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Anthony Maldonado, a former Odessa High Broncho, is making his debut in the 4th U.S. Adaptive Open Championship after ...

The High School Football season is less than two months away, with the first Friday night of football falling on August 29th.

District 2-6A has been pretty competitive from top to bottom the past couple of seasons. Case in point? All four district ...

ODESSA, Texas — Juneteenth festivities officially began Wednesday in Odessa as the Black Cultural Council of Odessa launched its 26th annual opening ceremony complete with cowboy hats, boots and ...

Lohmeyer's 2025 baseball stats included a .613 on-base percentage, 1.381 on-base plus slugging percentage, four homers, and a team-high 25 RBIs. But perhaps most eye-popping of his stats were 14 ...

The two-vehicle collision on State Highway 158 in Midland County on Monday, resulted in the death of 54-year-old Cameron C. Cook of Odessa.

Michael Bauer|Odessa American Gov. Greg Abbott says the U.S. Supreme Court was supremely wrong when it ruled Wednesday that high-level nuclear waste can be stored 32 miles west of Andrews.

After a 1-yard TD run by Odessa Permian’s J.P. Uranga and a 4-yard TD run by LHS teammate Andrew Hodge gave the Blue Team a 14-0 lead, Rogers connected with one of his favorite targets from high ...