A new center may mean successful healing for those with chronic or non-healing wounds in the Odessa area.
Odessa Regional Medical Center hosted an open house Monday to show off its new Wound Care... Full story
Oil prices rose above $72 a barrel Tuesday as a weakening U.S. dollar offset concerns about the strength of the global economic recovery.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for March delivery was up 40 cents at $72.29 a barrel in... Full story
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is looking for caring, fun-loving individuals to become volunteer counselors at weeklong MDA summer camps around the country.
The camp is designed to help young people with muscular dystrophy and related diseases... Full story
The eastern Permian Basin now has a bit of a closer location for high-risk pregnancy care now that Odessa Regional Medical Center has opened its Midland Regional Perinatal Center.
The center held an open house Monday to detail the specialized work... Full story
Term limits remain heart of Austin businessman's platform
BY JIM MUSTIAN
In keeping with the conservative consternation of a tea party gathering, voters lobbed few softballs Al Cowan’s way Monday night as he defended his decision to run for Congress in District 11 and sought to convince a sanctuary of Odessans they... Full story
Odessa Fire Department Fire Inspector Johnny Prieto talks to Blanton Elementary third-graders about what they can do to prevent a kitchen fire as well how to safely evacuate their home Monday in the Kid’s Safety House.... Full story
The eastern Permian Basin now has a bit of a closer location for high-risk pregnancy care now that Odessa Regional Medical Center has opened its Midland Regional Perinatal Center.
The center held an open house Monday to detail the specialized work... Full story
Texas Gov. Rick Perry stopped in Odessa Monday, a day after his much-hyped campaign appearance with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin near Houston (which came a day after her much-hyped speech before the national "tea party" convention).
With the... Full story
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is offering a sale geared toward leisure travelers who want to make short trips this spring.
Southwest said Tuesday it will sell tickets starting at $39 each way on some routes under 500 miles.
As usual,... Full story
Ector County commissioners voted Monday not to allow a paralegal in the county attorney’s office to move from a step 1 position to a step 4, which pays $14.89 per hour — a little more than $30,000 a year.
"If we start going back and... Full story
The following is a list of felony criminal activities reported to the police
ODESSA AMERICAN
Numbered addresses of crime victims’ private residences and locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block.
Aggravated Assault
>> An Odessa man reported someone assaulted him sometime between 4 a.m. and 4:25 a.m.... Full story
As smoke rose in the air to the tune of patriotic songs, multiple generations of Boy Scouts and their families watched and saluted the American flag and an organization that is turning 100 this year.
Boy Scouts of America is a century old and... Full story
In campaigning for the District 11 seat of the U.S. House of Representatives, Austin businessman Al Cowan has routinely stressed the fact he is not a career politician, suggesting his absence from politics means he will be less beholden to special... Full story
Chris Younts has spent a lifetime raising cattle, but when it comes to politics, this is his first rodeo. A little more than a year ago, the San Angelo insurance agent never would have imagined taking on incumbent Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland.
But... Full story
The annual Cultural Fashion Show, "Encuentro de Corazones," has been scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Friday at Odessa Regional Medical Center East Campus Auditorium, 515 N. Adams Ave.
The event is free but reservations are required and must be submitted... Full story
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The two top-financed Democrats hoping to regain the Texas governor's mansion after 16 years of GOP control looked to grab a chunk of the political limelight Monday evening when they meet for a televised debate.
The... Full story