A 39-year-old Odessa man accused of putting an Odessa police officer in a choke hold last week was arrested Saturday on multiple misdemeanor and felony charges. According to an Odessa Police ...

This is the first of a series of look backs at the previous 65 years of the crosstown rivalry between Odessa High and Permian. The Odessa American will be looking back at five different games from ...

The 47th class of Leadership Odessa will commence on Tuesday, October 1, with a Welcome Reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, 700 N. Grant, Suite 200. This incoming class ...

A funeral procession for the fallen Department of Public Safety Trooper, Kevin Ramirez Vasquez, will be held on October 1 at ...

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ronald W. Forrester, a 25-year-old from Odessa, was piloting a night combat mission over North ...

Set photos from Timothée Chalamet's 'Marty Supreme' have leaked online, showing the young actor in costume for the movie ...

Kevin Alexis Ramirez Vasquez, a Texas DPS trooper and U.S. Army veteran, has died after being hit by a vehicle while on duty ...

Trooper Ramirez Vasquez was a true servant leader and a man of valor, honor and purpose,” the Texas Department of Public ...

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Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez was working a crash scene in Notrees when he was struck by a vehicle while ...

The Department of Public Safety said one of its troopers injured while investigating another traffic crash died on Saturday.

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