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Los Angeles County has reached a tentative $828 million agreement to settle more than 400 additional sexual abuse claims ...

It might start with a cassette deck that streams Spotify and charges your phone. It doesn’t have to stop there. In the design ...

ODESSA, Texas — Jacob Daily, a man accused of killing his coworker and friend, Adam Beltran, in May of 2024 in Odessa, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 75 years in prison.

Aleese Fielder is making a return to the market where she began her career as Market President for Townsquare Media’s Midland-Odessa, TX, cluster. Fielder joins Townsquare from NRG Media Wausau, where ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – The Special Olympics Texas Fall Classic has wrapped up in the Midland/Odessa area for the second straight year. Athletes of all ages traveled from around the state to ...

ODESSA, Texas — For 12 years, Frew Bogale has been leading the Midland-Odessa Kidane Mihret organization, trying to find a permanent place for his community to worship. There's no Ethiopian Orthodox ...

Frew Bogale, president of the Midland-Odessa Kidane Mihret Organization, is asking for help to build the first Ethiopian Orthodox church in the Permian Basin. Missouri mom shot, stabbed 16-year-old ...

Officials from the City of Odessa, Ector County, City of Midland and Midland County announced the Basin Beautification Project at the CEED Building Thursday. Representatives from all four entities ...

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Ollie’s Bargain Store is officially open to the public at both of its locations in Midland and Odessa. The discounted store is one of the largest in the country, opening up ...

MIDLAND, Texas — Law enforcement has arrested multiple people, including two men in Midland, who are allegedly a part of gas pump skimming schemes that span throughout the State of Texas. The multiple ...