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

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

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

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

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

Among the thousands of fans attending: West Michigan native Jeff Striegle. (Feb. 14, 2025) The Chaparrals swept Luna College ...

For many, Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to celebrate love, and for some couples, there’s no better way to mark the ...

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

A four-vehicle crash in Ector County resulted in one fatality and one serious injury early Tuesday morning, according to the ...

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The library's transformation took place after Ector County ISD took Ector back into the fold. It was an in-district charter ...