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

The Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day in New Orleans shot at police from inside his truck before officers fatally ...

The Odessa Police Department reported 23 crashes between 4 a.m. and noon today, all attributed to the icy weather conditions.

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 ...

Beginning Friday, January 10, E. Murphy St., between Simm St. and S. Muskingum Ave., will be closed to thru traffic due to utility service work, a City of Odessa news release said. This closure is ...

On Thursday, the college held an orientation for the inaugural class of a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.

Community members want to put an Emergency Service District on the May ballot through a petition. Their efforts hope to solve ...

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 ...

Nearly 40 states have chosen to participate in a more than $2 billion grocery program that gives low-income families an extra ...