector County with portions extending into Midland County.. Odessa's population was 114,428 at the 2020 census, making it the 28th-most populous city in Texas; it is the principal city of the Odessa metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Ector County.

  3. David Dowler - Wikipedia

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    State (s) Texas. Date apprehended. August 20, 1987. Imprisoned at. Clements Unit. David Albert Dowler (born 1953) [1] is an American serial killer who poisoned three acquaintances in Odessa, Texas with chloroform and cyanide between 1983 and 1987. Convicted of a single murder, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988.

  4. Ector County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .co .ector .tx .us. Ector County Coliseum. Ector County Courthouse Administration annex building. Ector County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In the 2020 census, its population was 165,171. [1] Its county seat is Odessa. [2] The county was founded in 1887 and organized in 1891. [3]

  5. Gary Gaines - Wikipedia

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    Texas High School Hall of Fame. Gary Gaines (May 4, 1949 – August 22, 2022) was an American football coach. Gaines was the head coach of the 1988 Permian High School football team, which was the focus of Buzz Bissinger 's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream and the 2004 motion picture Friday Night Lights starring Billy Bob ...

  6. Buster Welch - Wikipedia

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    Buster Welch. Fay Owen "Buster" Welch (May 23, 1928 – June 12, 2022) was an American cutting horse trainer and inductee into the NCHA Members Hall of Fame, American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, NCHA Rider Hall of Fame, and Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. Buster was chosen as the recipient of the 2012 National Golden Spur Award for his "outstanding ...

  7. Rescue of Jessica McClure - Wikipedia

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    Rescue of Jessica McClure. Jessica McClure Morales (born March 26, 1986; widely known as " Baby Jessica " in 1987 [1]) fell into a well in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas, on October 14, 1987, at the age of 18 months. Over the next 56 hours, rescuers worked to free her from the 8 in (20 cm) well casing, about 22 ft (7 m) below grade. [1] [2]

  8. The 2022 Texas midterm elections are Nov. 8. Deadline to ...

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    The deadline to register for the 2022 Texas midterm elections is looming, and last year's redistricting has scrambled the political landscape. The 2022 Texas midterm elections are Nov. 8. Deadline ...

  9. Chris Kyle - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Scott Kyle was born on April 8, 1974, in Odessa, Texas, the eldest of two boys born to Deborah Lynn ( née Mercer) and Wayne Kenneth Kyle, a Sunday school teacher and deacon. [3] [10] His father bought Kyle his first rifle at the age of eight, a bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifle, and later a shotgun, with which they hunted deer ...