Mistrust of US government information is rising across major issues, a new poll shows. This item is based on reporting by Odessa American (oaoa.com), published September 9, 2026. We have not reproduced that reporting here — follow the source link above for the full story. Odessa, TX coverage on this site summarises and credits the outlets that do the original reporting.
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Permian High School Theatre is proud to present “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” as its first production in the newly renovated Permian High School Auditorium. Performances will take place Thursday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, September 26, at 2:30...
safety
Abelardo Garza AUSTIN Two of Texas’s 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders are back in custody following their recent arrests. Authorities captured Abelardo Garza in Brownsville and Elliott Reed in Benbrook last week. A Texas Crime Stoppers reward will be paid for Garza’s arrest. Abelardo...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - How often do you squat? You don't have to think too hard you do it every day all the time without even thinking. Did you have a seat today? That right there is an example you performed a squat without even knowing. Did you lift a bag of groceries toda...
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MIAMI (AP) — Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador was in limbo Wednesday as a deadline neared for the Trump administration to decide if they should end, as it has done for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries. The Te...
parks
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas Arch Manning’s 2025 Heisman Trophy campaign started and ended with a rocky season-opening loss at Ohio State. Over in the Buckeyes’ huddle, Julian Sayin’s first career start launched a standout season that found him, not Manning, amon...
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VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at various undeclared sites in Iran. Twenty-th...
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MIDLAND Midland ISD is proud to announce that a Young Women’s Leadership Academy student, Shwetha Jayakumar, has been named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This recognition places her among the top academic achiever...
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The Rev. Dr. Dawn Darwin Weaks, co-pastor of Connection Christian Church in Odessa, has been named a fellow in the inaugural cohort of the Gongloff Creative Worship and Prophetic Preaching Fellowship at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth. The Gongloff Fellowship is a yearlong fe...
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By ROB GILLIES and PAUL WISEMAN The Associated Press TORONTO The United States is banning the import of some dairy products and motorcycles from Canada along with most alcoholic beverages, the White House said Tuesday, as part of a trade war that shows little sign of cooling off....
Local
Medical Center Hospital is collaborating with Texas Oncology for a prostate cancer screening event, in honor of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The event will take place on Thursday, September 10, from 5 – 7 p.m. at Texas Oncology–Odessa West Texas Cancer Center , 500 W. 3rd St....
schools
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after sending a pair of bipartisan letters encouraging the Trump administration to investigate and hold accountable “slapdash” trade schools and education institutions in Texas and across the country who ...
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Photo Source: Talker Research Talker News | Talker Seven in 10 parents believe that raising children today requires a wider circle of trust than it did a generation ago, according to new research . In a nationwide poll of 2,000 parents of children ages 0 to 6, 71% feel they must ...
