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The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The Odessa Permian boys basketball team escaped San Angelo with a win after Isaac Chavez converted a buzzer-beating layup to secure Tuesday's 49-47 victory over Central. With the win, Permian remains ...

The Legacy girls soccer team suffered its second straight shutout loss when it fell to Odessa Permian on Feb. 11.

Central High played host to long time rival Mojo. The Panthers came to town and would leave the Bobcats to finish 1 for 2 on the night with the girls claiming their win, while the boys lost on a last ...

The book "Friday Night Lights" is about a group of high school football players in Odessa, Texas, a town where football is king and Friday evenings are gospel. But that 1988 Permian Panthers team ...

About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, something killed some 90 percent of the planet's species. Less than 5 percent of the animal species in the seas survived. On land ...

The Tigers (24-7 overall, 9-0 in District 2-6A) are currently in first place while the Panthers (23-9, 8-1) sit in second. Permian lost the first game against Frenship 66-56 last month at Permian ...