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On June 1, Ukraine targeted several Russian air bases using first-person view (FPV) drones, cheap aerial vehicles which are ...

A Justice Department spokesperson says the 66-year-old Odessa man could get up to 30 years in federal prison. Sentencing hasn't been scheduled yet. Campbell admitted to sexually abusing eight orphans ...

Kansas City man seriously hurt after being ejected from car in southern MO crash The MSHP reported that the Mazda, driven by a 48-year-old Odessa man, was the first car to hit the woman ...

ODESSA, Texas — A 33-year-old Odessa man has been arrested for crimes related to the sexual assault of a child, according to the Odessa Police Department. Cory Shane Castillo faces charges of sexual ...

A 50-year-old Odessa man was arrested last week after his wife told officers he’d tried to set her on fire. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers responded to a disturbance ...

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ODESSA, Texas — NewsWest 9 is learning new details about a crash at 42nd Street and Englewood Lane Friday morning that took the life of a 19-year-old Odessan motorcyclist. At 10:47 a.m., the ...

UPDATE: Odessa Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash Friday morning as 19-year-old Jordan Richard of Odessa. According to the department, the crash happened around 10:47 a.m. on ...

Car groups have confirmed that the building which caught fire at Bicester Motion last night was a vintage car hangar. The tragic incident has taken the lives of three people, two firefighters and ...

Odessa Police and Odessa Fire Rescue were called out to the crash site at 10:47 a.m. China fires warning at US treaty ally US set to kill off tech that cuts car engines at red lights Tornadoes ...