A naturalized citizen, along with other business leaders, are working to create new resources for undocumented people living ...

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Fernando Mendoza Jr. was charged for critically shooting two people. His stepbrother, Rene Mendoza Jr., died during the ...

Delaware State Police have identified the 58-year-old man from Bear who was killed in a head-on, wrong-way crash near Odessa ...

The Odessa College Board of Trustees has officially approved a proposition to present a $325 million bond initiative to ...

Odessa Police Department (OPD) detectives received information in the month of February that a man identified as 20-year-old ...

Tonight, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, along with Oded Lifshitz, were returned to Israel after being killed while in Hamas captivity.

The City of Odessa's Municipal Court will close at noon today, Wednesday, February 19, and remain closed tomorrow, Thursday, ...

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former U.S. Department of Labor chief economist, and Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan ...

An Odessa College student has earned national recognition as a 2025 DREAM Scholar, a prestigious honor awarded by Achieving ...

Bagel, a lamb, and Masazhik, a cat, have been named the 'Couple of the Year – 2025' at Odessa Zoo in Ukraine. Their unique bond touched visitors and the online community. The award was announced ...

The Odessa Police Department is investigating a shooting that left two people injured and one dead earlier this week.