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Alika Archuleta, 11, performs a brown stain test to determine if what she found at the class crime scene is food coloring or ink from a pen Thursday afternoon during a crime scene investigation class at... Full story
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Brandon Garcia, right, Kyle Rosson, both with Lighthouse... Full story
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The Texas Soccer Academy is headed to Odessa. The... Full story
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A local group is organizing a TEA protest scheduled... Full story
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Laura Vasquez, 9, left, Catalina Franco, 6, rear, Jazmine Castellanos, 8, center, and Savannah Winters, 7, right, play in the sprinkler as other students in the Odessa College Children's Center's School-Age program play football Thursday afternoon during... Full story
Family of the year
The Samaritan Counseling Center of West Texas Inc. is seeking nominations for its 15th annual "Family of the Year" banquet. The event honors a family from Midland and Odessa. Nominations are accepted from churches, civic groups and individuals. Applications... Full story
Fuel prices fall
HOUSTON Retail gasoline prices are falling this week heading into the July 4th holiday. The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released Thursday shows the average price of regular unleaded self-serve fell by four cents this week to $2.49 per gallon.... Full story
Nuclear engineering grant
UT Permian Basin's nuclear engineering program received notice last week that it successfully obtained a $100,000 grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the HT3R reactor program. HT3R Director James Wright said UTPB has received more than $695,000... Full story
How ‘bout a Fandango?
Celebrate Independence Day in downtown Odessa with fun, food and much, much more. The Firecracker Fandango is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Saturday night with the fireworks show beginning at 10 p.m. Entrances to the festival will be at Fourth and Lee... Full story
Sgt. Chris Fuentes with the Midland County Sheriff Department looks to make sure Saige Subia, 15, left, and Audrey Carrasco, 15, are secured in SIDNE (Simulated Impaired Driving Experience) before their driving-under-the-influence simulated ride Thursday
SIDNE demonstrates impaired driving
MIDLAND It's just like you're driving drunk, except you're sober. SIDNE is a modified go-kart that simulates impaired driving and was being demonstrated Thursday at St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Midland. SIDNE, short for Simulated Impaired DriviNg... Full story
Sunny holiday weekend
As the sun rises over a windmill south of Odessa Friday, the National Weather Service forecast indicates an abundance of sunshine during the holiday weekend. The forecast calls for most sunny conditions and high temperatures in the upper 90s for both... Full story
Everyone loves a parade
The Jaycees' Independence Day Parade is scheduled to kick off at 10 a.m. Saturday in Odessa. The parade begins at Odessa College and finishes at the ECISD Aministration Building on Ninth Street.  ... Full story
Bobby Venable, left, slides an engagement ring onto the hand of Amanda Tucker Thursday, July 2, 2009, at One Hour Photo & Portraits , where Tucker works. The M.O.B.S. Quad barbershop quartet serenaded the couple for the proposal. They are Quinn Carroll, f
Will you marry me?
Bobby Venable, left, slides an engagement ring onto the hand of Amanda Tucker shortly after lunch Thursday at One Hour Photo & Portraits, where Tucker works. The M.O.B.S. Quad barbershop quartet serenaded the couple for the proposal. The quarter... Full story
Water safety
As the Fourth of July weekend kicks off, the Department of Family and Protective Services is reminding parents to watch their children around water. Thirty Texas children drowned in June - the worst month for child drowning since the department began... Full story
No arrest in sexual assault case
Police have interviewed a man, but no charges have been filed in connection to a reported sexual assault Wednesday morning. Around 9:40 a.m. Thursday, Odessa police received an anonymous tip about a vehicle that matched the description of the suspect... Full story
Man robs movie theater
BIG SPRING Big Spring police are looking for a man who robbed a movie theater. Police responded to the Cinema 4, 1801 E. FM 700, after the manager reported being robbed, a Big Spring Police Department news release said. The manager reported to police... Full story
AVID expansion
ECISD's Advancement Via Individual Determination Program has just finished its regular year and is ready to explode. The program will undergo a rapid expansion in the fall - to all but one elementary campus. Only Reagan Magnet declined to add the program,... Full story
New recruit
Odessa Fire Department interim chief Roger Boyd, left, presents a helmet to Garrett Fuquay, 18, who recently became the first cadet to complete the Odessa College/ECISD Fire Academy. Fuquay took the oath and received his badge to become a rookie firefighter... Full story
Still no arrest in sexual assault case
Police have interviewed a man, but no charges have been filed in connection to a reported sexual assault Wednesday morning. Around 9:40 a.m. Thursday, Odessa police received an anonymous tip about a vehicle that matched the description of the suspect... Full story
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