The Odessa Police Department reported 23 crashes between 4 a.m. and noon today, all attributed to the icy weather conditions.

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

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP)—Students and administrators at Bay District Schools told NewChannel 7 they are looking forward ...

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 ...

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

The Texas Department of Transportation is investigating after an early morning crash left one Odessa resident dead on ...

The Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo, Ropin Dreams, a Texas-based nonprofit, and Boot Barn teamed up Thursday to dress up one ...

With a thorny ethical dilemma at its core and clever use of its natural surroundings, Thordur Palsson’s “The Damned” is a film concerned with moral and physical claustrophobia. Taking place ...

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

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

An Odessa man who was arrested in North Carolina back in March pleaded guilty recently to rape and other sexual crimes against children under the age of 13, according to ...