Winter storm batters US power, snarling Christmas travel
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JAKE BLEIBERG
The Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. A battering winter storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses...
Staffing shortages cause slow testing
In Ector County ISD’s world of Special Services, fall is the busiest time of year and the department is short staffed slowing the testing...
US officials: COVID, bomb cyclone won’t slow Santa’s travels
By TERRY CHEA
The Associated Press
The U.S. military agency known for tracking Santa Claus as he delivers presents on Christmas Eve doesn’t expect COVID-19 or...
Arrest made in capital murder case
Following a weeklong investigation, a news release said, officers with the Midland Police Department arrested 29-year-old Jordan Pierre Golden for capital murder in the...
GOOD NEWS: High and Dry XXII exhibition features work of OC students, faculty, alumni
The “High and Dry XXII: A Photographic Exhibition of Peoples and Places of the World’s Dry Lands” opened recently at the International Cultural Center...
Jesus’ humble birth tells everything
Told in Matthew 1 and 2 and Luke 2, the story of the birth of Jesus Christ is greatly at odds with the grandiose...
COLEMAN: The good news of Jesus Christ
By Landon Coleman
Pastor, Immanuel
As we come to the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, I pray that you know the good news...
Church News December 24, 2022
The Odessa American welcomes church special events. Submission deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesdays for consideration for the following Saturday’s edition.
Stonegate Odessa, 4240 Preston Smith...
Letters to Santa
The Montessori Mastery School of Odessa second-graders in Jody Braswell’s class penned these letters to Santa Claus. Here’s hoping for peace and joy and...
Psychiatrists offer tips to beat holiday blues
Although holidays are meant to be a happy time for most, they are a difficult time for others.
Drs. Muhammad Saad, Bobby Jain, Mahwish Adnan...