GOOD NEWS: House Dedication
Midland Habitat for Humanity (MHFH) dedicated its 184th house, located at 815 Capital Lane, Midland, to a deserving homeowner.
The home was MHFH's first ever...
Ga. Senate runoff between Warnock, Walker has bitter closing
By BILL BARROW
The Associated Press
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. Ads with the candidates’ ex-wives. Cries of “liar” flying in both directions. Stories of a squalid...
Texas fire departments are fighting stigma and pushing to provide firefighters mental health help
By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune
For more than a decade, Sam Buser watched the lights of fire trucks bounce off the city streets of...
Bird flu prompts slaughter of 1.8M chickens in Nebraska
By JOSH FUNK
AP Business Writer
OMAHA, Neb. Nebraska agriculture officials say another 1.8 million chickens must be killed after bird flu was found on...
Colorado shooting victim ‘wanted to save the family I found’
The Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A member of the U.S. Navy who was injured while helping prevent further harm during a shooting at a...
MASTER GARDENERS: Paperwhites bring promise of spring in winter
By Debbie Roland and
Emmy Ulmschneider
Master Gardeners
What do gardeners do in the winter? Sitting by the fire, planning your spring beds and reading are all...
OC works to level up literacy
With so many low-literate adults in the Permian Basin, Odessa College offers a high-school equivalency diploma and English as a second language programs that...
Walmart shooting claims teen, young woman, father, mother
By BEN FINLEY, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
The Associated Press
CHESAPEAKE, Va. A 16-year-old helping his family. A custodian and father of two....
Crowd angered by lockdowns calls for China’s Xi to step down
By DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU
The Associated Press
SHANGHAI Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China’s powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented...
TESTING NARRATIVES: UTPB professor goes after bias
John Fisher enjoys challenging established narratives and the assistant professor of criminology at UTPB has done just that with an article titled “Disproportionality Does...