In the days after Christmas in 1990, a quiet settled over a West Odessa home on Clendenin Street. The people Kathleen lived ...

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

For many older adults, the holidays bring more quiet than celebration. Meals on Wheels of Odessa says one in two seniors living alone cannot afford basic ...

Police said a 15-year-old planned to shoot his ex-girlfriend outside of school but changed his mind and instead went to her ...

A Texas teen has been charged with killing his ex-girlfriend’s mother and two younger siblings, ages 13 and 9, authorities ...

Shock and grief have gripped Odessa, Texas, after a mother and her two children—a 13-year-old daughter and 9-year-old ...

An unhinged Texas teen is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s mother and her two younger siblings in what police described ...

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

With the rise in juvenile crime in the area, Ector County Judge Dustin Fawcett is trying to build a task force to help kids ...

A 15-year-old boy is in custody after allegedly committing a brutal triple homicide in Odessa, Texas, killing his ...

The Odessa community is still trying to understand how a teenage conflict led to one of the most shocking crimes of the year.

A 15-year-old boy is charged with capital murder after police say he fatally shot his ex-girlfriend’s mother and two siblings ...