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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Greenwood Rangers got back into the win column after defeating Wichita Falls Legacy 43-42. With the win, the Rangers are now 3-1 this season. Next week the Rangers are on the road to face Wall. Watch the video above for the highights....
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ABILENE The Odessa High football team lost to Abilene Cooper 34-14 Friday at Shotwell Stadium. Odessa High will next face San Benito on the road at 7 p.m. Sept. 25. The post HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: OHS falls to Abilene Cooper appeared first on Odessa American ....
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MERKEL The Compass Academy football team was dealt another loss as the Cougars fell to Merkel 47-30 Friday on the road. The Cougars fell to 0-4 for the season while the Badgers improved to 2-2. Compass Academy will next face Muleshoe at 7 p.m. Sept. 25 on the road. The post HIGH ...
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It wasn’t easy, but Permian managed to put away El Paso Pebble Hills in the second half, winning 38-24 Friday at Ratliff Stadium. With the victory, Permian improved to 4-0 while Pebble Hills was delivered its first loss of the season and fell to 3-1. Both teams kept things close ...
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AUSTIN The UTPB volleyball team dropped its Lone Star Conference opener, losing in three sets to St. Edward’s Friday on the road. The Falcons lost by scores of 25-19, 25-16, 25-19. UTPB fell to 5-2 overall, 0-1 in Lone Star Conference. St. Edward’s improved to 6-5, 1-0. UTPB will...
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) suspended issuing approvals for Flock’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras amid growing security and privacy concerns surrounding the technology. “TxDOT’s role is to review permits to ensure license plate readers are insta...
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Two Texas men were arrested early Friday morning in Lake Charles, after allegedly attempting to steal a vehicle and fleeing from law enforcement officers, officials said....
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SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Another person has been booked after being indicted on accusations of endangering and causing injury to children at TLCA San Angelo during a group punishment, the fourth in a series of indictment bookings involving former coaching staf...
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Cheno Navarrette has had to be patient at times at UTPB. The redshirt sophomore running back who was a standout All-State quarterback at Monahans a few years ago, has had to bide his time a little bit since arriving to Odessa. He made the most of his opportunity this past Saturda...
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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed once again on Friday, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity for at least the sixth time since U.S. President Donald Trump cut off fuel to the island in January. The Ministry of Energy and Mines announced the isl...
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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK President Donald Trump said Friday that he was barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage and “fake news,” and threatened that more such media bans could be coming — the latest sal...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, spoke in favor of his legislation, the I&A Mission Reorientation Act on the U.S. House Floor. The legislation passed through the U.S. Hous...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK Wall Street capped an up -and- down week Friday with a mixed finish for U.S. stock indexes, as elevated bond yields and oil prices weighed on the market. The S&P 500 inched 0.2% higher after drifting between modest gains and losses for muc...
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Texas National Guard soldiers check concertina wire fence where migrants must cross through to turn themselves into Border Patrol in El Paso as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on June 1, 2024. Credit: Paul Ratje for the Texas Tribune By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas...
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SAN ANTONIO Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 264 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from September 11 through September 17, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons. Charges were brought against alien smugglers and illegal aliens wit...
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The rig count in the Permian Basin was up one this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 269 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 254 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is up four from last week at 595 rigs. A year ago, 542...
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Crude Oil: 100.30 (-1.61). Nymex MTD AVG: 97.1310. Natural Gas: 2.912 (+0.011). Gasoline: 3.5276 (+0.0203). Spreads: October/November (+4.22) November/December (+4.03). Plains WTI Posting: 96.78 (-1.61). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: September 18, 2026 appeared first on Odessa Americ...
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By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MATTHEW PERRONE The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Pentagon has rolled out formal guidance for mandatory testosterone testing for male service members 30 and older, a policy that leaves out women for now and faces questions from medical experts about th...
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announced Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide Most Favored Nation pricing to some drugs within the Medicaid program, bringing the net price of selected drugs down to prices pai...
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Saudi Arabia, long the king of the global energy industry with its dominance of OPEC and OPEC-Plus, has found itself unpleasantly embroiled in the Middle East conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis just having knocked out the Saudis’ big east-west Petroline oil pipeline. The Saudi...
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A vehicle bomb exploded Friday at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan as gunmen tried to storm the compound in an attack that killed at least 21 people and wounded 80 others, police and rescue officials said. Among those killed and woun...
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By REBECCA SANTANA The Associated Press COMSTOCK, Texas The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration’s plans ha...
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Bo French, Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission, answers a question during a Texas Republican candidate forum at the Civic Center in Canton on Jan. 17, 2026. Credit: Emil T. Lippe for The Texas Tribune By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Bo French, the rab...
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Gov. Greg Abbott speaks with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito during a ceremonial swearing in of Texas Supreme Court Justices James Sullivan and Kyle Hawkins at the Capitol in Austin on May 7, 2026. Credit: Kaylee Greenlee for The Texas Tribune By Katlyn Ma, The Texas Trib...
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER The Associated Press WASHINGTON Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at political events that mark a sharp departure from norms meant to protect the Justice Depar...
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By JONATHAN FAHEY The Associated Press NEW YORK America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers. Our enduring belief that anything is possible — whether based in reality or not — has helped the nation become the world’s largest economy. It has also led us to fall head ove...
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BALMORHEA, Texas (KOSA) - Balmorhea ISD received information on Sept. 16 that a district employee may have engaged in educator misconduct while employed at another school district during a previous school year. According to Interim Superintendent Roger Ellis, the district immedia...
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By TIM SULLIVAN The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. An immigration officer pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges that he lied to the FBI about being attacked before he shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis early this year. Immig...
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A Flock camera records drivers on the Texas 288 feeder road in Pearland on Aug. 23, 2026. Credit: Jon Shapley for The Texas Tribune By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune At Gov. Greg Abbott’s direction, the Texas Department of Transportation has stopped issuing permits allowing Flo...
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MIDLAND Bynum School is hosting its annual Fall Finds Market, where you’ll find items created with heart and dedication by adults in Lion W.O.R.K.S., their Adults Program. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 22, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Adult Programs Patio Area at...
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The Bush Family Home State Historic Site is joining other sites around the world to participate in the Worldwide Day of Play scheduled for September 26. The Worldwide Day of Play is a day set up by Nickelodeon and the Association of Children’s Museums as a day dedicated to experi...
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The Texas Legislature recently invested approximately $10 million into the Prehospital Whole Blood Pilot Program, and that program is now making its way to West Texas. This program allows Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to purchase blood for their units so they can transfuse who...
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The following is a list of recent first and second-degree felony dispositions from the Ector County District Clerk’s Office. Demonte Collins . Manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance. Guilty plea. 15 years Texas Department of Corrections. Artemio Gonzalez . Aggravated se...
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A 19-year-old Houston man was killed Thursday in a head-on collision between his Honda Accord and a semi-truck on State Highway 18 in Winkler County.
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From left: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Republican nominee for Railroad Commissioner Bo French. Credit: Pete Garcia and Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribue By Will Hammann, The Texas Tribune U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday that he will not vote for Bo French for Texas railroad commiss...
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The top official at the U.S. Postal Service has said the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week. Also, a federal ...
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The deadly collapse of a multistory building in Gaza has drawn new attention to the hardships facing Palestinians there nearly a year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas promised to kickstart reconstruction. But as talks faltered, plans for...
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The mother of a 1-year-old child who drowned last month was indicted by an Ector County grand jury Thursday on a manslaughter charge. According to the indictment, Sienna Herrera, 23, is accused of placing the child in a tub containing water and leaving her unattended. An Odessa p...
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An Odessa man released from prison a month ago was arrested Sunday after being accused of strangling and beating a woman who had just broken up with him. According to an Odessa police report, officers were dispatched to the Woodland Apartments on Tanglewood Lane around 11:30 p.m....
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A 35-year-old woman was arrested Sept. 12 after being accused of hitting an acquaintance in the head with a baseball bat in front of a witness. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to a disturbance call in the 1900 block of Santa Rosa around 6...
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FORT WORTH, Texas (THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) -- What’s left of grasslands and ranch land is black ash, tree debris and smoke. More than 23 days later, the fire in Palo Pinto and Jack counties continues to burn, but it’s fully contained, meaning response crews have eliminated all fuel al...
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TYLER, Texas (KETK) -- Gov. Greg Abbott predicted in July that Texas gas prices would fall below $2 a gallon before summer's end, but new AAA data shows the statewide average remains at $3.93, prompting renewed calls to eliminate the state's 20-cent-per-gallon gas tax. AAA report...
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A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it, as President Donald Trump has threatened. Trump said Wednesday that without his efforts to restore the aging build...
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 37 suspects arrested for alleged illegal mining were found dead in Nigerian security custody on Thursday, officials said, claiming a suspected disease outbreak was to blame. But Dauda Shehu, a survivor of the incident, told The Associated Press that...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in President Donald Trump's White House. It w...
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FRISCO, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Dallas Cowboys finished last season at 7-9-1, and after a lot of offseason changes, the fans saw a similar team on the field Sunday night against the Giants. The Cowboys would fall 28-20 to New York, and now they look to avoid their first 0-2 start...
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The Odessa Emergency Preparedness Fair will be held this Saturday, September 19, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Ector County Coliseum (Barn A), located at 4201 Andrews Highway. This free community/family event better prepares you for all types of emergencies. Several classes will be ...
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A view of the UT Tower from the business building on the UT-Austin campus during finals week on April 28, 2025. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge on Thursday dismissed the latest petition for a new trial from Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student more than three decades ago. Smart, 59, was a 22-year-old high ...
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson said giving up 36 points in a season-opening loss to the Bills wasn’t a reason to get mad but instead should be a catalyst to improve. “That’s probably the best thing that could have happened to...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK The U.S. stock market rallied to its best day in six weeks Thursday after falling oil prices and easing pressure from the bond market helped Wall Street reverse many of its moves from the prior day . The S&P 500 jumped 1.1% for just its se...
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Cameron Elementary 3rd grade teacher Alexa Serret helps students in her classroom with an assignment. (Courtesy Photo) Did you do anything fun this summer? That’s a pretty common question we’re asked during this back-to-school season. Ask Cameron Elementary 3rd grade teacher Alex...
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SAN ANGELO Angelo State University and the Alamo Colleges District on Thursday announced a new partnership to help paraprofessionals working in Texas public elementary schools take the next step toward becoming certified classroom teachers. The Texas 2-Step Teacher Certification ...
