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DETROIT (AP) — Three people were killed and four more were injured when an argument led to gunfire at an after-hours strip club Sunday morning in Detroit, officials said. Police responding to the 7:21 a.m. shooting on a largely residential street found three men who had been fata...
A 24-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday night in two-vehicle crash in the 2000 block of East 42nd Street. According to the Odessa Police Department, Issacc Reyes was traveling east in a left turn lane when he lost control of his Honda motorcycle, veered into the inside eastb...
By William F. Holland Jr. Ph.D. Ordained/Licensed Christian minister God has always been disappointed when someone is more concerned with what they want to do than what He requires of them. Since mankind fell in the garden, our carnal nature has been persuading and influencing ou...
In my pastoral hometown of Columbia, Tennessee exists the newly gerrymandered Tennessee 5th Congressional District. Its race between Democratic Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder and Republican former Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher has drawn unwanted attention following a polic...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon. I...
The above video shows the top local headlines for the morning of September 24, 2026. LUBBOCK, Texas -- Takayla Travis Cotton, 19, was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault and Injury to a child. On September 9, 2026, Cotton took her child to the emergency room at Universit...
From left: Jon Rosenthal and Bo French, the Democratic and Republican nominees for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/Emil T. Lippe for The Texas Tribune By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Bo French, the Republican candidate for railroad commissioner who has ...
A GoFundMe was established to support the family of former Odessa police officer Miguel Rodriguez, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 21....
A 54-year-old Odessa man was arrested Saturday after being accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl. According to an Odessa police report released Tuesday, officers were dispatched to an apartment in reference to a sexual assault on Sept. 15. When officers arrived, a woma...
A Midland man out on bail in connection with a 2024 Midland homicide was arrested Sept. 15 after being accused of threatening two women with a gun and kidnapping one of them. According to an Odessa Police Department report released Tuesday, officers were dispatched to the Legado ...
A 40-year-old Odessa motorcyclist was killed Monday afternoon in a three-vehicle rain-related crash in Midland. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Miguel H. Rodriguez was traveling west on Business Interstate 20 on a 2026 Indian motorcycle when the driver of the ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A judge has ordered a Venezuelan man shot in Texas by a federal immigration officer to appear in court as his attorneys seek to stop his removal from the U.S. and criticize his medical care, saying he remains in pain from a bullet lodged in his back. Wilber R...
The Odessa Police Department is advising motorists to avoid Dixie just south of 2nd St. as both southbound and northbound lanes are currently shut down. Please use alternative routes as power lines are currently blocking the road. The post OPD issues Dixie traffic alert appeared ...
Odessa police are searching for a man and woman suspected of auto burglary and credit card abuse. According to an OPD news release, an auto burglary occurred in the 1400 block of Coronado and unknown suspects stole the victim’s credit card, identification card, and other property...
MIDLAND As the Permian Basin continues to face a shortage of certified firefighters and first responders, the Permian Strategic Partnership is partnering with the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) on a $1.5 million initiative to expand firefighter and first responder...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - A man has been arrested for multiple sexual assault charges in Ector County. According to the arrest affidavit, on Wednesday, September 2, an Ector County sheriff investigators responded to Medical Center Hospital about a sexual assault. When the investigat...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl, and had been in rehab just weeks before, according to a coroner’s report obtained by The Associated Press. Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in an apartment...
A 57-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday night at 42nd Street and FM 1936. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a preliminary investigation indicated Jerry Brett Purvine rear-ended a Ford F-150 while riding a Harley Davidson Breakout while traveling west on 4...
An Odessa man was arrested last week on warrants issued after his girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her on two occasions and posting sexually explicit materials of them without her permission. According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies were d...
An Odessa man was arrested last week on warrants issued after his girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her on two occasions and posting sexually explicit materials of them without her permission. According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies were dispatc...
AUSTIN During National Forensic Science Week , the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is proud to recognize the hardworking men and women of the Crime Laboratory Division . “Texas is a leader in forensic science because of the incredible men and women working in DPS Crime La...
Odessa police are investigating the theft of a Walmart employee’s phone. According to an OPD news release, a Walmart employee accidentally left their $1,200 cell phone (with personal documents attached to the phone case) near the self-checkout area. Investigation revealed that an...
Derrick Holdstock of Western Fire Resources presents to the investigative house committee during an investigation into the Texas Panhandle wildfires Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Pampa. Credit: Maria Crane By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune Only eight of 160 utility companies ...
Russia’s liberal opposition Yabloko party said that one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station on Saturday, the second day of a tightly controlled parliamentary election. The voting to elect members of the S...
Two Texas men were arrested early Friday morning in Lake Charles, after allegedly attempting to steal a vehicle and fleeing from law enforcement officers, officials said....
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A vehicle bomb exploded Friday at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan as gunmen tried to storm the compound in an attack that killed at least 21 people and wounded 80 others, police and rescue officials said. Among those killed and woun...
The Texas Legislature recently invested approximately $10 million into the Prehospital Whole Blood Pilot Program, and that program is now making its way to West Texas. This program allows Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to purchase blood for their units so they can transfuse who...
A 19-year-old Houston man was killed Thursday in a head-on collision between his Honda Accord and a semi-truck on State Highway 18 in Winkler County.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The deadly collapse of a multistory building in Gaza has drawn new attention to the hardships facing Palestinians there nearly a year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas promised to kickstart reconstruction. But as talks faltered, plans for...
The mother of a 1-year-old child who drowned last month was indicted by an Ector County grand jury Thursday on a manslaughter charge. According to the indictment, Sienna Herrera, 23, is accused of placing the child in a tub containing water and leaving her unattended. An Odessa p...
An Odessa man released from prison a month ago was arrested Sunday after being accused of strangling and beating a woman who had just broken up with him. According to an Odessa police report, officers were dispatched to the Woodland Apartments on Tanglewood Lane around 11:30 p.m....
A 35-year-old woman was arrested Sept. 12 after being accused of hitting an acquaintance in the head with a baseball bat in front of a witness. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to a disturbance call in the 1900 block of Santa Rosa around 6...
FORT WORTH, Texas (THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) -- What’s left of grasslands and ranch land is black ash, tree debris and smoke. More than 23 days later, the fire in Palo Pinto and Jack counties continues to burn, but it’s fully contained, meaning response crews have eliminated all fuel al...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 37 suspects arrested for alleged illegal mining were found dead in Nigerian security custody on Thursday, officials said, claiming a suspected disease outbreak was to blame. But Dauda Shehu, a survivor of the incident, told The Associated Press that...
The Odessa Emergency Preparedness Fair will be held this Saturday, September 19, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Ector County Coliseum (Barn A), located at 4201 Andrews Highway. This free community/family event better prepares you for all types of emergencies. Several classes will be ...
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ The Associated Press NEW YORK The ambulance dispatch station where Heydi Fernandez waited for calls as an emergency medical technician didn’t have a private place to pump breast milk when she returned to work three months after giving birth to her son. So she e...
TRINIDAD, Texas (KETK) - The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement has revoked all licenses for the Trinidad Police Department, meaning the agency has effectively been disbanded this week. According to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE), investigators from the commissi...
According to the Odessa Police Department, an Odessa woman released from jail on Aug. 3 was arrested Sunday in connection with an Aug. 9 stabbing that was captured on a home surveillance camera. Odessa officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of East 35th Street about a stabbin...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A motorist was arrested on murder charges after authorities say she slammed her SUV into a city bus in Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring six others in a prelude to a second deadly tragedy: the fiery crash of a TV news helicopter that was cov...
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman August Pfluger’s (TX-11) bipartisan and bicameral legislation, the Mystic Alerts Act, advanced through the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday. This is a major step forward for emergency preparedness nationwide,...
BRUSSELS (AP) — A scorching summer that dried up rivers and killed tens of thousands across the European Union from Portugal to Hungary has shown that the bloc needs to develop new tools to meet a worsening climate, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesda...
Pablo Vegas, president of ERCOT, speaks as Gov. Greg Abbott holds at a press conference Monday afternoon at the Texas Department of Emergency Management headquarters in Austin on Aug. 31, 2026. Credit: Jacob Lujan/The Texas Tribune By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune The president ...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - A man was arrested after over $150,000 of stolen money was found in his home in Midland. According to the Midland County Sheriffs Office on September 8, deputies received a report a theft of over 150,000. The TAG Center helped with the investigation and th...
