The UTPB women’s soccer team returns to the Permian Basin in search of its first win of the season when it plays at 6 tonight against future Heartland Conference opponent McMurry at Falcon Field. The Lady Falcons (0-3) have been outscored 5-1 at...

The following is a list of felony criminal activities reported to the police. Numbered addresses of locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block. BURGLARY OF A BUILDING >> 7-Eleven, 3660 W. Eighth St., reported someone took...

An Odessa man was arrested and charged with robbery after being accused of demanding money from a mobile phone store after a spat with the manager. According to an Odessa Police Department news release, 29-year-old Hugo Herman Moolenaar Jr. demanded...

A second person died Sunday from injuries suffered during a Saturday car wreck that already claimed a life. Melissa Ann Alvarado, 30, died from her injuries Sunday after a head-on collision early Saturday morning on North West Loop 338 killer her...

The man accused of shooting two people to death and injuring another person in Grandfalls last week was released from the hospital Sunday and was being held in the Ward County Jail. Rodney Wayne Crawford, 28, is accused of shooting 31-year-old...

An autopsy has been scheduled Thursday for the body of a woman found at 2 Opal Circle this weekend. Police have said the death is not being considered a homicide. Melissa Crowe, a forensic death investigator with the Ector County Medical Examiner’s...

The Ector County Commissioners took their final vote Monday on the county’s budget for the beginning of the upcoming fiscal year, and also approved the tax rate.Starting Oct. 1, the county will operate on a $57,161,822 budget that has 4 percent pay...

The Odessa American website will see some changes Tuesday as it transitions to a content management system by TownNews.com.The new website is scheduled to go live Tuesday at about 3 p.m. and, due to the transition, faulty links and technological...

Were you shocked when at least 50 percent of the delegates to the Democratic Convention appeared to vote “nay” on recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and reinserting God into the platform? Admittedly, it was high drama — a truly...

A fixture of Odessa’s religious community for more than 30 years, the Rev. Roger McNeil is now setting his sights on the Odessa City Council District 1 seat. McNeil made a last minute filing for candidacy on Aug. 20, the filing deadline, hoping to...

As the Ector County Independent School District’s record enrollment continues to increase, classroom crowding and school capacity are becoming an even larger challenge schools are learning to address.This year the district has more than 29,500...

Challenges under the Voting Rights Act are always contentious and, as far as the evidence goes, often contradictory. This was especially true in July when a three-judge federal panel heard the case on the voter ID law in Texas. Attorneys presented...

We have heard many times from President Barack Obama how he plans to raise taxes on "millionaires and billionaires," but not on the middle class. Apparently, if you don't happen to be a millionaire or billionaire, you don't have to worry.But the...

I am writing to you about the article you did in the Aug. 31 Odessa American “Base Water Rate Amount Draws Scrutiny.” I do not believe that it is so much the water rates going up we should be concerned about as it is the fact that people are not...

 Evelyn Stroder, retired English teacher from Crane, is a bright light in the world of teaching children the basic skills of reading and writing.  I’m sorry she can’t be cloned and sent to Austin, over and over again.    Mrs. Stroder’s...

U.S. Navy Seaman André Johnson is greeted by his mother, Sandra Johnson of Odessa, and the Permian Basin Welcome Home Committee upon his arrival Sept. 2 at the Midland International Airport. Johnson is a fireman machinist mate in Navy. After his...

A swearing-in ceremony took place on Aug. 28 in the courtroom of Judge Sylvia Chavez’s child protection court. CASA is a national volunteer movement which allows trained volunteers to act as a ‘voice in court’ for abused and neglected children....