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The Midland ISD board of trustees will consider turning over four more of its elementary schools to a charter school operator ...

The Legacy and Midland High baseball teams both lost their opening series of the District 2-6A schedule, while Midland High ...

The San Angelo Central High School baseball team swept a District 2-6A doubleheader against Midland Legacy at Nathan Donsky Field on Friday to win the three-game series 2-1. After dropping the series ...

Fourth-year students from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine on Friday were matched to residency programs across the state and nation amid tears of joy and hugs. The ...

Becoming principal at the new IDEA Lopez campus in Odessa is a gratifying milestone for Larry D. Moore II. "I'm just really, really excited. I feel like, on a personal level, it's just the fulfillment ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Legislature has endorsed a bill that would raise royalty rates for new petroleum development ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Anna Wypych delivered a performance befitting of a Miss Basketball award winner. (March 21, 2025) Anna Wypych delivered a ...

Legislative approval was the culmination of a yearslong effort backed by Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard to increase top-tier royalty rates. A year ago, Garcia Richard put a hold on ...

Citing safety concerns, Neil Young said he won’t be kicking off his new world tour with a free concert in Ukraine.