Take a look at the news in and around Odessa on Thursday, May 31. Find complete local news coverage in the Odessa American every day, online at oaoa.com and our daily E-Edition at myoaoa.com.

1. The Odessa Police Department charged six teenagers in connection with the investigations of nine separate shootings over a six month period that left at least two people injured.


2. A Midland man died following a fatal crash that occurred Wednesday morning in northeast Odessa.


3. An 18-year-old Gardendale woman was pronounced dead Tuesday after reportedly drowning.


4. Permian High School’s band and orchestra will join musical forces to perform “The Star Spangled Banner” before a Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago White Sox baseball game Saturday.


5. A math teacher from Falcon Early College High School and a fifth-grade science teacherat Hays STEAM Academy are heading to the LiftOff Summer Institute at NASA’s Johnson Space Center June 24 through June 29 in Houston.