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The Odessa Police Department has released more information about a vehicle-pedestrian crash that occurred Wednesday evening. OPD said that at about 10:33pm on ... Read More

Reports have been made of a fire in Odessa near West 35th Street and Kermit Highway. According to our reporters at the scene, as of 4:30 p.m., the fire has been put out by first responders. The cause ... Read More

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety ... a.m. and was struck by a Ford F-350 being driven by a 28-year-old Odessa man who tried unsuccessfully to avoid hitting him. Read More

MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas - Twenty-four-year-old Franklin Azuaje of Midland died after being hit by 28-year-old Devon Gibson of Odessa, who was driving a 2023 Ford F-350, on State Highway 191 at ... Read More

Texas DPS says the State Trooper was responding to a motor vehicle crash call traveling east on W University with lights and sirens activated when a pickup truck hit the patrol unit. Investigators ... Read More