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A Cuban couple living in Odessa and accused of sexually assaulting their infant daughter has been indicted by an Ector County ...

The Ector County Commissioners Court is advancing plans for the new courthouse, with Precincts 1, 3, and 4 providing updates during Tuesday’s three-hour meeting.

In an effort to gauge public opinion, newly elected Samantha Russell recently sent out a survey to voters in Precinct 3, ...

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – At Tuesday’s commissioner’s court meeting, the Ector County Commissioners voted on agenda item 27. That vote resulted in the decision that the county annex building would ...

At Tuesday’s commissioner’s court meeting, the Ector County Commissioners voted on agenda item 27. That vote resulted in the ...

As far as the new case, we don't have any details yet. NewsWest 9 attended the Ector County Commissioners' Court meeting and one of the topics on the agenda were measles cases. The county's health ...

Tue, February 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM UTC ‘Enough is enough’: Europe’s leaders are piling pressure on the EU to release $200 billion of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine Elon Musk’s directive to ...

Ector County officials are set to vote tomorrow on a long-awaited agenda item: deciding which offices will be housed in the new courthouse. Trump approves deployment of European troops to Ukraine ...

With the latest update, one additional case has been reported in Ector County and three cases have been reported in nearby Martin County. Currently, there are seven infections that have been ...

According to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Ector County District Court, Mario Ornelas, a 53-year-old Hispanic disabled veteran, believes he was wrongfully terminated from the county’s IT ...

According to the latest numbers released from the Texas Health and Human Services report for the Texas measles outbreak, one infection has been reported in Ector County. Of the 90 identified ...