A virga bomb in West Texas produced wind gusts stronger than 100 mph in Midland and Odessa on Tuesday night. Here’s what ...

A forgotten flip phone is being credited with saving a 16-year-old West Odessa girl from a relative ... the phone buried inside a home on West 16th Street that has been compared to a landfill ...

ODESSA, Texas — A traffic stop Saturday evening ... was traveling south in a gray Ford F-150 on North Knox approaching West 42nd Street. Parker stopped at the stop sign and proceeded to ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — One teen is dead ... failed to drive in a single lane on West Murphy St. The vehicle veered onto the shoulder of Murphy Street and rolled over several times, DPS said.

They say that three people have been placed in custody with ties to the murder of the child. Anthony Ramon and Santon Ramon, who are both 24 years old, were arrested for their involvement. 22-year-old ...

That's right, folks, there are a handful of towns that share names with characters from the Muppets and Sesame Street ... in Texas. Kermit, like the frog, is a town of 6,000 just west of Odessa ...

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The year was 1982 ... in a cramped one-bedroom home on East 4th Street. Agustín Chacón was in the kitchen, peeling potatoes with a roommate. The house was crowded with more ...

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Harmony Public Schools West Texas on Thursday announced Mirac Zafer's appointment as the principal of its newest campus, Harmony School of Innovation Odessa, which will open in August 2025. The new ...

West Odessa is an unincorporated community that local leaders believe has around 50,000 residents, and in recent years, the West Texas community has been growing fast. The farther you drive into ...

MANILA, Philippines — Social media had been abuzz since Monday as netizens noticed that “West Philippine Sea” (WPS) was appearing prominently on Google Maps to mark the stretch of water west of the ...