Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals ...

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Early Wednesday morning, the Ector County Sheriff's Office arrested three individuals involved in a large-scale copper theft ...

PFAS levels hundreds of times the safe limit established by the federal environment agency were discovered at some well water sites.

The Ector County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people earlier this week in connection with yet another oil field related ...

An Ector County jury convicted an Odessa man of drunk driving in court this week. Gregory Rodriguez was then sentenced to 12 ...

A burglary in progress call at Phoenix Drilling resulted in the arrest of three people after copper theft operation bust.

Rodriguez reached for the gun and the deputy that was going to pat Rodriguez down, got into a “physical altercation” with ...

An Ector County man was arrested Tuesday after investigators said he got into an altercation with a family member and then ...

Jacob Rodriguez, 19, was arrested for multiple charges and has been booked into jail on a combined $150,000 bond.

Ector County Commissioners have voted to put a measure on the May 2025 ballot to create fire and EMS services for ...

Ahead of the 2025 legislative session, State Representative Brooks Landgraf introduced House Bill 221, which proposed significant reforms to standardized ...