Odessa College seeks voter approval for a $325 million bond to fund Vision 2030 and support future workforce needs.

On the morning of April 7, 1983, the quiet halls of an Odessa motel were interrupted by police lights and crime scene tape. The call came in just before sunrise, ...

Keep Odessa Beautiful is hosting two community clean up events this Saturday, April 26. One clean-up will be at the Woodson Boys and Girls club from 9am-1pm. BCCP will ...

A 17-year-old Odessa girl was booked into the Ector County jail Wednesday after she was accused of breaking into her former boyfriend's house and punching him while armed with a knife. According to an ...

The Odessa City Council has unanimously voted to rename Murphy Street in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a change that will stretch from Grant Avenue and Murphy Street eastward to the I-20 ...

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A key pledge of President Donald Trump’s energy policy is to “unleash American energy,” make the U.S. energy industry ...

The rig count has dropped under the Trump administration, with the biggest losses reported in Texas, the oil and natural gas capital of the U.S. As of March 28, there were 290 rigs in Texas, down from ...