A Texas county is taking steps to declare a state of emergency and seek federal assistance over farmland contaminated with ...

Happy Valentine’s Permian Basin! Seniors at Sienna Nursing home in Odessa, celebrated the “Day of Love” as local leaders within the ...

AUSTIN – It is now in the hands of the Texas House to decide what to do about a new property tax cut plan. The author of the Senate's plan calls it the largest exemption increase in state history.

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

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 ...