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Family members have identified more than a dozen people who are presumed missing after severe flooding in the Texas Hill ...

At Memorial Gardens Park in Odessa, the whole community was invited to honor the victims of the devastating flood in Central ...

Renee Smajstrla, an 8-year-old straight-A student from Ingram, Texas who had played a role in her school’s production of “The ...

Hammond said he shouted at everyone to roll down their windows. Hammond got his window down and he and his wife escaped ...

It’s one of the most baffling truisms of the modern political era. The neediest Americans empower the people most likely to ...

Capitol police announced an 18-year-old has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting in downtown Jackson that ...

Martin and Floyd had been camping at the HTR TX Hill County Campground with Martin’s father, Bobby, and stepmother, Amanda, ...

Fallen Odessa Police officer Bailey Martin was escorted home Wednesday; the young officer, along with several family members ...

Former Florida guard Alijah Martin, the 39th pick in the 2025 NBA draft, signed a two-way contract with the Raptors on ...

The Odessa Police Department Honor Guard, along with several other law enforcement agencies, will escort Bailey Martin from ...

A procession was held for Officer Bailey Martin in the city of Odessa. People lined the sidewalks to grieve and to honor the ...