Two killed in crash Sunday in Ward County
A 34-year-old Odessa woman and her 13-year-old passenger were killed in a one-vehicle crash Sunday night in Ward County.Holly Brown was driving south on...
Five things you need to know today, Feb. 26
Take a look at the news in and around Odessa on Monday, Feb. 26. Find complete local news coverage in the Odessa American every...
GOOD NEWS: Pan American Round Table
Pan American Round Table met on Feb. 15 hosted by Jeanene Taylor and Sonya Haynie. Taylor presented a program on the Geography of the...
GOOD NEWS: Poems and Reflections
The first Poems and Reflections was held Feb. 4 at the Parks’ Plaza living room. Residents were encouraged to recite or read their favorite...
Odessa woman fights back against pulmonary fibrosis
Until a friend got pulmonary fibrosis, Marcia Slater had never heard of the condition. But she soon learned after being diagnosed with it herself.Pulmonary...
Odessa woman starts GoFundMe for immigration case
Magali Thomas has lived in the U.S. since she was 6 years old, and thought, since she was adopted by her stepfather at 13,...
Texas prepaid tuition enrollment deadline approaches
Texas families can lock in today’s cost of undergraduate tuition and school-wide required fees at Texas public colleges and universities by enrolling their children...
Area athletes shoot, score at Special Olympics Texas basketball event
From every dribble and every pass, to every blast of the buzzer and every swish of nylon, Saturday had the look and sound of...
GOOD NEWS: Junior League Graduates
Forty-one students from Permian High School, Odessa High School, New Tech Odessa, Falcon Early High School, Trinity High School, and OCTECHS graduated from the...
Festival and gala concert
ALPINE The third annual Big Bend Brass Bash Festival and Gala Concert for high school, college and community brass players and teachers has been...