The City of Odessa will honor the memory of Officer Scott Stanton Smith with a wreath-laying ceremony at sunrise on February ...

A 16-year-old male driving a black Ford Mustang was involved in a major crash Thursday morning at 42nd and Everglade, ...

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The Odessa Police Department is investigating a Thursday morning crash that left several people injured, including a 19-year-old with serious injuries. According to OPD, around 8:31 a.m. on January 23 ...

A crash Thursday morning involving three vehicles has sent one to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to Corporal Steve LeSueur with the Odessa Police Department (OPD). At 8:31 a.m.

Nausicaa is a 3-month-old girl, she is a German Shepherd mix. Nausicaa is a happy, goofy, high-energy puppy looking for a ...

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The Odessa Police Department has asked for help from the community to identify two theft suspects. According to OPD, two men ...

The victim was Debra Sue Moore, a 25-year-old mother of two from Monahans, whose life was brutally cut short. Debra had been ...

Believe it or not, the statue was made in 1962! The 8-foot-tall jackrabbit was an idea of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce ...

A 46-year-old Odessa man was recently arrested on a first-degree felony after his former girlfriend accused him of choking her and stealing her Ford Escape. According to an Odessa Police Department ...

The Congressional App Challenge aims to encourage students to learn to code and inspire them to pursue careers in computer science. In 2024, an Odessan won the challenge for Texas’s 11th District.