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The Odessa College softball team swept El Paso Community College to complete the regular season and finish undefeated in Western Junior College Athletic Conference play Saturday at Wrangler Softball ...

There is truly nothing more dramatic than the wild world of sports. With some of the greatest movies ever made centered ...

After fleeing Silicon Valley for political and business reasons, Elon Musk is building a corporate campus in rural Texas – but his ... anti-meritocratic and anti-free speech ideas.

Here are which national parks you can visit in Texas for free on Saturday, April 19. The cliffs of Santa Elena Canyon rise above the river in Big Bend National Park along the Rio Grande River on ...

Odessa, Texas -- Just like people in any other part of the world, pretty much everyone loves a good buffet. Whether it's a pizza buffet, a Chinese food buffet, or a cafeteria-style buffet, people love ...

Odessa, Texas -- When it comes to Odessa, the thought of actually being in and standing in the 432 doesn't cross the minds of most people, especially big-name celebrities. Many see our small part of ...

This year’s slate of films promises a little something for everyone. With a mix of highly anticipated comic book reboots, adaptations from best-selling novels and sequels to original projects ...

The day was a wonderful learning experience about the impact of music and a chance to serve the community. Based in Odessa, Texas, the Odessa American was founded in 1940.

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- More than five years after a deadly gas leak claimed the lives of Jacob and Natalee Dean, three parties, an oilfield company, a subcontractor, and a company executive have ...

TEXAS (KFDX/KJTL) — Do you have any old home movies or media still on film, VHS tapes, or DVDs? The shelf life of this physical media is shorter than you may think. But there’s a free way to ...