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The family of 16-year-old Juan Rios, an Odessa teenage killed after he was ejected during a rollover crash earlier this week, ...

The year was 1982, and Odessa, Texas, was making national headlines…not for its changing oil industry or its growing economy, ...

ODESSA, Texas — Odessa City Council is looking to change up the current ordinance to ensure the application process is shorter for food truck owners. The current process to get a permit includes ...

Two games, two walkoff victories for the Wranglers. The Odessa College baseball team began its four-game series with Western Texas College by recording wins of 9-8 and 5-4 against the Westerners ...

Odessa hospital endures agony of being a mass shooting’s trauma center A gunman firing indiscriminately from his car on Saturday in Odessa, Texas, killed seven people and wounded 22 more.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, releasing energy equivalent to over 300 atomic bombs and causing more than 1,600 deaths. Aftershocks may persist due to ongoing tectonic activity.

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The Odessa Police Department is celebrating Property and Evidence Professionals Week, which takes place annually during the first week of April. The department is recognizing these professionals ...

The most studied subject of all at the Devil’s Sinkhole is the Mexican free-tailed bat, a cherished mammal by farmers in ...

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