Taylor Martinez hit a three-run double to lift Legacy to a 5-3 win over No. 4-ranked Midland High in a District 2-6A softball ...

The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the ...

Against long odds, Sweetwater’s public hospital recruited counselors to help address a wave of mental health crises in rural ...

Some Texas restaurants are ditching unlimited fresh salsa for prepackaged versions, and diners are speaking out.

It’s been two years since 34-year-old Rebecca Demory, known to those who love her as Becky, vanished without a trace in ...

As measles cases in West Texas are still on the rise two months after the outbreak began, local public health officials say ...

Xavion Fuller, 34, was charged with manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance and is in Ector County jail on a combined ...

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In the booming Permian Basin oil field, a large unincorporated community just outside of the city of Odessa proper has ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- UPDATED: The Ector County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that one person was killed, and ...

A new petition has been filed in a lawsuit from three siblings over a crash that happened during a test drive last June in ...

A registered sex offender who was arrested late last month after a runaway teen was found in his home is facing new charges ...