The Odessa Jackalopes took an early lead against the Amarillo Gorillas and never let it go, winning 2-1 Sunday at the Amarillo Civic Center. Collin Circelli scored the opening goal at the 8:58 mark of the first period. Sebastien Thinel and Jeff... »
Author Jennifer Poss Taylor will be visiting Odessa to talk about the daily challenges of raising a child with special needs. "Forfeiting All Sanity: A Mother’s Story of Raising a Child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome," shows how Taylor’s family were... »
A month after Odessa police Cpls. Arlie "Lee" Jones Jr., Scott Gardner and Abel Marquez were fatally shot in September 2007, Cpl. Shawn Calendar felt the need to honor these men and ensure the preservation of their memory. "I was just going to take a... »
INDEPENDENCE, MO. Less than 24 hours after winning in a shootout, the Odessa Jackalopes lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Missouri Mavericks Saturday night at the Independence Events Center. Even in the loss, however, the Jackalopes earned one point,... »
The Odessa College softball team split its home-and-home four-game series with Howard College this weekend. The Lady Wranglers lost the first two games in Big Spring on Friday 6-1 and 11-2, and won their two home games Saturday 3-2 and 5-4. The first... »
The University of Texas Petroleum Extension Service has scheduled three upcoming courses at its West Texas Training Center in Odessa A class on petroleum fundamentals takes place April 12 through 16 at PETEX’s facility, on UTPB’s south campus,... »
Odessa is one of a number of cities that have joined together to plan a West Texas regional group tour website. According to a news release, the site began as a partnership between Midland, Fort Davis and the Texas Mountain Trail. It now involves... »
Sandie Stanford-Teague watches intently as her welding torch licks the metal of a pipe. One booth over, her daughter works with her torch in Odessa College’s welding class. Stanford-Teague and her daughter, Lark Stanford, never expected to be going... »
By day he’s an Odessa lawyer. By night — at least one night a week — Mike Holmes is spinning records, taking the rare phone call and living his love of jazz, playing a variety of songs from his own personal massive collection. He’s done the... »
THE STORY: The FBI has unearthed new evidence in the Yolanda Jean Madden proceedings that could turn the contentious case on its head and land the Odessa woman back in federal prison before she is retried. Prosecutors said the evidence contradicts... »
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