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Texas Tribune: Texas Ranchers Brace for New Cattle ID Rules
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In Dan Gattis’ Georgetown pasture, cows and their newborn calves have bright yellow ear tags with identification numbers.
“I can take that knife and pull that ear tag out,” said Gattis, a former state representative, gesturing at a knife in his belt. For more permanent identification, he brands each cow with his ranch’s 4G symbol and that cow’s specific number. Ear tags can also be ripped off by brush, he said, pointing out one cow that had lost its “earring.”
Fugitive of the week Jan. 26
Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:37 | Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:27 | Written by George Schwarz |
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Amarillo Crime Stoppers needs your help locating this week`s fugitive, Donald Gene Ewing, who has a Potter County warrant for Debit Card Abuse. If you have any information on Donald Ewing, contact Amarillo Crime Stoppers at (806)374-4400 or submit a tip on-line at amapolice.org. Remember, if your anonymous tip leads to his arrest, you could get up to $300. Address/Location AC moves closer to a homeland security degree
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 08:24 | Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:28 | Written by Greg Rohloff |
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By Greg Rohloff The Amarillo Independent
Amarillo College regents heard progress reports on Tuesday for an expansion of the criminal justice program into training for homeland security. Classes can begin in the fall semester through the criminal justice associate degree program, said Dr. Shawn Fouts, dean of career & technical education at AC. The program works hand-in-hand with a continuing education program with G4S, which provides security training and counter-terrorism training worldwide. G4S, a multinational corporation whose North American operations are based in Jupiter, Fla., and its subsidiary C3 want to partner with AC on a program to train bomb- and narcotics-detection dogs.
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Pro Publica: New trial ordered
Thursday, 26 January 2012 08:24 | Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:27 | Written by ProPublica |
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Texas Court Voids Conviction in Child Death Case by A.C. Thompson ProPublica, Jan. 25, 2012, 5:56 p.m.
This story was co-published [1] with PBS Frontline. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday set aside the conviction of Ernie Lopez, an Amarillo man found guilty in 2003 of sexually assaulting six-month-old Isis Vas. The baby died shortly after the purported attack. Lopez has been serving a term of 60 years in Texas prison for the crime. But a joint reporting effort by ProPublica, NPR, and PBS "Frontline" last year explored the possibility that Lopez might be innocent [2].
City gets clean audit, to move on cell phone law
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 19:15 | Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:27 | Written by George Schwarz |
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By George Schwarz The Amarillo Independent
The Amarillo City Commission got some good news from its auditors — a clean report. But, for the residents, a more important move was the panel’s instruction to city staff to craft a broad ordinance that would not only bar texting while driving, but would also ban any but emergency use of a hand-held cell phone while driving. Those two issues dominated the commission’s work session. At the meeting in Commission Chambers, the panel heard an update on downtown development from Gary Pitner, chairman of the board of the Amarillo Local Government Corp., and Joe Esch with Wallace Bajjali Development, the city’s master developer of downtown. To see both videos, click Read More.
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