Crime trends in Odessa are shifting, with a notable drop in violent crime but an increase in drug-related and DWI arrests, ...

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Home values in Texas fell in 2024 for the second year in a row, according to Zillow data — something that hasn’t happened since 2011.

State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed House Bill 3866, legislation designed to protect Texas homeowners ...

In the heart of Odessa, where the West Texas sky stretches endlessly above the dusty landscape, stands a red barn that isn’t ...

In an opinion piece for Fox News Digital, Kennedy wrote about the value of the vaccine ... for Texas Tech Physicians in Odessa, about an hour away. The small towns of West Texas may look completely ...

In an opinion piece for Fox News Digital, Kennedy wrote about the value ... in Odessa, about an hour away. The small towns of West Texas may look completely isolated on a map, with little between ...

SEMINOLE, Texas -- Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of ...

SEMINOLE, Texas (AP) — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service.

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Jennifer Sanchez wipes the face of her 1-year-old son Saul Escamilla after a vaccine at the Ector County Health Department, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Odessa, Texas. (AP ...