Cory Shane Castillo, 33, has been charged with sexual assault, child grooming and possession of child pornography.

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ODESSA, Texas — Odessa Fire Rescue (OFR) has been fighting two huge fires in a matter of days. "The apartment fire, the RV's that caught fire, the four RV's, the five vehicles and the storage ...

The National Weather Service in Midland confirmed that the destruction was not caused by a tornado but by straight-line winds ...

That being the case, Odessa Fire Rescue Chief John Alvarez will soon ask the Odessa City Council to hire a firm to confirm his suspicions — Odessa needs two or three new fire stations.

Odessa Firefighter Cory S. Castillo, 33, was placed on leave after his arrest for sexual child assault and other offenses.

Odessa Fire Rescue took on 15 new hires on Friday, the most at one time in recent history, which was marked by a badge pinning ceremony at Central Fire Station. New hires ranged from firefighters ...

County leaders have stepped in to help the community of Pleasant Farms after an early morning storm destroyed homes and left many people displaced. Ector County ...

Odessa police arrested Cory Shane Castillo on multiple child sex crime charges after an investigation involving a local high ...

An independent review of the Odessa Fire Rescue cadet program found that cadets were subjected to hazing while in the program in 2022. Firefighter cadets were ordered to crawl across a parking lot ...

ODESSA, Texas – Video from Odessa Fire Rescue shows a train slamming into an unoccupied pickup truck that had just been involved in a deadly crash. The Texas Department of Public Safety was ...