Monahans News

Beau Berman CBS 7 News bberman@cbs7.com July 3, 2009 Odessa, Texas- Chances are you know someone who homeschools but the once fringe method of education is increasing across the country.

A standoff between Dallas County authorities and a man suspected in a San Antonio double murder has ended this afternoon.

Beth Beggs didn't start life as the class clown. The Graham Leader's humorist knew how far to go with humor as a child.

MONAHANS, Texas - More than two years ago, a pair of former administrators at a remote West Texas juvenile prison were indicted on charges accusing them of sexually preying on teenage boys at the facility _ a development hailed by the state's attorney general as a first step toward justice in a statewide scandal.

Weekend's here and I'm sure we're all eager to get it launched. So, without further ado, let's get right into it.

Slaton, TX, June 27, 2009: For those in the know the sounds of motorcycles rumbling across the roadways of West Texas means it is the middle week end of July which is to be spent in the small West Texas town of Goldsmith at the Black Gold Rally.

Memorial Fund Set Up for Victims' Families 6/23/09 CBS 7 News Staff June 23, 2009 ECTOR COUNTY - The five people killed in a bizarre mudding accident Sunday night have been identified.

Not many musicians refer to James K. Polk as a point of departure for their music, but the 11th president played a part in the creation of Monahans second album.

KERMIT Lenin Polanco, 42, Martha Polanco, 40, and Gladisela Polanco, 19, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, in Odessa.

Local members of the Small Business Administration, the Abilene Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber's Hispanic Business Council applaud Billy Enriquez on Tuesday during a luncheon where he was awarded the Minority Advocate Business Award by the Small Business Administration.

Taking their name from an area of white sand hills in West Texas, this Austin quartet morphed from the alt-country band Milton Mapes into the more rockin' outfit Monahans .

MONAHANS When Robert Martinez and his crew started construction on a Holiday Inn Express in Fort Stockton last year, he said it was difficult to find places for his workers to stay because area hotel rooms were in such demand from oil and gas hands.

An attempt to smuggle a group of illegal aliens into the United States through Big Bend National Park turned into a tragedy Wednesday afternoon.

Poosty Jones of Midland, Texas entered into God's nearer presence on Monday, June 8, 2009 at the age of 95.

High schools Arlington's Sam Houston High School Class of 1969 will have its 'Shorts, Sandals and Aloha Shirts' reunion July 18.

McClennan Community College golf coach Stan Mitchell trusts the golfers who have played for him in the past.

Rain washed through Odessa on Thursday evening flooding all the usual suspect places and offering at least a little relief from an enduring dry spell that has prompted burn bans in the area.

Monahans morphed from Milton Mapes, an Austin band led by Greg Vanderpool and Roberto Snchez, and yet despite the name change, it is essentially the same outfit, a bit less alt country and a bit more bombastic.

The Yoakum Lady Bulldogs finished the first round of the UIL Class 3A girls golf tournament Thursday in third place.

Monahans, Andrews and Seminole High Schools battle for state golf championships.