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

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 ...

The Odessa City Council is made up of five members elected by their districts, one At-Large representative, and the Mayor.

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

Sheniel Nicholas Samuels, 27, was driving at an "unsafe speed for the icy road conditions" and veered into the eastbound lane ...

An Odessa man has been charged in connection to a collision on I-70 he caused by allegedly drunkenly speeding down the wrong ...

The Texas Department of Transportation is investigating after an early morning crash left one Odessa resident dead on ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP)—Students and administrators at Bay District Schools told NewChannel 7 they are looking forward ...

The Odessa College men's basketball team was dealt its second-straight conference loss as the Wranglers fell to Frank Phillips College 66-50 in Thursday's road game. With the loss, Odessa College fell ...

The Odessa College women's basketball team remained undefeated in the early portion of conference play with a 67-50 win against Frank Phillips College Thursday on the road. With the victory, the Lady ...

New York election officials are being urged to investigate whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. committed voter fraud by casting his November ballot from a discredited address, as the former independent ...