http://www.yourstreet.com/news/midland-tx YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us A former soldier sentenced to five consecutive life sentences has filed notice he is appealing his conviction for the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the shooting deaths of three of her family members. Attorneys for former Pfc. Steven Dale Green of Midland,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6701209/ex-army-soldier-files-notice-of-appeal Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:21:08 -0700 A former soldier received five consecutive life sentences Friday for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of three of her family members. "What the defendant did was horrifying and inexcusable," U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell said... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677474/ex-soldier-gets-5-life-sentences-for-iraqi-rape Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:00:08 -0700 How much would you pay for a home in the Cottonflats neighborhood in Midland, Texas?Over 40 water wells in Cottonflats are contaminated with hexavalent chromium. Affected owners who protested their property values at the Midland Central Appraisal District review... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6682395/bluedaze-midland-hexavalent-chromium-contamination-property-values Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:29:08 -0700 PADUCAH A former soldier received five consecutive life sentences Friday for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of three of her family members. "What the defendant did was horrifying and inexcusable," U.S. District Judge Thomas... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6680252/5-life-terms-for-murders Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:14:08 -0700 A former U.S. Army soldier is scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison without parole for the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the shooting deaths of three of her family members. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell is expected to hand down the automatic... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6680261/ex-soldier-to-be-sentenced-in-rape,-murders Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:10:08 -0700 MIDLAND, Texas — An embarrassed Sheriff Gary Painter fired one Midland County deputy and suspended three others without pay after a scantily dressed waitress holding a rifle posed for photographs on the hood of a patrol vehicle. Round Rock officers were... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6580093/sheriff-fires-deputy,-suspends-three-others,-over-photo-of-scantily-clad- Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:42:08 -0700 Editor’s note: The views expressed in I Am So Popular are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the outlook or beliefs of anyone else in the IST network. Oh my gosh , y’all! Have you seen the news? All these Tea Party people are, like,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6533381/i-am-so-popular-a-baggish-proposal Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:29:08 -0700 Lecrae Moore entertains the crowd Saturday afternoon, Aug. 8, 2009, during Rock the Desert on FM 1788 near the Midland International Airport in Midland, Texas. Moore hosts hip-hop related events, volunteers at his local juvenile detention center http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6513980/rock-on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:08:14 -0700 MIDLAND, Texas — Beverly Crouch spent hundreds of dollars on chemicals last fall to try to get the green tinge out of her backyard pool. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6326550/midland-wells-contaminated-with-chromium Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:12:08 -0700 Hexavalent Chromium contamination is spreading in the groundwater used by some Midland, Texas residents and environmental investigators say the mounting evidence points to the oil and gas industry. Affected residents say they have proof that hydraulic fracture giant... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6319158/texas-kaos-midland-hexavalent-chromium-contamination-spreads-hydraulic- Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:12:08 -0700 Imagine waking up one morning and having no safe water at all. In a recent radio program about Peak Water, Maude Barlow said: The day will come--mark my words--when every single thing we do will be measured against what it does to water. For people in Midland, Texas,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6319230/bluedaze-midland-hexavalent-chromium-contamination-spreads-hydraulic- Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:56:08 -0700 MIDLAND A neighborhood meeting for the City of Midland and Midland County has been scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Southeast Senior Center, 1801 E. Indiana Ave. Police chief Price Robinson and Sheriff Gary Painter will present their 2008-2009 http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6232562/racial-report Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:35:08 -0700 The small borough of Midland joined a growing list of Beaver County communities with sex offender residency laws.  The Midland ordinance, approved on a 6-0 vote, prohibits registered violent sex offenders from living within 500 feet of schools, churches,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6110397/midland-passes-sex-offender-residency-ordinance Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:27:08 -0700 PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — An ex-soldier convicted of raping and killing an Iraqi teen and murdering her family was spared the death penalty Thursday after jurors couldn't agree on a punishment for the brutal crime.Steven Dale Green, 24, of Midland, Texas, will instead... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5954147/ex-soldier-spared-death-sentence-for-iraq-murders Fri, 22 May 2009 06:18:35 -0700 PADUCAH, Ky. — An ex-soldier convicted of rape and murder in Iraq has been spared the death penalty and will get a life sentence after jurors couldn't agree unanimously on a punishment. Former Pfc. Steven Dale Green raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in March 2006... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5948105/steven-green-spared-death-penalty-for-iraqi-rape,-murders Thu, 21 May 2009 15:13:08 -0700 An ex-soldier convicted of raping and killing an Iraqi teen and murdering her family was spared the death penalty Thursday and will serve a life sentence after jurors couldn't agree unanimously on a punishment. Former Pfc. Steven Dale Green of Midland, Texas, will be... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5948306/ex-soldier-spared-death-sentence-for-iraq-murders Thu, 21 May 2009 14:26:08 -0700 A jury has begun deciding whether a former soldier convicted of raping and murdering an Iraqi teen and killing her family should be sentenced to die or imprisoned for life. Jurors started deliberations in the case of former Pfc. Steven Dale Green at 1:20 p.m. CDT on... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5936736/ky-jury-deciding-sentence-of-convicted-ex-soldier Wed, 20 May 2009 10:55:08 -0700 A former soldier convicted of raping and murdering an Iraqi teenager and killing her family deserves a death sentence for the heinous crimes, federal prosecutors told jurors Monday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa Ford said the crimes robbed a family of its dreams and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5875126/lawyers-ex-soldier-deserves-death-for-crimes Mon, 11 May 2009 14:45:08 -0700 A federal jury convicted a former soldier Thursday of raping and fatally shooting a 14-year-old girl after killing her parents and younger sister while he was serving in Iraq. Pfc. Steven Dale Green faces a possible death sentence when the penalty phase of his trial... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5849698/ex-soldier-convicted-in-iraq-rape,-4-slayings Thu, 07 May 2009 15:59:08 -0700 A former U.S. Army soldier accused of raping an Iraqi girl and killing her and three other members of her family told a superior that the rules of combat were unfair and that he wanted to shoot civilians, one of his commanding officers testified Tuesday. Steven Dale... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5770076/officer-accused-ex-soldier-lost-friends-in-combat Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:26:08 -0700