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The Associated Press NEW YORK Kia America has issued a new recall for nearly 463,000 of its Telluride SUVs, urging owners to again park their vehicles outside and away from buildings after several customers reported fires following previous repairs. The recall, announced this wee...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - The Odessa Police Department is marking the retirement of Captain Darryl Smith, who dedicated more than 33 years of service to the department.During his tenure, Smith served in the Patrol Division, the Criminal Investigation Division, and the Professional S...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - The Odessa Police Department offers its deepest condolences to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the family of fallen Deputy Erika Serrato.The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Serrato was hit and killed last week while investigating a...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland police are asking the public to help identify a man suspected of stealing alcohol from an H-E-B store earlier this month.Detectives said the man stole alcohol from the H-E-B on July 2 at approximately 7:44 p.m. He then left the scene with another m...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - A Midland woman has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after a crash along Interstate 20 killed her passenger, according to the affidavit.Kristen Duniven ran a stop sign near the I-20 south service road on May 2 while driving a Nissan Versa. The c...
AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - State Rep. James Talarico held a press conference in Austin on Wednesday after Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office rejected his campaign’s open records request for documents tied to the case of former Waco attorney Adam Hoffman, who pleaded guilty to sex c...
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Midland Police Department is seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect wanted for stealing alcohol from HEB this past weekend. The incident occurred on July 2nd, 2026, at approximately 7:44 pm. The suspect was last seen driving off in a w...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - An 18-year-old Odessa woman already facing charges in connection with a gang-related shooting at Woodson Park has now been arrested on an additional charge stemming from a separate drive-by shooting last month.According to an arrest affidavit, Rylee Wooten ...
MIDLAND-ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - A joint law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Texas Anti-Gang Center-Permian Basin (TAG) resulted in the arrests of 32 wanted suspects in the Midland-Odessa area during a four-day fugitive roundup.According to the releas...
The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF), in coordination with the Texas Anti-Gang Center-Permian Basin (TAG-PB), recently wrapped up Operation Dust Bowl to locate and apprehend several wanted individuals residing or working in the Midland/Odessa area. According to...
SCURRY COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - The Scurry County Sheriff’s Office arrested the operator of a local game room Tuesday following a search tied to an illegal gambling investigation.Deputies searched Fire Balls Game Room on South Farm-to-Market Road in Snyder on July 7 as part of an o...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Five people have been arrested after Odessa police say they were involved in a gang-related shooting at Woodson Park on Monday night.According to arrest affidavit, officers responded to a shots-fired call around 7:36 p.m. July 6 at Woodson Park. Officers fo...
The City of Midland released a statement explaining that Vicente Jimenez was lawfully arrested and pepper-sprayed after he refused to leave City Hall and disrupted operations while seeking a nonexistent "Notice of Claim" form....
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - The City of Midland says a man accused of causing a disturbance at City Hall had repeatedly contacted city employees for months looking for a document officials say does not exist.According to the City of Midland, on February 24, Vicente Jimenez was arrest...
LEA COUNTY, N.M. (KOSA) - A crash has shut down both directions of U.S. Highway 62/180 in Lea County.According to the Lea County Sheriff’s Office, deputies said the crash happened near mile marker 76. Both eastbound and westbound lanes are closed as emergency crews respond to the...
Kristen Nicole Duniven was arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter after a crash on May 2 that killed her passenger, with toxicology results showing her blood alcohol concentration was above the legal limit....
Amber Nicole Click, 45, was arrested in Midland County on Wednesday, July 8, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges in both Midland and Coleman counties, and a loaded firearm was found during her arrest....
Odessa police are seeking the public's help in identifying two women suspected of stealing $212 worth of merchandise from a local HEB.
MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - The Texas Anti-Gang Center – Permian Basin (TAG) arrested a woman wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon out of Coleman County and Midland County on Wednesday.According to a release, TAG members found Amber Nicole Click in the area of Lo...
PECOS, Texas (KOSA) - The Pecos Police Department is warning residents about an increase in car thefts in the area and is reminding the public to take steps to protect themselves and their belongings.What you can doThe department outlined several actions residents can take to red...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Odessa police are asking for the public’s help identifying two women accused of stealing more than $200 worth of merchandise from an Odessa grocery store.According to the Odessa Police Department, the two women took around $212 worth of merchandise from the...
BEIJING (AP) — A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the eastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday, killing 28 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday demanded “an all-out search and rescue effort." He urged swift investigation ...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - After a hearing in the 142nd district court, the two brothers accused of murdering a U.S. Navy veteran plead guilty and were sentenced to 10 years.Jacob and Joseph Madrid were arrested back in March after Thomas Olson, was assaulted and killed outside of a...
The U.S. launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump said recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the ceasefire and threatened to escalate the conflict if they didn’t stop. Iran responded by targeting...
Over the course of 12 days last month, the Supreme Court upheld the gun rights of cannabis consumers, rejected Hawaii’s default rule against firearms on private property open to the public, and agreed to address the constitutionality of “assault weapon” bans. That flurry of Secon...
According to an Odessa Police Department report, the shooting at Woodson Park on Monday night has been connected to a “juvenile hybrid criminal street gang” known to be involved in numerous shootings and homicides in Midland and Odessa. Officers were dispatched to the...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - A Fourth of July shooting left a resident’s car riddled with bullet holes on North Lee Avenue, right next to the ECISD Police Department.It happened around 1 p.m. The owner of the car, Andrew Acosta, heard the shots and thought it was fireworks.“I come outs...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - The Odessa Police Department is investigating a crash at the intersection of Highway 191 and Faudree Road.Police said both eastbound lanes of Highway 191 are currently closed while officers investigate the scene. Drivers are urged to avoid the area and use ...
Jessica Rose Ruiz, 37, of Midland, Texas, was arrested for failing to report allegations of sexual assault against a child, after allegedly being informed of the abuse and failing to notify law enforcement....
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Both eastbound lanes are currently shut down as the Odessa Police Department is investigating a crash at Highway 191 and Faudree. Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area and use alternative routes until further advised....
HOWARD COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A teen man died after a crash early Tuesday on I-20 in Howard County.According to DPS, the crash happened around 5:20 a.m. July 7, near mile marker 190 on westbound I-20.Investigators said a Honda Civic was traveling westbound when, for unknown reaso...
HOWARD COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A 19-year-old Roanoke man died Tuesday morning after his vehicle struck a pole in Howard County. According to Texas DPS, the incident occurred at 5:20 am on IH-20, mile marker 190. The man was identified as Pedro Olvera. A report states that Olv...
PECOS, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A car accident this past Monday on Highway 17 claimed the life of a Chihuahua woman. The woman was identified as Minerva Santillán, 41 years old. Pedro Vaquera, 86 years old, who was also involved in the crash, remains in critical condition in Odessa wi...
The Permian Basin Society of Human Resources Management is hosting a Workplace Preparedness and Emergency Response seminar on July 14th to provide local executives and HR professionals with strategies to safeguard personnel and business operations in the event of a crisis....
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK Oil prices rose, and stock markets dropped in shaky trading worldwide Wednesday after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran. The S&P 500 fell as much as 1.1% after Trump said the ceasefire agre...
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK The potential unraveling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers from traveling through the P...
CLOVIS, N.M. (KFDA) - Clovis police have arrested a man for the robbery of the U.S. Bank on North Prince Street.The robbery happened on July 2 around 2:36 p.m. Police responded to the bank after the robbery.The suspect had ran away from the bank. Surveillance video captured him r...
MONAHANS, Texas (KOSA) -A lane will be closed in Monahans starting July 8. According to a post made by the Texas Department of Transportation, the northbound lane at SH 18 and BI 20 in Monahans will be closed. This lane closure is happening so crews can work on a traffic signal. ...
By JACK BROOK and HALLIE GOLDEN The Associated Press/Report for America A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Houston after he attempted to evade arrest in his vehicle during an operation Tuesday, the agency said. The Department of Homeland ...
Something changed about how bartenders talk about piña coladas, and it’s not the blender. Photo credit: Depositphotos By Jenn Allen Every July 10, bartenders across the country raise a glass to a cocktail that spent decades being dismissed as a blender accident. National Piña Col...
By JON GAMBRELL and SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday that the U.S. was preparing for another night of strikes, just hours after he said the ceasefire was over following Iranian attacks on American mili...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - A woman was arrested after a man was hit and run over by a vehicle in Midland.According to the affidavit, the incident happened July 7, near 10000 W. Highway 80.Deputies were called about a pedestrian accident, where dispatch told a deputy that the man had...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Navy and civilian authorities on Wednesday expanded the search for a cargo plane feared to have crashed after it disappeared from radar and lost contact with air traffic control en route to the southern port city of Karachi. Officials said the Karachi-...
SANDERSON, Texas (KOSA) - Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland says extra eyes in the sky helped lead to more apprehensions in the county.According to Cleveland, two CBP Air and Marine Predator B drone detections recently helped agents track down and apprehend groups of undo...
An Odessa woman was arrested July 4 after admitting to firing her gun in the air during a fight outside an 8th Street bar. According to an Odessa Police Department report, an officer was near the Red Zone when he heard multiple gunshots. The officer pulled into the parking lot an...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland firefighters responded Monday evening to a structure fire involving a vacant shed and home in the area of East County Road 114 and Rankin Highway.According to the Midland Fire Department, crews were called to the fire on July 6. Firefighters were a...
REEVES COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - First responders and law enforcement are currently on scene at a traffic accident on Interstate 10 near Mile Marker 206, clearing the roadway and assisting those involved. No injuries or deaths have been reported at the moment. Motorists can exp...
PECOS, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Pecos Police Department is seeking public assistance in locating a vehicle that was stolen at the Cain Electric Yard on July 4th, 2026. The vehicle was last pinged at Best Western Swiss Clock Inn in Pecos on July 5, 2026, at approximately 9:00 a.m. ...
ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A man was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a woman found a dog’s severed head inside a home.According to an affidavit by the Ector County Sheriff’s Office, around 9:52 p.m. on June 30, a deputy was called to a home regarding an animal cr...
PECOS, Texas (KOSA) - The Pecos Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a stolen work truck taken from a local business over the Fourth of July weekend.According to police, a white Dodge Ram 3500 four-door flatbed truck was stolen from the Cain Electric yard ...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Five people have been arrested in connection with a shooting that happened Monday night in the area of East Martin Luther King Jr. Street.According to Odessa Police, police identified those arrested as 18-year-old Rylee Wooten, 17-year-old Beauchan Bergen J...
Five teenagers were arrested and charged with Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity after a shooting incident in Odessa, Texas, in which no injuries were reported....
Odessa shooting: Five teens charged with organized cr...
Multiple arrests have been made in connection to a shooting that occurred Monday night in the 1000 block of E. Martin Luther King Jr. St. Rylee Wooten, 18, Beauchan Bergen Jr., 17, Christopher Reese Jr., 17, and two 16-year-olds have been charged with engaging in organized crimin...
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide in November 2025 after a high-speed chase with police, had early stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain abnormality linked to repeated head trauma, h...
