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Today's local briefing from The Odessa — the last 24 hours of news for Odessa, Texas.
53 stories · updated 7:18 AM UTC
- Texas allows dyed diesel on roads as fuel prices surge
- Feds OK $330K for safe drinking water in colonias near Laredo, Cuellar says
- Paxton open to legal worker programs if border is secure, tells Hispanic business leaders
- Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not 'fake news'
- Odessan arrested on assault charge
- Man facing aggravated assault charge
- Texas Size Garage Sale is back
- Missing Person Update
- Haunted by NBA Finals defeat, Wembanyama, Spurs driven to complete mission of being league’s best
- HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: OHS back at home for the first time in nearly a month
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UTPB’s Leiataua named LSC Defensive Player of the Week
- 4 Arrests Made in Connection to Stolen Vehicle Investigation
- TTUHSC, UMC Health System cancer initiative expands treatment options through new technology
- Bond yields crank higher and pull US stocks further from their record
- Nvidia is touting a software tool to contain runaway AI. How would it work?
- Texans stumble to 0-3 again after a loss to the previously winless Colts
- West Texas Symphony to perform ‘Pines of Rome’
- OPD is Hiring!
- Abbott declares disaster in Texas over diesel prices, waives restrictions on commercial shipping
- DAILY OIL PRICE: September 28, 2026
- Texas Veterans Commission launches Texas Veterans Access, creating a simpler path to access essential services
- Texas coach Sarkisian says Longhorns need to cut out unacceptable celebrations after big plays
- The 5th Annual Big Bend Bluegrass Festival returns to Alpine
- Energy leaders note spikes in national and Basin oil rig counts
- IDEA Public Schools offers free supper through state food program
- Camp Mystic seeks to sell the property in bankruptcy as legal problems grow
- SEC says No. 17 Tennessee’s onside kick against top-ranked Texas should have been a penalty
- What to Stream: Quavo album, ‘East of Eden’ series and ‘Minecraft Dungeons II’
- Abbott waives dyed-diesel restrictions
- High-income shoppers drive Walmart and Dollar Tree’s growth
- TEXAS VIEW: Appellate court ruling in Melissa Lucio case won’t change many minds
- Celebrate the return of fall with one-pot ratatouille spaghetti
- City of Odessa Announces Change to Ambulance Billing Services
- Freddy’s opens Tuesday in Odessa
- Anthropic and OpenAI sound the alarm on AI safety — and seek to shape how it’s controlled
- SpaceX’s supersized Starship launches into orbit for the first time but flight ends early
- Special Olympics 5K Torch Run
- CHAREN: What’s the matter with Kansas’ senators?
- Paxton, Talarico spar over gas tax suspension amid rising prices
- Midland senior living community to host Oktoberfest celebration Oct. 8
- Lockdown changed the grocery cart, but it didn’t last
- HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Compass Academy to host Coahoma Tuesday at home
- Tropical Storm Hanna forms in the Atlantic Ocean and isn't threatening land
- The Latest: Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards
- City announces change to ambulance billing services
- Flores family agrees to pay additional $2.5M in civil penalties for defrauding US
- HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: OHS and Permian to face each other in crosstown rivalry
- Deadline to register to vote in November General Election is October 5
- Midland-Odessa weekly gas price update: September 28, 2026
- Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost