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AUSTIN Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for May 2026 reported in the tables below came from 156,120 oil wells and 84,661 gas wells. The RRC reports that preliminary total Texas reported production for May 2026 was approximately 130 million barrels of crud...
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The American Red Cross Permian Basin Chapter will host a community Back-to-School Bash on Saturday, August 15, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Red Cross office, located at 4241 Tanglewood Lane in Odessa. The free event is open to the entire community and will feature activities focuse...
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The Quail Course at Hogan Park is scheduled to reopen as early as October 2026 following extensive renovations to its irrigation, grading, and greens.
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Midland Independent School District announced it will begin the 2026-2027 school year with a 97% teacher fill rate following various strategic recruitment and retention efforts....
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By ELENA BECATOROS, SAMY MAGDY and DARLENE SUPERVILLE The Associated Press CAIRO Iran said Wednesday it is in the “final stage” of drafting an agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump has said a deal could be announced this week. That could p...
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - An Odessa man is in the Ector County Jail after investigators accused him of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who has been identified as a victim in a Dallas human trafficking investigation. According to an Odessa Police Department report, on Jun...
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Crude Oil: 75.22 (-0.55). Nymex MTD AVG: 80.1340. Natural Gas: 2.688 (+0.006). Gasoline: 2.8388 (-0.0134). Spreads: September/October (+1.17) October/November (+1.11). Plains WTI Posting: 71.70 (-0.55). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: August 5, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ....
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Months before Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, she lost significant weight, couldn't sleep and complained of postpregnancy mental health issues, the family’s former nanny testified at her murder trial Wednesday. But the nanny never worried the Massachusetts mother mig...
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By SAVANNAH PETERS The Associated Press CEDAR CREST, N.M. The state of New Mexico sued the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday, saying the federal government blocked the state’s ability to investigate the sex crimes of financier Jeffrey Eps...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - An Odessa man is in the Ector County Jail accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who is named as a victim in a Dallas human trafficking case, according to an Odessa police report. According to the arrest affidavit, officers were investigating a d...
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Courtesy Photo AUSTIN As students head back to the classroom, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reminds all Texans to exercise heightened caution and adhere to safety measures implemented to protect students, staff and fellow drivers this school year. This includes tips...
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MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - Midland County is finalizing the design of a new Juvenile Justice Center, according to the county. This center is a modern 42,940-square-foot facility that will increase housing capacity by around two-thirds and provide nearly 40% more space. This i...
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Several Odessa Medical Group clinics have temporarily closed due to an unexpected power outage.
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Midland County is finalizing the design of a new Juvenile Justice Center that is scheduled to begin construction in November 2026 and aims to increase the county's juvenile housing capacity by approximately two-thirds....
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SCURRY COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - The Scurry County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a wanted man on charges of property theft and three counts of felony bail jumping and failure to appear, according to the agency. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Kelly McGaha, 55, according to...
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Ross Elementary in the Ector County Independent School District became the first school in the United States to achieve Level 3 Opportunity Culture Certification....
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AUSTIN Texas Comptroller Don Huffines on Tuesday announced that Texas families are expected to save an estimated $142.5 million in state and local sales taxes during this year’s sales tax holiday, which runs Friday, Aug. 7, through midnight Sunday, Aug. 9. “Since 1999, Texans hav...
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Five years ago, Ector County ISD took the leap to adopt Opportunity Culture staffing and instructional design, an initiative from Public Impact designed to extend the reach and impact of the most effective teachers on a campus. This year Ross Elementary took that to the next leve...
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Midland police are seeking the public's help to identify a man who stole cash from a Kent Kwik convenience store on July 26.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course while pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump's visit is due in court Wednesday on a federal weapons charge. Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested...
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By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK Matt Walker couldn’t pet a dog without sneezing — until he and other scientists used a gene editing technique to produce a hypoallergenic beagle named Bailey. Now, he can feed Bailey spoons of peanut butter while she lies on his l...
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"They duped our seniors, using email, telephone, text message and fishing campaigns into subscribing to a timeshare project," Patel said.
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By John Stossel Just two years ago, the United Nations secretary general announced, “Global warming has ended … The era of global boiling has arrived!” “(We were) warned about this,” said a “Daily Show” host, “by every scientist for the last 50 years!” His audience applauded. Wow...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland police are asking for the public’s help identifying two suspects accused of stealing merchandise from an HEB. On April 29 at around 12:20 p.m., two suspects stole around $220 worth of merchandise from an HEB and were seen driving away in a gray 200...
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Midland police are seeking public help to identify two suspects involved in a misdemeanor theft at an H-E-B store on April 29, 2026.
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At a press conference on July 2, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said she had “tremendous evidence” proving that David Hearn had deliberately caused more than $1,000 in damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, making him guilty of a felony pu...
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By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet, revealing a strange and dynamic facade. It’s dangerous to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection. But researchers were able to peek at ...
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The City of Big Spring is conducting water main repairs at the intersection of East 11th Street and Birdwell Lane, potentially causing low water pressure or service interruptions for nearby residents....
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BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - The City of Big Spring Utilities Department will be handling water main repairs that may cause low water pressure in the area, according to the city. Crews will be working on the water main line at the intersection of East 11th Street and Birdwell Lane,...
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Talker News | Talker A third of Americans say they’re cooking at home much more than they did a year ago (31%), and squeezed budgets are the culprit. A survey of 2,000 Americans found that higher grocery prices and increased home cooking are reshaping grocery shopping habits, wit...
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By RIO YAMAT and M.K. WILDEMAN The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Airline passengers know to expect possible flight delays when weather forecasts call for thunderstorms, heavy snow or strong wind. The omens are less obvious on a hot summer day with clear skies. Yet extreme heat also ...
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and Texas Tech Physicians (TTP) announced they have reached an agreement with UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Insurance Company. There will be no lapse in participation under the commercial and Medicare Advantage participation agreemen...
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PERMIAN BASIN Basin PBS is taking learning on the road. On Tuesday, August 11, at 10 a.m., Basin PBS will officially unveil The Jolly Trolley, a colorful new mobile education van designed to bring free educational experiences, books, technology, and PBS KIDS learning resources di...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Patients covered by UnitedHealthcare can continue to see providers at Texas Tech Physicians without any interruption in coverage. Texas Tech University Health Science Center announced and Texas Tech Physicians announced they have reached an agreement with ...
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Japhia Venerable, kindergarten teacher at Harmony Science Academy, has been named one of 10 nationwide winners in Simple Modern’s third-annual Stock Your School campaign after more than 175,000 votes were cast by parents, students, families and community members across all 50 sta...
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MARFA, Texas (KOSA) - Three men were arrested after a traffic stop in Marfa led officers to recover a trailer reported stolen out of Oklahoma, according to the Marfa Police Department. According to the Marfa Police Department, the stop happened Aug. 2 after officers saw a vehicle...
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BERLIN (AP) — A drone with an explosive device was found at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport and a detonator was removed from the object, authorities said Wednesday. Both the airport's runways were closed and several flights, including one passenger plane, were diverted to other a...
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By Toni King Toni: I’m turning 65 next March and have not had health insurance plan for over 2 years because I work part time. I do not know where to start or what to do. I am not receiving my Social Security check, and friends are advising me that if I do not sign up for Medicar...
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PRAHOVO, Serbia (AP) — Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships are emerging into view. They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The Danube...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Two sisters who were seriously injured in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 27 in late July say bystanders pulled them from their burning truck before flames could reach them. Alexis and Aaliyah Wallace were among four people seriously hurt in the crash. Lub...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters on Tuesday picked establishment Democrats — a prosecutor and a former congresswoman — as their nominees to take on Republican incumbents in two congressional districts the party hopes to flip in November as part of a broader fight for control ...
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Ector County ISD board members and district leaders gathered earlier today to sign the final steel beam for the new ATLAS Career & Technical Education Center before it was lifted into place. The state-of-the-art facility is on track to open for the 202...
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The naval service cited a "loss in confidence in his ability to command" as the reason for relieving Cmdr. Joseph Sammur as commanding officer of USS West Virginia's Blue Crew. Cmdr. Luke Kelvington will temporarily assume command in his place....
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An Odessa man was arrested recently after a girl told authorities he touched her inappropriately. According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office report released Tuesday, the girl told a forensic interviewer Ruben Marquez Contreras came into her bedroom early on the morning o...
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Three men were arrested in Marfa, Texas, after a traffic stop revealed they were attempting to transport a stolen Oklahoma trailer into Mexico.
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An Odessa man is sitting in the Ector County jail accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who is named as a victim in a Dallas human trafficking case. According to an Odessa police report, officers were investigating a drug case at the La Quinta Inn on East Highway 80 o...
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Check out today's 7-day forecast with Meteorologist Brian James, as temperatures will remain in the high 90s and cross into the 100s for the next week. Watch the full video above....
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Odessa Fire Department (OFD) is welcoming applications to their citizens academy, an opportunity for Odessa Fire Rescue to bring in anybody from the community 18 and older to be able to experience what it's like to be a part of the department. Fire Inv...
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PERMIAN BASIN, Texas (KOSA) - Six people pled guilty last month, and eight others still face charges in what is a massive conspiracy to steal crude oil from Permian Basin producers. According to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas six defendants pleaded guilty to...
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Augustine Falana was found guilty of Arson, a second-degree felony, after pouring gasoline on a neighbor's vehicle. The incident occurred on August 5, 2025, when Odessa Police Department officers responded to a subject with a gun. Officers met with the...
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — A California man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested Sunday at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course after appearing to monitor security preparations two days ahead of Trump’s fundraiser there, authorities ...
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A Midland man was arrested Monday night after video showed him grabbing a woman’s phone and striking her vehicle at a high rate of speed, endangering two children sitting in the backseat. According to an Odessa police report, dispatchers received a disturbance all around 5 ...
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A 45-year-old Odessa man was arrested and booked into the Ector County jail Sunday after being accused of slashing a woman with a large kitchen knife. According to an Odessa police report, officers received a disturbance call from a home on West 25th Street around 7:40 a.m. July ...
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KERMIT, Texas (KOSA) - Two months after a Lubbock man was killed in a hit-and-run crash, his wife says there are still no leads in the case. According to Texas DPS , 43-year-old Clayton Tedder was walking on County Road 313 in Kermit after his truck broke down on the night of May...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - State and local leaders gathered at Odessa College today to present a multi-million-dollar initiative aimed at strengthening the region’s healthcare workforce across West Texas and other rural communities. The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has awarded a ...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Rope Youth has paid off Midland ISD’s school lunch debt through community fundraisers and says it will continue working to address food insecurity among local children as the new school year approaches. The nonprofit served 12,000 meals to children over th...
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Various West Texas non-profits and local organizations are partnering to provide school supplies and financial assistance to low-income families ahead of the upcoming school year....
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Emergency crews responded to a train collision at the intersection of Highway 80 and North County Road 1250 in Midland, Texas, on Tuesday morning, with no injuries reported....
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A 52-year-old Odessa woman was killed early Tuesday morning while trying to walk across FM 2020 west of the city. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Misti Dawn Hurst was trying to cross the street outside a designated crosswalk when she was struck near mile marke...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Midland Crime Stoppers is seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect involved in an aggravated in early July. According to reports, on the morning of July 2nd, 2026, deputies responded to the 3700 block of East County Rd 160 in reference to an...
