He ran and was elected District Attorney of Ector County, Texas from 1983 until 2006 when he was appointed Judge of 161st ...

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After serving as a juror earlier this year, our photographer, Justin Escobedo, wanted to learn more about a key player in all ...

Four years later after a devastating winter storm swept through Texas, not a single witness deposition has been taken and not ...

Ector County Commissioners have voted to put a measure on the May 2025 ballot to create fire and EMS services for ...

On Tuesday, Ector County commissioners voted to put creating two emergency services districts on the May ballot. The ...

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

The Ector County Commissioners Court has a busy Tuesday agenda for the first meeting of February. The meeting is scheduled at 10 a.m. at the Courthouse Annex. A public hearing will be held on the ...

Ector County ISD names Keeley Boyer as the sole finalist for superintendent, following her role as interim superintendent ...

As newly appointed district judges in Minnesota’s First Judicial District, they’ll step into the shoes of McLeod County judges Terrence E. Conkel and Michael R. Savre. Conkel and Savre ...

ECTOR COUNTY – An Odessa man is dead following a four-vehicle crash in Ector County Tuesday morning, according to a press release by Sergeant Steven Blanco. The incident occurred at aroung 6:20 a.m.

Ector County Commissioners and architects and engineers began discussions Wednesday on various configurations of a new courthouse. This was the first of many workshops to be held on the subject, ...