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

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP)—Students and administrators at Bay District Schools told NewChannel 7 they are looking forward ...

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The Texas Department of Transportation is investigating after an early morning crash left one Odessa resident dead on ...

Sheniel Nicholas Samuels, 27, was driving at an "unsafe speed for the icy road conditions" and veered into the eastbound lane ...

A portion of East Murphy Street will be closed starting Friday, as crews work on utility work in the area. According to a ...

The Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo, Ropin Dreams, a Texas-based nonprofit, and Boot Barn teamed up Thursday to dress up one ...

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

With a thorny ethical dilemma at its core and clever use of its natural surroundings, Thordur Palsson’s “The Damned” is a film concerned with moral and physical claustrophobia. Taking place ...

Ector County residents living in West Odessa have signed a petition to bring full-time fire and EMS services to the area. The ...

The Odessa Village Board postponed resolutions to begin dissolving the village government after increased interest from ...

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