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The family of 16-year-old Juan Rios, an Odessa teenage killed after he was ejected during a rollover crash earlier this week, ...

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

In this week's Basin Bites, we visited Benito's, an Italian restaurant in Odessa that offers some of the most authentic ...

In a bid to create the next “cult-classic,” Searchlight Pictures offers up “O’Dessa,” a neon cyberpunk rock opera starring Sadie Sink (“Stranger Things”) as ...

Sadie Sink plays a musician with a revolutionary destiny in Geremy Jasper's sci-fi rock opera. Read the Empire review.

In a social media post on Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025, the OPP said Allana was last seen 10 days earlier on Monday, Mar. 17, 2025 ...

The Women’s National Football Conference is breaking barriers and redefining the game of football. TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer hits the field with founder Odessa Jenkins to learn more about the WNFC’s ...

Ukraine is unlikely to sign a mineral agreement with the United States next week, the Financial Times reports, citing three ...

With both teams battling for a playoff spot, the Amarillo Wranglers kept their small postseason hopes alive with a 4-1 win against the Odessa Jackalopes Thursday at Ector County Coliseum. Going into ...