The hospital board debated the rushed appointment of a District 5 member, resulting in a tie vote to reconsider the decision.

Some students across Ector County Independent School District will not be allowed to walk the stage for graduation this year ...

The Ector County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents on a recent scam. According to the release, the scammer is using one ...

An Ector County jury convicted an Odessa man Monday of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of his wife and sentenced him to 40 years in prison. According to an Ector County Sheriff's Office report, ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Three men whose cases NewsWest 9 has been following were indicted in the month of April for aggravated ...

An ex-convict was arrested Thursday after a search of a residence on Melody Lane turned up 842 grams of methamphetamine. According to an Ector County Sheriff's Office report, the sheriff's department ...

An Ector County jury has convicted an Odessa man of murder in connection with the 2022 death of Arely Sotelo Navarrette.

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Samuel Chavira was found guilty and sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday for the 2022 Odessa murder ...

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A lawsuit claims an Odessa High principal ran over a 14-year-old student with an ATV during recess, seeking up to $1 million ...

On Saturday, voters in the Big Bend and Permian Basin rejected funding proposals for education and water infrastructure and ...