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Over the last couple days, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension hosted water well screenings for residents and well owners in the ...

According to an affidavit of arrest, Leonard, 35, is currently in the Ector County Jail with a $200,000 ... something to the effect of "I just want you to feel good." This statement is interpreted ...

For the second time in four years an Odessa doctor has been issued a criminal trespass warning by a hospital. Dr. Richard Bartlett was issued a trespass warning by Lubbock's Covenant Health last week, ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- A former Hood Junior High School ... such as these seriously and will work to prosecute those involved when necessary. You’ll find that full statement below: “In April ...

Cleveland County Commissioners adopted a minimum public health and safety standards during a recent meeting. The ordinances stirred up some controversary online with people questioning about whether ...

All you have to do is work out what genre of show you'd like to watch. When entering the Netflix URL into the web browser, select the code from the list below and add it into the URL, for example ...

Jack Black’s Steve’s Lava Chicken from A Minecraft Movie has become the shortest song ever to enter the UK singles chart ... fans for getting us up there – it’s insane. Love you.” Black stars in the ...

If Prop A and B are passed, they will provide full-time fire and EMS coverage for areas outside the Odessa city limits.

The Ector County Independent School District has received its accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency for the ...

Several Orange County commissioners, bringing up civil rights concerns, expressed reluctance to enter into a formal agreement with ICE last month. The agreement, known as a 287(g), like those ...