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ODESSA — On Tuesday, Cal Hendrick defeating the incumbent Javier Joven in the city of Odessa mayoral race. According to the ...

Pease Elementary credits the use of adaptive learning through AI software for its reintroduction of three grade levels.

Griselda Montes, a fourth-grade bilingual teacher from Murry Fly Elementary, was recently named the winner of the “Elementary Educator of the Year” award from Summit K12. Montes, now in her 29th year ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Cal Hendrick is the newly elected mayor of Odessa. This comes after the highly anticipated Nov. 5 election victory over current Mayor Javier Joven.

Early voting shows challenger Cal Hendrick ahead of incumbent Javier Joven for mayor. Unofficial early voting totals show Hendrick with 14,726 votes to Joven's 6,816. In Ector County, 29,381 voters ...

Tuesday was another electoral blowout in which Democrats underperformed expectations, weakening their case that Texas is a battleground state worthy of investment and attention from the national party ...

Four Republicans prevailed in five contested Texas State Board of Education races Tuesday night, solidifying a GOP majority ...

The defeat of the proposition means both groups it was designed to support—the patients facing delays in reaching MCH and the city taxpayers footing the bill for county-wide services—will continue to ...

Republican Michael Baumgartner won election to a U.S. House seat representing Washington on Wednesday, holding the open seat for his party. The former state senator is serving his second term as ...

Director of Athletics Dan Bartholomae speaks with News 8. (Nov. 6, 2024) Its going to be a brief warm day in the West Texas ...