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Jeffery Light, 47, was arrested for manslaughter in relation to 23-year-old Cody Wilkerson's death. ODESSA, Texas — Jeffery ...

The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between ...

The Odessa Police Department arrested two people last weekend after a teen who’d run away early in February was found living ...

Jesse Headrick, 26, and 24-year-old Araya Renae Franklin were both charged with child endangerment. ODESSA, Texas — Two ...

Odessa is a city in western Texas about 320 miles southwest of Fort Worth. According to the statement, law enforcement ...

A Texas man pled guilty to his role in the death of an 8-year-old girl who died after being forced to jump on a trampoline in ...

Daniel Schwarz pleaded guilty to manslaughter after forcing his adopted daughter to jump on a scorching trampoline without ...

A 59-year-old Odessa man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday on Loop 338. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Martin A. Holguin Duran was driving east on Loop 338 in a Ram ...

SEMINOLE, Texas (AP) — Measles had struck this West Texas town ... Most Texans are still vaccinating their kids, including ...

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