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Beginning Friday, January 10, E. Murphy St., between Simm St. and S. Muskingum Ave., will be closed to thru traffic due to utility service work, a City of Odessa news release said. This closure is ...

Ector County residents living in West Odessa have signed a petition to bring full-time fire and EMS services to the area. The ...

Multiple Odessa Union Pacific Railroad crossings will undergo repairs starting Jan. 8. Prepare to take alternate routes.

Community members want to put an Emergency Service District on the May ballot through a petition. Their efforts hope to solve ...

Odessa Links, in association with the Texas Homeless Network, Odessa Homeless Coalition, and Midland Homeless Coalition, and volunteers from the community, will conduct Odessa's 2025 Point-in-Time ...

The Odessa Student Crime Stoppers are asking for the public's help in finding who is responsible for the death of 18-year-old ...

An Odessa man has been charged in connection to a collision on I-70 he caused by allegedly drunkenly speeding down the wrong ...

A 5-year-old who clung to life for eight days after being involved in a head-on collision died Dec. 30 and now the woman police say was responsible for the crash is facing an intoxication manslaughter ...

Kendall Smith of Deer Valley High in Antioch recalled Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine while he played in the country.

State Rep. Kevin Hensley was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2014. He represents the 9th District, which ...