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A burglary in progress call at Phoenix Drilling resulted in the arrest of three people after copper theft operation bust.

Jacob Rodriguez, 19, was arrested for multiple charges and has been booked into jail on a combined $150,000 bond.

An Ector County man was arrested Tuesday after investigators said he got into an altercation with a family member and then ...

Early Wednesday morning, the Ector County Sheriff's Office arrested three individuals involved in a large-scale copper theft ...

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

Rodriguez reached for the gun and the deputy that was going to pat Rodriguez down, got into a “physical altercation” with ...

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

A four-vehicle crash in Ector County resulted in one fatality and one serious injury early Tuesday morning, according to the ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety, in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies, made over 20 arrests and rescued ...

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