Reeves County News

EYE ON PECOS: County and City End Years of Bitter Litigation 11/4/09 Eddie Garcia CBS 7 News egarcia@cbs7.com November 4, 2009 Pecos, TX - The mayor and county judge say they're making good on a campaign promise to end a disagreement about water rates in the county but the solution could bring price hikes.

Last winter, a remote Texas prison convulsed in a cry of outrage, voicing the desperation of the immigration system's silenced captives.

Denver City authorities say they're looking for 33-year-old Mario Romero for questioning in the death of his wife 29-year-old Veronica Esquivel Romero.

While Odessa struggles with an unemployment rate approaching 10 percent, some areas of the Permian Basin are seeing even more economic turbulence.

Alan Waltrip CBS 7 News September 10, 2009 Pecos - The business manager for the Reeves County Detention Center is behind bars after being arrested on an embezzlement warrant out of New Mexico.

John E. Murphy, Acting United States Attorney, announced that in Midland today, Jacob C. Guzman of Pecos, Texas, a former corrections officer at the Reeves County Detention Center , was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for accepting bribes, attempted destruction of evidence and attempted ...

It's not exactly a "field of dreams" quite yet but after winning the Kellogg Foundation's 'Plant a Seed' contest, Presidio's only baseball field will be transformed into something grand for the Astros team to play on.

DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...ANY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

Samuel Mauzey, 23, transient, charged with drinking alcohol in public places. Jesse Phillips, 42, of the 1000 block of North Sixth, charged with contempt of court/failure to appear.

A trial date has been set for the scandal that rocked Pyote's Texas Youth Commission School and now an Ector County jury could be deciding one of the suspect's fate.

The Texas AgriLife Extension Service office in Reeves County will conduct an alfalfa and oil-seed field day from 8 a.m. until noon July 28 at the Texas AgriLife Research Station at Pecos.

The search for a new member of the Odessa Development Corp. board is leading to a search for information on a nominee.

Jordan Reagan CBS 7 News July 15, 2009 Pecos, Texas - Pecos cantaloupes are known for their strong smell and sweet taste.

With budgets tight, states and local governments have been looking at prisons a ' and prison food a ' as a place to save money.

States are imposing border restrictions on stock from Texas and New Mexico as more cases of vesicular stomatitis are reported.

PECOS The 127th West of the Pecos Rodeo, billed by organizers as the longest-running rodeo in America, comes out of the chute at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Buck Jackson Arena here.

The death of a 32-year-old epileptic inmate in solitary confinement at Reeves County Detention Center last Dec.

An attorney says the death of an epileptic inmate held in solitary confinement set off the first riot at a privately-run federal lockup in West Texas.

Put on those cowboy boots and strap on the spurs, because the 127th annual West of the Pecos Rodeo is back and bringing a week's worth of events.

John E. Murphy, Acting United States Attorney, announced that in Midland, two more former employees of the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos face federal prison terms after pleading guilty to charges they accepted bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband items to prisoners.