Odessa

Texas had 3,866 water boil notices in 2021, the most in the last decade. Aging water systems threaten water supply and quality — and for many small towns across the state, they won’t be cheap to repair.

The outage left about 165,000 people without water in Odessa and some surrounding areas. It has been attributed to a main line break in the city’s aging water system and comes amid a dayslong heat wave.

Officials haven’t specified what caused the break, but say the broken line is about 60 years old.

As the governor prepares to open “Texas 100%” this Wednesday and end the statewide mask mandate, many of the state’s biggest cities say they will not go along fully. But leaders in the state’s rural areas are welcoming the changes.

The gender pay gap is bigger in Texas, where woman earn 79.4% of what men earn on average.

Police reports describe concerns eight years ago that the gunman who killed seven and wounded 25 last month in West Texas might have been planning an…

The gunman who killed seven people in West Texas over Labor Day weekend was arrested in 2001 for trying to break into a woman's bedroom after threatening…

Gov. Greg Abbott has issued eight executive orders in response to the El Paso and Odessa-Midland mass shootings that happened just weeks apart, his office…

A line of white crosses dotted an empty lot on an otherwise busy road in south Odessa. The memorial went up several days after a shooting rampage killed...

From Texas Standard : Students in Odessa returned to class on Tuesday, many of them dressed in yellow. It was planned by Odessa High School’s student...

As authorities continue their investigation into Saturday's shooting rampage, stories of the victims of the attack are coming to light. Seven people were…

From Texas Standard: Odessa Mayor David Turner says the aftermath of the mass shooting in his city has been difficult and community members are in shock...