On Tuesday, Ector County commissioners voted to put creating two emergency services districts on the May ballot. The districts would provide Fire and EMS in unincorporated parts of the county. Only ...

An Odessa man out on bond after his December arrest in which he was accused of harming an Ector County Sheriff’s Office K-9 ...

After news of the flu outbreak in the jail, their medical department advised them to shut down for multiple days.

After being indicted for the distributing charge, Dennis Matias had a court date in December of 2024 that he failed to show up to. On Thursday, he was rearrested.

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ODESSA, Texas — A traffic stop on a truck pulling a trailer with expired registration in Odessa led to the arrest of a murder ...

The Ector County jail has temporarily closed to visitation amid a rise of flu cases among inmates in the facility. Sheriff ...

The Ector County Jail is closing visitation due to a flu outbreak in the facility. Tulsi Gabbard receives a round of applause ...

An Odessa man who pleaded guilty to two counts of Intoxication Manslaughter last week was sentenced by an Ector County jury ...

to the west of the Ector County Detention Center, to be new grounds for additional plots. While this was not a unanimous decision as only myself, Commissioner Hall, and Commissioner Gardner voted ...

Caron had been held in Cape May County Jail since Wednesday, Jan. 15, when she was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The fifth-grade ...