This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

In the booming Permian Basin oil field, a large unincorporated community just outside of the city of Odessa proper has ...

State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed House Bill 3866, legislation designed to protect Texas homeowners from dangerous chemical containers being brought in and stored in their ...

Odessa Links, in association with the Texas Homeless Network, Odessa Homeless Coalition and volunteers from the community, conducted Odessa’s 2025 Point-in-Time (PIT) Homeless Count. On Monday ...

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ODESSA, Texas — An arrest affidavit obtained by NewsWest 9 details what led up to a fatal shooting in Odessa on Sunday. At 7:37 p.m., Odessa Police Department (OPD) officers were called to the ...