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The Big Spring Police Department is warning community members and business owners to be extra vigilant when accepting cash as a form of payment, after several reports of counterfeit money being used in the area.
President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses. Mere startups when he took the oath of office, the new ventures have now eclipsed in revenue much of hi...
Stuart Skinner is heading to Winnipeg as the carousel of goaltenders moving around the NHL picked up steam Wednesday with the start of free agency. Skinner agreed to terms on a two-year contract worth $7.5 million with the Jets, who have been listening to trade offers for three-time Vezina Trophy...
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - The Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s help after receiving reports of illegal dumping along Painted Trees Road, including debris dumped directly into Limpia Creek.According to the sheriff’s office, dumping trash or other materials int...
NEW YORK (AP) — Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in 1996 and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019. Carroll's lawyers said in papers fil...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz while using a route not approved by Iran, state television in Tehran reported Wednesday. The vessel was identified as a foreign container ship, with no other details. The report appeared aimed at underlining Tehran’s cl...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In Kimberley Kausen’s home, a passed “sell by” date on a jug of milk means different things to different family members. For her daughter, it means the jug belongs in the trash. For her husband, it means the milk is still good for a few more days. Kausen, a chef and [...]
ECONE, Switzerland (AP) — A group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing the resulting excommunications and break with the Holy See by saying it was necessary to defend the Catholic faith. The Society of S...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, demanding a court order that would require officials to preserve records from investigations that he says are targeting him for “phantom criminal conduct.” Brennan said in the lawsuit that the records w...
FRISCO, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - In the bottom of the third inning in game one of the series between the Midland RockHounds and Frisco RoughRiders, RockHounds outfielder Ryan Lasko collided with Devin Taylor in an attempt to make a diving catch. After the two crashed into each other, Taylor bounced up...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - The Midland Chamber of Commerce is inviting everyone to come and celebrate Independence Day at the 2026 Star-Spangled Salute, presented by ExxonMobil, this Saturday, July 4 in downtown Midland.Organizers say this year’s celebration will have an added dose of patriotism as ...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland is about to have a brick-tacular weekend.According to a press release, Midland will host its first-ever fan convention with LEGO. The convention runs July 11–12 at the Midland Convention Center, and organizers say it’ll be a can’t-miss chance to click with fellow b...
PRESIDIO, Texas (KOSA) - Presidio County Sheriff’s deputies were called out around midnight after a driver got stranded in Terneros Creek on FM 170 east of Presidio.Heavy rain north of the area had the creek moving fast when John Rakowitz, 49, of Grand Prairie, tried to cross. His vehicle got stu...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - A Midland man is facing a felony charge after investigators say he stole more than $51,000 from a local 4-H organization’s bank account over an 18-month period.Matthew Clinton Keys has been charged with misapplication of fiduciary property, according to a probable cause af...
BRYAN COUNTY, Okla. (KXII) - A man wanted for murder out of Ward County, Texas, was captured and arrested in Bryan County after a multi-agency operation.Earnest Millard Jr., 57, of Wickett, Texas, was booked into the Bryan County Jail on June 26.According to the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Mil...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest — and vice versa. Happy hour revelers raise glasses of Mexican tequila and mezcal at bars in Seattle. It adds up. The United States trades $1.9 trillion a yea...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Mourners gathered Wednesday in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore to bury 14 schoolchildren who were killed when the roof of a tutoring center collapsed on Tuesday. Police are investigating whether negligence during ongoing construction work caused the collapse that left an...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Trash collection will not happen on Friday, July 3, according to the City of Midland, which has released its holiday schedule ahead of Independence Day weekend.Holiday trash collection scheduleThe city’s adjusted schedule is as follows:Monday — Regular trash pickupTuesday ...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - TTUHSC researchers say a vaccine they’ve been working on for years is showing encouraging early results against schistosomiasis — a parasitic illness that sickens millions of people worldwide.The vaccine is called SchistoShield®, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Ce...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed at least 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue officials said. Eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal Kam...
PERMIAN BASIN, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - (6/30/2026) Here’s your 7-Day Forecast +3 from Chief Forecaster Horace Brown. “Cooler than average for day to start off July Wednesday.” That’s your 7-day Forecast +3! Staying on top of your weather forecast is easy—just visit YourBasin.com or download the Your ...
A wide right turn led to the seizure of 46 grams of methamphetamine and 4 grams of cocaine last week and the arrest of the driver. According to an Odessa Police Department report, an officer saw Gilbert Garcia make a wide right turn at North John Ben Shepperd and Maple around 8 p.m. June 25 and p...
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Midland Crime Stoppers is seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect wanted for felony theft. According to Midland Crime Stoppers, on June 11, 2026, deputies responded to the 4500 block of West County Rd 122 and learned that a bumper pull trailer and Can-Am si...
A 19-year-old Odessa man was arrested June 20, six months after he was involved in an alcohol-related crash that took the lives of two men and seriously injured two others. Baltazar Sotelo was booked into the Ector County jail on suspicion of two counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts...
A 32-year-old Midland man was arrested last week after being accused of repeatedly trying to ram a Dodge Ram with two children inside with a Freightliner. According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies were dispatched to a disturbance at the Far West Center on West Universit...
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – With the rising cost of living, families have slowly been cutting delivery apps from their monthly expenses due to high hidden fees. Depending on which app you use, fees can add up to an extra $15 to your bill. Dylan Gilmore, Owner of Dylan Dash, saw this issue and wan...
Odessa City Council District 3 representative Gilbert Vasquez has resigned from his seat due to family tragedies, leaving the seat vacant during a busy budget season, but the council plans to appoint someone to fill the seat until the November election.
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The Midland YMCA is having its annual summer camp for kids. The camp began on June 1st and will run through August 14th. The camp is weekly from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm for children aged five to 12. "We do offer financial assistance," Devon Copeland, Aquatic Director at YMC...
An Odessa man was arrested Friday after authorities said he purposely struck another man with a Toyota Highlander twice, breaking his leg. According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies were dispatched to a major traffic collision at J&A Truck Parts and Repair on Cowell Road...
SACRAMENTO, California (KMID/KPEJ) – The Athletics called up the former Midland RockHounds shortstop Joshua Kuroda-Grauer ahead of Monday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his debut, Kuroda-Grauer started at second base and batted ninth in the lineup. He went an impressive 3-for-4 with o...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Texas Tech football team is set to premiere in a new docuseries on Paramount+. The four-episode series will feature behind-the-scenes action from the Red Raiders and offer a look at what it took to get them to where they are now. Texas Tech's press release about t...
Bridget Fulfer, owner of Earth, Body & Soul in Midland, is offering free card readings to help people gain clarity and make better decisions during the Mercury Retrograde, which is in effect until July 23.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The decision, in line with the longstanding...
DETROIT (AP) — Nature's oven was on high Tuesday for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states as intense heat and humidity baked the regions with no immediate relief before the misery shifts to the eastern U.S. The National Weather Service was blunt: Conditions were “dangerous” as...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Two RV fires in Midland County on Monday displaced a total of five people.According to the Midland Fire Department, firefighters responded to the first fire near the intersection of West County Road 150 and South County Road 1285, which is outside the Midland city limits. ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. The U.S. team spent Monday like millions of other interested followers of the World Cup, watching thrilling games from other venues that included a major upset with Germany falling to Paraguay, three games that went down to the wire and two nervy s...
BULLARD, Texas (KWTX) — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday promoted a “taxpayer empowerment” plan he says would rein in local government tax hikes and deliver long-term property tax relief, including new voter-approval requirements for proposed increases.“Every Texan wants lower property taxes,” Abbott ...
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