DAILY OIL PRICE: November 3, 2026
Crude Oil: 96.09 (-0.37). Nymex MTD AVG: 98.8900. Natural Gas: 2.895 (+0.039). Gasoline: 2.9355 (+0.0354). Spreads: December/January (+1.32) January/February (+1.77). Plains WTI Posting: 92.57 (-0.37).
Summary by The Odessa Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Odessa American, as published by Odessa American (oaoa.com) · · 1 min read
Crude Oil: 96.09 (-0.37). Nymex MTD AVG: 98.8900. Natural Gas: 2.895 (+0.039). Gasoline: 2.9355 (+0.0354). Spreads: December/January (+1.32) January/February (+1.77). Plains WTI Posting: 92.57 (-0.37).

government
Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma City man with sending hundreds of letters containing white powder and ominous warnings about treason to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be nonhazardous — yeast or flour — though not all lette...
Yourbasin / Big 2 KMID + Fox 24 KPEJ (Nexstar) · Nov 3, 2026

News
By JOSH KELETY The Associated Press An escaped Tennessee prison er convicted of murder was recaptured Tuesday near Kansas City, Missouri, when his truck got stuck in the mud after troopers used roadside cameras and a helicopter to track him down, ending more than a week on the ru...
Odessa American (oaoa.com) · Nov 3, 2026

safety
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente announced Tuesday that he is stepping down, six days after a high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed 69 people. He made the announcement at the end of an hourslong appearance before lawmakers about the crash — the se...
Yourbasin / Big 2 KMID + Fox 24 KPEJ (Nexstar) · Nov 3, 2026

business
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK A rebound for some influential Big Tech stocks lifted the U.S. market on Tuesday despite a drop for Apple and mixed trading elsewhere on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, even though most of the stocks within the index fell. The Dow Jone...
Odessa American (oaoa.com) · Nov 3, 2026

Local
Dr. Rodrigo Machado-Vieira Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has a new chair and professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences — Dr. Rodrigo Machado-Vieira — and he’s getting up to speed quickly. Now housed at the Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center, TTUHSC’s psyc...
Odessa American (oaoa.com) · Nov 3, 2026

News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are testing two sharply different theories for winning one of the nation’s premier swing states Tuesday in a white-knuckle contest that may determine control of the Senate. El-Sayed is aiming to prove that an un...
Yourbasin / Big 2 KMID + Fox 24 KPEJ (Nexstar) · Nov 3, 2026

schools
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The massive amounts of water that flooded parts of the U.S. Southwest turned some communities into lakes of mud, leaving residents dealing with the loss of homes and businesses as they started cleaning up Tuesday. Jack Ellis, a retired school teacher,...
Yourbasin / Big 2 KMID + Fox 24 KPEJ (Nexstar) · Nov 3, 2026

government
By TERRY TANG The Associated Press Featuring one of the most diverse slates of both Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years, this midterm election has set up a possible wave of historic leadership firsts across the country. Voters on Tuesday could propel into office ...
Odessa American (oaoa.com) · Nov 3, 2026

News
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK Major League Baseball proposed delaying the start of a salary cap until 2028, saying teams have too many commitments for next season that wouldn’t allow them to reduce spending quickly enough. A day after the start of free agent negotiat...
Odessa American (oaoa.com) · Nov 3, 2026

safety
The Odessa Police Department has arrested a group of men detectives believe are linked to the theft of copper wire and electrical components worth more than $500,000. According to an OPD report, three men later identified as Brayan Avila Perez, Marco Bravo and Joseph Hopson, went...
Odessa American (oaoa.com) · Nov 3, 2026

schools
The Odessa High girls basketball team returns six players from last year’s squad. It’s a good starting point for a team that got better late in the season last winter and looks to continue that momentum into the 2026-27 season. The Lady Bronchos will play their first game of the ...
Odessa American (oaoa.com) · Nov 3, 2026

government
Precinct 2 has a new constable following Tuesday’s Ector County Commissioner’s Court meeting. The Court approved James Poor as the new constable 4-0 with Commissioner Greg Simmons absent due to a family issue. County Judge Dustin Fawcett said others who applied included Kelly Cec...
Odessa American (oaoa.com) · Nov 3, 2026