The Coast Guard rescued 32 people from a sinking yacht off the coast of Miami Beach. The $4 million yacht has a capacity of ...

A man was arrested day’s after he was accused of crawling into a 14-year-old’s bedroom in Odessa. According to officials, on ...

Ector County voters didn't rush to the polls to vote early but have one last chance today. Early voting numbers showed 3,057 votes had been cast in early voting in the May 3 election. Voting is 7 a.m.

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the political action committee supporting Odessa College’s $325 million bond, filed its first 2025 campaign finance report with the Texas Ethics Commission. It shows total political ...

When Dusty Rhodes was a no-show for a 1990 WWE house show, fans in Odessa, TX, saw George Steele finally share the spotlight ...

The Texas Senate is set to weigh a bill that would bar trans individuals from using bathrooms that align with their gender ...

ODESSA, Texas — A man is out on bond in Odessa Monday ... Ley was detained and found to have a semi-auto handgun on him with 14 live ammunition rounds in the magazine and no round in the chamber ...

ODESSA, Texas — A senior prank that’s become a ... “It had no orange tip, no color, nothing to show it was a toy. We live in Texas — it’s kind of obvious when something looks real.” ...

After Daisy Hildebrand died of measles, her death was made public first by Dr. Robert Malone, a vaccine skeptic who blamed ...

The bill only exists to empower those who wish to harass, intimidate, bully and harm those of us who don’t live the way they ... ramps up nationally and in Texas. Odessa, for example, passed ...

This small West Texas town is big on art and flavor. Well-seasoned locals share their favorite pit stops for a memorable ...