After being indicted for the distributing charge, Dennis Matias had a court date in December of 2024 that he failed to show ...

During a traffic stop Thursday, the Odessa Police Department arrested an international murder suspect wanted by Interpol.

Brian Samuel Lair went missing in the Summer of 2020, and the Odessa Crime Stoppers are asking for the public's help in any information that could solve the case.

Odessa College is going back to the drawing board after a 355-million-dollar bond to upgrade its facilities was voted against ...

An Odessa officer shot 32-year-old Benjamin Fiedler after a taser failed during a disturbance call involving a hammer. The ...

An Odessa man who pleaded guilty to two counts of Intoxication Manslaughter last week was sentenced by an Ector County jury ...

Jesus Alberto Villegas Monteaguido, 37, was arrested for being a fugitive from justice and was taken to the Ector County Law ...

A man armed with a hammer was shot by police after attempting to enter an apartment and charging at officers, according to ...

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The Odessa College softball team christened its new playing surface at the Wrangler Softball Complex by defeating Garden City Community College and No. 2-ranked McLennan Community College Friday at ...

A registered sex offender who was again accused of sexual assault against a child was convicted by an Ector County jury Wednesday on two counts of aggravated ...

The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t the only metro team working to defend a championship. The wrestlers at Odessa High School dream ...