GUEST VIEW: America must win the energy war
By Rep. August Pfluger and former Ambassador Nikki Haley
America is at risk of losing one of the most important battles of the 21st century...
GOOD NEWS: Toy Drive Deliveries
The Odessa Teen Court recently delivered toys donated by Teen Court teenagers to the Odessa Police Department Salvation Army Toy Drive.
Deadline to donate new/unwrapped...
PHS student arrested
ECISD police arrested a freshman at Permian High School on Friday for telling another student he would have his brother come and shoot him.
The...
Federal data: Kansas oil spill biggest in Keystone history
By JOHN HANNA, RYAN J. FOLEY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
The Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a northeastern Kansas...
OCA senior jumping into next chapter
Odessa Collegiate Academy senior Marisol Martin is jumping into the next chapter of her life feet first.
Martin, 17, is graduating a semester early from...
Dallas man dies in rollover
MIDLAND The Midland Police Department detailed a 35-year-old Dallas man, identified as Carlos Reyes, died in a single-vehicle rollover at 6:30 a.m. Thursday on...
December sales tax check up more than 23%
The City of Odessa’s December sales tax check, which reflect sales made in October, was up 23.43% compared to last year at this time.
According...
UT System, Google announce Google Career Certificates
AUSTIN The University of Texas System and Google on Friday hosted U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and several leaders in Texas higher education and...
Muri elected vice chairman of SBEC
Ector County ISD Superintendent Scott Muri was elected vice chairman Friday of the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC), the board that oversees all...
SHAC talks campus threats
Prompted by the threats and incidents around Ector County ISD, a parent and School Health Advisory Council member Friday asked police officers in attendance...