Archive - Aug 2012
August 11th
It seems that if Howard College officials didn’t receive bad news on the financial front, they wouldn’t receive any news at all.
Trustees will hold a public hearing on the proposed tax rate and hear an update on efforts to craft a new budget when they meet at 12:30 p.m. Monday in the student union building’s Tumbleweed Room.
The proposed new tax rate — 17.66 cents per $100 valuation — is actually 6 cents lower than the current rate, but a $1 billion increase in the district’s certified valuations will result in the college pulling in more local tax money this coming fiscal year.
The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 7 a.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday:
• SHIMEON RASHAD MAGERS, 29, of 1511 Tucson, was arrested Friday on warrants from other agency (x4).
• SHANE ALAN KNOWLTON, 26, of 3103 Sherrod, was arrested Friday on a warrant for failure to appear.
• FELIPE HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, 59, of 2707 Hernandez Rd., was arrested Friday on a warrant for driving while license invalid and fail to appear.
• STACY LYNN PENDLETON, 36, of 1800 S. Lancaster St., was arrested Friday on a charge of sex offenders duty to register life/annually.
Nathan E. “Taty” Hughes, 81, of Big Spring, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at the Peace Chapel at Trinity Memorial Park with the Rev. Joey Bacon officiating.
The family will receive friends from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at the funeral home.
Nathan was born Jan. 1, 1931, in Martin County, Texas and married Geraldine Caughey Jan. 3, 1986, in Midland.
Darlene Jean Hildebrand, 60, of Big Spring, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in a Midland hospital. Her services are pending with Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring.
Howard Johnson, age 77, of Midland, passed away Friday, August 10, 2012, in Odessa. His services are pending with Sunset Funeral Home.
Dr. James Tipton, 79, of Big Spring, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at his residence. His services are pending with Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring.
August 10th
A 26-year-old Big Spring man is in the Howard County Detention Center, after authorities say he kidnapped a woman from a Midland bar Saturday and sexually assaulted her.
Jonathan Brandon Glenn, 26, of 601 State St., was arrested Thursday on charges of aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping.
According to Big Spring Police Chief Lonnie Smith, an adult female victim — with an address in Midland — reported the sexual assault and kidnapping around 12:30 p.m. Monday.
Faced with the hazardous possibility of some students having to cross major traffic arteries on their way to school, Big Spring Independent School District officials have increased the number of bus stops for the coming year.
BSISD trustees learned of the new plan during their monthly meeting Thursday in the high school board room.
When the school district redrew its attendance zones earlier this year, officials quickly realized that some students would have to cross busy highways if they chose to walk to school.
The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. today:
• CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL REECE, 34, of 1919 E. 11th Place, was arrested Thursday on warrants for expired motor vehicle inspection certificate, expired registration, speeding and failure to appear (three counts).
• SHIMEON RASHAD MAGERS, 29, of 1511 Tucson, was arrested Friday on warrants from other agency (x4).
• EDDIE GLENN OVERTON, 20, of 1808 N. CR 1330, was arrested Thursday on a charge of consumption of alcohol by a minor.
August 9th
All three Howard County school districts received sub-par ratings in the latest round of federal accountability listings.
Almost three quarters of Texas' public school district failed to meet Average Yearly Performance (AYP) benchmarks this year, according to information released Wednesday by the Texas Education Agency.
TEA noted that only 28 percent of the state's school districts — and 44 percent of individual campuses — received passing AYP marks this year, a fact the agency blamed on a substantial increase in requirements.
