The possibility of young girls growing up to play professional tackle football is the vision Odessa Jenkins had in mind when ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

A lot of history is contained in the walls of a church in Odessa that had its last known event a decade ago, before it closed ...

Playing their second doubleheader against a Class 6A program at Morris Southall Field in three days, the Brownwood Lions were ...

The city of Odessa is introducing an initiative that allows community members to get be actively involved with maintaining ...

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An Odessa resident has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison for sexually abusing two children under the age of 13.

To create opportunities for others who shared her goal, Odessa Jenkins started her own professional full-contact league for ...

Around 40 residents gathered Thursday to hear from four candidates vying for Odessa’s mayoral seat: Dustin Carnes, Ron ...

The Odessa Police Department has arrested a man in connection with a drive-by shooting that happened earlier this month. Jose ...

An Odessa man who pleaded guilty to rape and other sexual crimes against two children under the age of 13 has been sentenced ...

The National Incident-Based Reporting System statistics show Crimes Against Persons were down 25.88% compared to 2023.