High school teams from all over Texas (including Odessa High and Compass Academy) began the first day of practice Monday. #tdi_8 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url(https://www.oaoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_5566-160x120.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_8 .td-double...
Photo Source: Talker Research Talker News | Talker Nearly half of Americans (46%) still use their parents’ place as a personal storage unit — and it’s not just the younger generations. That’s according to a recent survey of 2,000 people who’ve moved away from home, which found th...
By MERYL FEINSTEIN Voracious When tomatoes are at their peak — and it’s too hot to turn on the oven — this simple, no-cook sauce from my cookbook “ Pasta Every Day ” is what I come back to time and again. It’s often called pomodoro crudo and served with very thin spaghetti, thoug...
The Ellen Noël Art Museum will be hosting Book Talk at 6 p.m. August 13. Featuring “Theo of Golden” by Allen Levi, this book explores the story of “a stranger sets out to reunite artwork with the person who originally sat for their portrait. Secrets are revealed, regrets are shar...
A 49-year-old Odessa man was arrested last Thursday after he was accused of attacking another man with a machete. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to an assault call in the 500 block of West 5th Street around 11:20 p.m. July 30. When offic...
Average gasoline prices in Midland-Odessa have fallen 26.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.59/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 156 stations in Midland-Odessa. Prices in Midland-Odessa are 20.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 93.1 cent...
By JAMIE STENGLE The Associated Press DALLAS Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, died Sunday at the age of 83, her son J.D. Granger said. House Speaker Mike Johnson said in ...
According to Odessa police, the teenager who was robbed at gunpoint by two other teenagers last Thursday was attempting to purchase a gun from one of them. According to OPD, officers responded to a robbery call in the 4000 block of Springbrook Drive around 1:30 p.m. July 30. Cour...
CRANE, Texas (KOSA) - A social media post circulating on August 2 threatened violence at Crane Independent School District schools, according to the district. According to the Crane Police Department, an investigation was conducted on the threat, and they determined it was unsubs...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Heading back to class is always exciting, but a little extra spending cash makes it even better! The Garriga Law Firm is teaming up with Wake Up West Texas to get local students off to a spectacular start this school year with a fantastic giveaway. Your stu...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - A milestone celebration is brewing in West Texas this month. Midland’s premier craft beverage event, the Tall City Brewing Invitational, is returning for its fifth consecutive year on Saturday, August 22. Organizers are planning their largest festival to da...
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island of Java on Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing as rescuers and passing vessels evacuated hundreds from the burning ship, officials said. The Mutia...
TERRELL COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - One man has been transported to the hospital after being invovled in a rollover accident at the Val Verde/Terrell County line. According to the Terrell County Sheriff's Office, this was a single vehicle rollover accident. TCSO says that the dri...
TERRELL COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - The Terrell County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle rollover crash at the Val Verde/Terrell County line. According to the sheriff’s office, the driver was traveling back to work in El Paso when they reportedly fell asleep at the wheel....
By JESSICA DAMIANO The Associated Press We sowed. We planted. We watered, watched and waited. And now, beanstalks are reaching for the heavens, tomatoes are getting plump and zucchini are seemingly doubling in size overnight. Timing their harvests is a balancing act, and in many ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Flight attendants with WestJet, Canada's second-largest airline, went on strike Sunday in a dispute over pay. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the 4,400 cabin crew at the airline, announced the strike on its Facebook page...
By Melinda Myers Trees form the framework in our landscapes, providing shade, cleaning our air of dust and pollutants, absorbing carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen, protecting our soil and helping to manage storm water. Once established, they are often overlooked when hot dry weath...
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Dikra, a 20-year-old migrant from Morocco, had spent five days in Ceuta by Sunday after swimming to the Spanish territory with her younger sister and cousin. Since then, all her meals have come from local residents, and she isn't sure when her next one will co...
By Amanda Green Permian Basin Master Gardeners In the middle of summer my lawn is struggling. I have brown patches, high water bills, and I’m constantly adjusting my watering schedule to keep it somewhat green. What if there was a better way? I’ve recently started incorporating m...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A plane carrying European tourists to view the famed Nazca Lines crashed into a field Saturday outside the Peruvian city of Nazca, killing 13 people, local authorities said. Nazca's municipal government said the plane departed from the nearby city of Ica a...
Question: How do mass e-mailers send me an email containing my exact email address in the FROM field? — William R. Fort Walton Beach, Florida Answer: The answer to your question isn’t really as technical as it might seem at first, William. First of all, in order for the spammer t...
Nala, a 2-year-old female lab mix, needs to be adopted into a good home. To adopt Nala or any of the other pets at the Humane Society of Odessa, stop by 2230 W. Sycamore, call 432-257-4311, visit www.odessahumanesociety.org or leave a message at facebook.com/humanesocietyofodessa...
Clover, a 10-week-old female collie mix, needs to be adopted into a good home. To adopt Clover or any of the other pets at the Humane Society of Odessa, stop by 2230 W. Sycamore, call 432-257-4311, visit www.odessahumanesociety.org or leave a message at facebook.com/humanesociety...
Meet Grand Companions’ Pet of the Week, Jax! This 5-year-old Chihuahua is a super happy little guy who truly doesn’t know a stranger. He loves people, loves affection, and is happiest when he can curl up in your lap and simply chill by your side. Jax does have heart disease and t...
By Mandy Applegate On a dark beach, a guide raises a hand and everyone stops, and then a few yards up the sand, a female turtle drags herself out of the surf and starts to dig. No flash, no lights, no one moves closer than the guide allows; she lays, buries the nest and hauls bac...
By Van Yandell Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” The average human body contains thirty trillion cells. Blood cells, bones, skin, organs and many other body parts, ...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers swept away by an avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed to have died, and search teams were trying to recover their bodies, Purja's expedition company said Saturday. “The world has lost one of moun...
WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands (AP) — Jeroen Wouda and Dirk Boom walk slowly along a Dutch dike, prodding at the bone dry surface with metal rods and scanning the parched grass for patches of green that could give away the location of a leak. In a scene that brings to mind the fictiona...
TOKYO (AP) — An elderly woman who developed heat stroke while taking shelter in a car is the latest fatality from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto last week, officials said Sunday as concerns over heat-related illnesses grow in an area...
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Saturday evening social media post he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month old war. The emerging deal “would includ...
About two months ago — after more than 23 years of writing weekly columns — I took my leave. (OK, maybe it’s my “weakly” assembly of words masquerading as columns might be more accurate.) Whatever, I’m back. Perhaps a few of my pieces have been tolerable, some meriting smiles tha...
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain on Saturday installed a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after tens of thousands of migrants breached the frontier earlier in the week. At least 67 migrants died, i...
Area high school volleyball teams returned to the court for the first day of practice for the 2026 season this weekend. Saturday marked the start of volleyball season as the eager players and coaches were excited to get ready for the new season. The Permian Lady Panthers began th...
Despite what you may have heard, tariffs are taxes on imported goods which the domestic importer usually pays at the border or point of entry. It’s no surprise that some of this additional cost is then passed to consumers (a percentage that typically increases over time). When mo...
Talker News | Talker A quarter of Americans believe their financial situation has stopped them from finding “true love,” according to new research . That was revealed in a new survey of 2,000 general population Americans, which examined the intersection of finances, dating and fi...
By William F. Holland Jr. Ph.D. Ordained/Licensed Christian minister Memories can be wonderful places to visit when they are pleasant and filled with peace and joy. On the other hand, not all of our experiences have been pleasant. Negative thoughts can be more like a haunted hous...
By Ellie Ashby, The Texas Tribune Matt Long stood before the Granbury City Council at an April zoning meeting to oppose the influx of proposed data centers in Hood County, likening them to a spiritual abomination. “I’d consider us a Christian city inside a Christian county,” said...
By State Rep. Brooks Landgraf Over the next couple of weeks, a familiar rhythm will return across West Texas. School buses will once again roll through our communities. Parents will snap first-day-of-school photos, teachers will put the finishing touches on their classrooms, and ...
It has been a big week for Kentucky politicians. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is on watch. Out of his hospital room this weekend came his doctor, then his priest, and then a taxidermist. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the poster boy for shameful government arrogance and incompetence, got subp...
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world. Infantino’s decision came after his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned and ...
LANTON, France (AP) — With his watering can and bucket, Jean-François Pauner meanders from one small fire to the next along a forest floor, dousing small flare-ups of wildfires that have swept through woodlands four times the size of Paris in southwestern France. “This is the fir...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Nearly 600 athletes will put their strength, endurance, and mental toughness to the test this weekend as the first-ever West Texas HYROX Sim takes over the new Diamondback Energy Athletic Complex. The event brings the worldwide functional fitness competiti...
Multiple arrests made after investigation into shooting in West Odessa newswest9.com
LEA COUNTY, N.M. (KOSA) - Federal and local law enforcement officers seized suspected methamphetamine, cocaine and multiple firearms Wednesday during a narcotics investigation involving a Lovington man. According to the Lea County Sheriff’s Office, special agents with the DEA’s M...
ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - Five people are in custody after a shooting in Ector County left one person hospitalized. According to Ector County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the area of 16th Street and FM 1936, where they found one person who had sustained a gunshot wo...
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) -UPDATE: According to Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis, five people have now been arrested in connection with the shooting on 16th Street and FM 1936. There has been no update on the condition of the victim sent to the hospital. ------------------------...
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities released an early ransom note in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in hopes that someone will recognize the writing style. A second note, also released Friday, said Guthrie died shortly after she was kidnapped and “is buried in n...
Ronald McDonald House Charities provides lodging and essential services to families of hospitalized children in the Permian Basin, though campaign director Meagan Bratton noted that awareness remains low and demand often exceeds available space....
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Check out today's 7-day forecast with our Chief Forecaster Horace Brown. Saturday starts off partly sunny and hot, topping out near 95, and we could see a few spotty showers or thunderstorms between about 1 and 4 in the afternoon, though chances stay l...
The Dinosaur George Traveling Museum is scheduled to offer a free exhibit featuring prehistoric creatures and fossils at the Bush Convention Center in Midland on Saturday, August 1st....
Currently, roughly 1 in 4 American workers has access to paid leave through an employer. The "More Paid Leave for More Americans Act" would establish a pilot grant program for states that offer at least six weeks of partially paid leave for a new child, a sick family member or a ...
West Texas organizations came together at Odessa College's Back-to-School Bash Thursday to giveaway free school supplies ahead of the 2026-2027 school year....
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - The Ellen Noel Art Museum’s newest exhibit, Latinos on Wheels: Lowriders of Tejas , is set to open with a reception next Thursday. The exhibit, created by photographer Al Rendon, showcases the history, artistry and traditions of lowrider culture through pho...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Texas banned delta-8 and other synthetic THC products today, following a Texas Supreme Court ruling that classifies them as Schedule I controlled substances — the same classification as heroin and methamphetamine. Products labeled with delta-8 can now be c...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - AST SpaceMobile’s expansion project is expected to bring more than 1,000 new jobs to Midland, including positions in assembly, touch labor and engineering. The company’s new 400,000-square-foot production facility is set to begin construction in approximat...
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PERMIAN BASIN, Texas (KOSA) - A new series streaming on First Alert 7 connected devices will spotlight communities across the Permian Basin each night from July 27 through July 31. “Discover the Basin” airs nightly at 8 p.m., with Tamlyn Price visiting a different community each ...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - If you’re hunting for a cool way to keep your middle or high schooler active and engaged this year, Midland’s Bush Family Home Historic Site has some great news. They are rolling out an expanded lineup of student programs for the upcoming school year, feat...
Midland's Grasslands Park was upgraded with new playground equipment for children aged 2-12.
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