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Ector County ISD Police are spreading holiday cheer through Operation Blue Santa, delivering gifts and hope to 11 local ...

Ector County and the state of Texas are seeing a rise in Pertussis or whooping cough cases during the holiday season.

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The U.S. Marshals Service, in coordination with the Odessa Police Department, Ector County ...

Jose Marcelleno, 53, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Guadalupe Paredes, 32, back in April of 1996. An Ector County ...

Director of the Ector County Health Department, Brandy Garcia, said, “It will start developing a pretty significant cough and ...

ECTOR COUNTY — Ashley Danielle Hillin, 37, of Midland has been indicted and charged for the June 25 Gardendale crash that ...

The bald eagle, indigenous to North America, is said to be a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more ...

Uncle Sam, a 25-year-old bald eagle, sits on his perch in front of a U.S. flag Sept. 11, 2013, before the Extreme Raptors ...

At least one Republican elected official is critical of the decrease in safety inspections. “With the safety concerns that we ...