Isaiah Dominique Renteria was found guilty of murdering a man identified as 49-year-old Shawn McCracken. He was sentenced to ...

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With votes tallied and the winner officially announced Tuesday night, the city of Odessa will have a new mayor in Cal Hendrick. Hendrick beat out current sitting Mayor Javier Joven who was seeking a ...

An Ector County jury has convicted a man of murder in the 2022 shooting death of a homeless man. Isaiah Renteria has been ...

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One day after Cal Hendrick won the Odessa mayor race and two new city council members were elected, Odessa locals are speaking out about how they feel following Election Day. Tommy Henderson is ...

From engaging with representatives to joining advocacy groups, there are numerous ways to continue participating in democracy and shaping policy after the polls close.

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 ...

The Texas-Oklahoma boundary was redrawn in Lake Texoma, moving a pump station fully back into Texas and securing water ...

are the latest change prompted by an NBC News investigation that revealed how the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth cut up and leased out the remains of hundreds of ...

On the night of November 7, Russian occupants attacked Odesa with attack drones. The attack caused damage in the city, and a man was injured, according to the head of the Odesa Regional Military ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- We started off cool Wednesday morning with lows in the upper 50s and low 60s. That won't be the same Thursday morning. Increasing humidity levels will help us start out in ...