The debate over where the new courthouse will be in downtown Odessa looks to be over. During Tuesday’s Commissioner Court ...

Officials say, the truck was found abandoned a few hours later in West Odessa area. No arrests have been made and there are ...

The Black Chamber of Commerce for the Permian Basin offers a college scholarship each year to high school seniors entering ...

Read more about the Big Country's best high school softball players who received 2025 all-state honors from the Texas ...

Senate Bill 15, which limits city control over residential lot sizes, narrowly survived a procedural challenge and is now up for a final vote in the Texas House.

Odessa Firefighter Cory S. Castillo, 33, was placed on leave after his arrest for sexual child assault and other offenses. ... Odessa, TX, Firefighter Accused of Seducing Teen . May 28, 2025.

This article by Joshua Fechter was originally published in The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, ...

A proposal to allow smaller homes on smaller lots in Texas cities — part of a slew of bills intended to tame the state’s high home prices and rents — is back from the dead after a procedural ...

A top priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the legislation would make it easier to construct homes on smaller lots. A House Democrat briefly killed the bill.

May 12—Texas Mutual Insurance Company — the state's leading provider of workers' compensation insurance — is awarding a $100,000 grant to Odessa College to continue funding the college's ...

Odessa Spire: The Spire is the tallest lighted outdoor sculpture in Texas Standing at 109 feet tall! We’d recommend to snap a photo in front of this sculpture at night.

To date, including this shooting, 602 people have died in mass shootings in 2019 and 2,356 have been injured. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he will travel to Odessa on Sunday, and called the attack ...