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The Odessa American is a newspaper based in Odessa, Texas, that serves Odessa and the rest of Ector County. [ 2 ] The paper is particularly notable for its Pulitzer Prize -winning picture of Baby Jessica McClure when she was rescued from her well in neighboring Midland, Texas .
Noël worked to establish the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, which opened in Odessa with barely a thousand students in 1973. [3] In 1974, Noël and his wife, the former Ellen Witwer (March 21, 1914 – May 1, 2008), [2] with an initial outlay of $245,525, endowed the Ellen and Bill Noël Scholarship Fund at UTPB.
Harry Wesley Bass Jr. (January 6, 1927 – April 4, 1998), [1] was an American businessman, coin collector, and philanthropist. He was active in the Texas Republican Party during the late 1950s when the state was still dominated by the Democratic Party.
Oct. 22—An Odessa woman has been charged in connection to the September death of a DPS trooper in Ector County. Laura Lorena Rodriguez was booked into the Ector County Detention Center Tuesday ...
Dec. 1—The following is a list of recent first and second-degree felony dispositions from the Ector County District Clerk's Office. Jacobrian Mancha. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The city's main daily broadsheet newspaper is the Odessa American. A total of 124 listed radio stations broadcast in West Texas, [46] which includes Midland/Odessa, Abilene, San Angelo and Alpine. Most notable broadcasts in Odessa are KFZX Classic Rock (102.1 FM), KMRK My Country (96.1 FM) and KXWT Marfa Public Radio (91.3 FM).
The plane clipped power lines and then crashed "mostly in the alleyway," Griffis said at a news conference. The Cessna Citation business jet crashed around 7:40 a.m. local time, the Federal ...
He remained at his post at great personal risk, with the Gestapo harassing him while reporting on news that affected the country's Jewish community. In 1937, the Nazis expelled him from Germany for "endangering the interests of the Reich" with his comprehensive reporting of what was happening to Jews in Germany. [ 6 ]