A 26-year-old Odessa accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl told police she claimed she was 19. According to a partially redacted Odessa Police Department report, officers were looking for the runaway girl around 2 a.m. Monday when other officers went to talk to Nathanael Eugene Allen....
government
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli voters delivered a rebuke Tuesday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with exit polls indicating voters gave his opponents a solid majority in the next parliament. Whether those disparate parties can form a government is uncertain and will likely take w...
safety
A 21-year-old Odessa man was arrested Sunday morning after being accused of hitting another man in the head with a beer bottle. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to a home on East 35th Street for a fight call shortly after 7 p.m. Officers s...
safety
An Odessa man was arrested last week on a warrant issued after he was accused of pistol-whipping another man repeatedly. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to a home on Drury Lane around 9:30 p.m. Sept. 29. When officers arrived, a 55-year-o...
schools
The Compass Academy volleyball team wants more. The Lady Cougars dominated their district. They went undefeated in District 3-3A, winning all but one game in a three-sets. Now, they have bigger goals in mind as the Lady Cougars begin postseason play. Compass Academy will begin th...
schools
For the first time in 16 years, the Odessa High volleyball team can say it has made the playoffs. Now, the Lady Bronchos will look to make the most of it. For the first time since 2010, Odessa High will be playing playoff volleyball as the Lady Bronchos face El Paso Franklin in t...
schools
After a short hiatus, the Permian volleyball team is finally back in the postseason. The Lady Panthers will be playing in the playoffs for the first time since 2023 after finishing the regular season 23-9 overall and 3-5 in District 2-6A. “We’re just excited to practice another d...
News
Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an immigration attorney representing Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, who was shot by federal immigration agents on Sept. 20, holds a news conference following his federal bail hearing at the federal courthouse in Austin on Sept. 30, 2026. Credit: Eli Hartman f...
parks
Research conducted by a recent Sul Ross State University graduate and a former faculty member has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, highlighting the university’s commitment to undergraduate research and hands-on learning in kinesiology and human performance. Anna Campos,...
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business
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK Stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry led Wall Street higher on Tuesday, as their yo-yo moves swing back upward. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and pulled within 1.2% of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Av...
