Muri: No more releases on minor threats
Ector County ISD will no longer issue news releases about minor threats made at schools.
“We recognize that some of our students are copycats,” Superintendent...
Generous donor offers $50,000 challenge
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An anonymous (and very generous) Odessa businessman, who has supported both the Salvation Army and the Empty Stocking Fund for years, is offering up...
GOOD NEWS: Fifteen students welcomed to SRSU chapter of Kappa Delta Pi
ALPINE Education students at Sul Ross State University were initiated into the Zeta Delta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in a...
GOOD NEWS: In Appreciation
The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang recently fed hamburgers and all the fixin's to the Ector County Sheriff's Department.
SHOWTIME: ‘A Christmas Carol’ hits the boards
First United Methodist Church and University of Texas Permian Basin will be staging “A Christmas Carol” 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 7 p.m....
Man arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a child
The Ector County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 36-year-old man Tuesday after a 7-year-old girl said he sexually assaulted her.
According to an ECSO report, deputies...
Some vow recall effort following firings
One day after firing two key City of Odessa employees, Mayor Javier Joven reassured Odessans he and the city council are committed to “improving...
Council votes to raise first responder pay
The Odessa City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to immediately provide raises to Odessa’s emergency dispatchers and fire and police personnel using American Rescue...
Appeals court hears OA/City lawsuit
The three justices from the 11th Texas Court of Appeals in Eastland spent an hour Wednesday hearing arguments from attorneys representing the Odessa American...
Empty Stocking needs help
As time winds down to help fill the Empty Stocking Fund, will you help the needy in Odessa have a merry Christmas?
The 28th year...