O’Dessa,” starring Sadie Sink and directed by Geremy Jasper, premiered at South by Southwest on Saturday. The film follows ...

Since last year, the number of homeless people in Odessa has increased, according to the annual Point in Time Count conducted by trained volunteers Jan. 23. Odessa Links, in association with the Texas ...

The Odessa Homeless Coalition held a press conference today to speak on the number of homeless there so far in 2025.

The Odessa Police Department is hiring for both police recruits and certified police officers. Like many other police ...

The rumble of sand-hauling trucks is a familiar sound in the Permian Basin, but soon, that sound may come without a driver behind the wheel. In a groundbreaking shift for the oil industry, ...

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Claudia Garcia, 41, told police she fired two shots towards the closet door that connected to a room her husband was in.

Before she shifts into Stranger Things promotion mode, though, Sink is starring in O’Dessa, a rock opera set in a ...

A father pleaded guilty to manslaughter after him and his wife forced their daughter to jump on a trampoline for an extended ...

Republican state Rep. Brooks Landgraf has filed a bill that would ban the outdoor storage of hazardous chemicals within 2,000 ...

Daniel Schwarz, 48, and his wife "forced their daughter to jump on a trampoline for an extended period without food or water ...