After being indicted for the distributing charge, Dennis Matias had a court date in December of 2024 that he failed to show ...

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After news of the flu outbreak in the jail, their medical department advised them to shut down for multiple days.

An Ector County grand jury has indicted the mother of a newborn found dead in a toilet on a capital murder count. The woman remains in the Ector County jail on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

The 25th edition of Empty Bowls is coming up from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 22 at the new West Texas Food Bank Volunteer Center, 411 S. Pagewood Ave., in Odessa. A fundraiser for the food bank, the event ...