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The Ector County Commissioners' Court on Tuesday is considering a budget for an in-house paver to modify roads in the county.

The cases include two young infants, one too young to be vaccinated and the other recently vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, ...

An Odessa couple was arrested last weekend after investigators said their children were found sleeping in a vehicle early ...

An Odessa man was arrested late last month after the mother of his unborn child called for help through a neighbor’s Ring ...

The Texas measles outbreak has reached 400 cases. Ector County reports new cases and potential exposure sites.

Mar. 27—The Health Department has confirmed the fourth case of measles in Ector County, the first case was in an infant too young to be vaccinated, the second case was a child who was recently ...

An Odessa teenager was hospitalized in Lubbock Wednesday following a rollover crash that left another 16-year-old dead ...

Ector County Commissioners on Tuesday will address county speed limits during its 10 a.m. meeting at the county annex. The agenda indicates the court will consider standardizing the speed limit in the ...

On Thursday the health department announced that two new positive cases have been confirmed in Ector County, bringing the ...

Two people were arrested after two preschoolers were found sleeping alone in a car in Texas. Martha Aguilar, 30, and ...