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 experiencing joyful lea...
schools
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...
News
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...
schools
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...
government
The Odessa City Council took another step toward increasing the property tax rate for FY’26-‘27 by 4.26% during a special meeting Wednesday night while also voting 5-1 to increase utility rates by 3% across the board. A final vote on both is scheduled for Tuesday night. If approv...
safety
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...
safety
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...
Local
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...
safety
A driver died Thursday evening in a crash involving a Honda Accord and a commercial vehicle on State Highway 18 in Winkler County, Texas, which also led to the arrest of another individual during the emergency response....
government
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 ...
safety
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...
