Ward County News

On Nov. 19 their work will be acknowledged, their awards will be given, and theyll take humble honor in what theyve achieved.

District cross country meets continue around the Permian Basin today, including the District 3-3A Championships at Ward County Golf Course in Monahans.

An Odessa woman charged in the shooting death of a soldier home on leave from Iraq tells lawmen that it was an accident.

The Texas Water Development Board has approved a $57 million loan to go to the Colorado River Municipal Water District.

WARD COUNTY A man was flown to Medical Center Hospital with a broken leg after falling off of an 18-wheeler west of Pyote in an oilfield accident Tuesday evening, Ward County sheriff Lt.

Elias Hernandez CBS 7 News September 10, 2009 Ward County, Texas - 10 cases of the H1N1 swine flu have popped up in Ward County.

A grassfire is burning near Wickett close to Interstate 20 and Ranch Road 1219. A dispatcher with the Ward County Sheriff's Office said volunteer firefighters from Wickett, Monahans and Grandfalls were alerted to the fire at about 9 p.m. Thursday and they are on the scene battling it, but he had little additional information.

WARD COUNTY A Ward County sheriff's deputy was recovering after a minor accident investigation turned into a foot pursuit that ended up wounding him and the man he was going after, according to a news release from the sheriff's department.

Eddie Garcia CBS 7 News July 23, 2009 MONAHANS, TX - 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.

A former state juvenile jail official has been ordered to stand trial on Dec. 15 on charges that he sexually abused teenage inmates.

Former TYC Administrators Head to Court this Thursday 7/21/09 CBS 7 News Staff July 21, 2009 Ward County, Texas - Two former TYC administrators will go to trial Thursday in Ward County, facing allegations of sexual abuse of teenage inmates.

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

CBS 7 News Staff July 1, 2009 The two former Pyote TYC administrators accused of having sex with students have been ordered to appear in court.

Former Assistant Superintendent Ray Brookins was indicted two years ago for his role in the TYC abuse scandals - but neither he nor his accusers have yet had their day in court.

Before deciding on the new comment policy announced at the end of this post, I was initially hesitant to blog about the minor kerfuffle last week when the Texas Civil Rights Project criticized the Attorney General for failing to yet take to court the West Texas sex-abuse cases that spawned the Youth Commission's recent troubles.

The Odessa Development Corporation says they are working on an agreement for re-use and development of the 1,000 acre site.

More than two years after a West Texas grand jury indicted two former state youth prison officials on charges that they repeatedly sexually abused teenage inmates, trial dates still have not been set.