Jesus’ humble birth tells everything
Told in Matthew 1 and 2 and Luke 2, the story of the birth of Jesus Christ is greatly at odds with the grandiose...
COLEMAN: The good news of Jesus Christ
By Landon Coleman
Pastor, Immanuel
As we come to the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, I pray that you know the good news...
Church News December 24, 2022
The Odessa American welcomes church special events. Submission deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesdays for consideration for the following Saturday’s edition.
Stonegate Odessa, 4240 Preston Smith...
Letters to Santa
The Montessori Mastery School of Odessa second-graders in Jody Braswell’s class penned these letters to Santa Claus. Here’s hoping for peace and joy and...
Psychiatrists offer tips to beat holiday blues
Although holidays are meant to be a happy time for most, they are a difficult time for others.
Drs. Muhammad Saad, Bobby Jain, Mahwish Adnan...
The United Family closed for Christmas Day
The United Family issued a press release reminding guests across its areas of operation that all stores will be closing early at 7 p.m....
TXOGA issues winter weather situation report
Texas natural gas production, processing, transmission, and storage sectors prepared with increased production and storage in 2022. S&P Global Platts estimates Texas production has...
Basin rig count up two as prices rise
The rig count in the Permian Basin was up two this week, the latest count Thursday by Baker Hughes shows, with 352 rigs active...
Ireland teacher awarded performance grant
In a move to make student performances a bit easier, Cara Shephard applied for — and was awarded — a $2,493.25 grant, titled “Performing...
Reconstruction to take place on Tanglewood Lane, Meadow Avenue
The City of Odessa issued a press release late Thursday afternoon that two reconstruction projects are scheduled to begin on Jan. 3.
One of the...