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Beginning Friday, January 10, E. Murphy St., between Simm St. and S. Muskingum Ave., will be closed to thru traffic due to utility service work, a City of Odessa news release said. This closure is ...

This week, the coldest weather of the 2024-25 winter season has moved into the region, causing temperatures to fall below ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The Odessa Student Crime Stoppers are asking for the public's help in finding who is responsible for the death of 18-year-old ...

Multiple Odessa Union Pacific Railroad crossings will undergo repairs starting Jan. 8. Prepare to take alternate routes.

Odessa Links, in association with the Texas Homeless Network, Odessa Homeless Coalition, and Midland Homeless Coalition, and volunteers from the community, will conduct Odessa's 2025 Point-in-Time ...

An Odessa man has been charged in connection to a collision on I-70 he caused by allegedly drunkenly speeding down the wrong ...

ODESSA, Texas — The City of Odessa has given NewsWest 9 a list of warming shelters amidst the severe cold weather during the ...

A 5-year-old who clung to life for eight days after being involved in a head-on collision died Dec. 30 and now the woman police say was responsible for the crash is facing an intoxication manslaughter ...

With colder weather in the Basin at the start of the new year, Ector County ISD and Midland ISD are reminding residents on ...

Presidio will get dedicated green spaces along pedestrian streets, plant thousands of native trees and establish a ...