Crane County News

Upton County Gas Line Fire Caused by Leak 10/7/09 Elias Hernandez CBS 7 News October 7, 2009 Upton County, Texas - A gas line fire east of Crane this morning sent a plume of smoke into the air and prompted a multiple-county response.

An Odessa man was ordered to pay more than $1.8 million in restitution and also was sentenced to 46 months in prison Wednesday on six counts of destruction of an energy facility, according to a release from Acting United States Attorney John E. Murphy.

An 8-year-old girl, hit by a truck yesterday evening, is now listed in stable condition in a Lubbock hospital.

The mood in the Boerne Public Library last summer was festive and the atmosphere electric, like that in a roomful of eager fans awaiting the appearance of a rock star.

CRANE Justino Olivas "Welo" Ortiz, 80, of Crane, died Friday, May 29, 2009, at his home.

West Odessa and Crane volunteer fire departments were responding to a fire in Crane County on Tuesday evening.

Eleven firefighting trucks from West Odessa, the city of Odessa and Crane County fought a fire that grew to between 200 and 300 acres Tuesday afternoon along the Ector-Crane county line, Odessa acting battalion chief Hugh Koenig said.