West Odessa News

Many "Twilight" fans are counting down the hours until the next movie in the series "New Moon" opens tonight at midnight, but one local family has already seen it because their son, Jackson Rathbone, is one of the stars.

He's only been an animal control officer for a year, but James Tidwell may have made the biggest find he'll ever get when he was called Tuesday to the 12200 block of Drivers Haul of Fame Street in West Odessa.

A court date has been set at 9 a.m. Tuesday after Odessa Animal Control officers seized 73 dogs at a property in far West Odessa, a news release from Animal Control Manager Cheryl Brom said.

Insurance Business Robbed at Gunpoint - 3rd Robbery in Last Month 11/10/09 Beau Berman CBS 7 News bberman@cbs7.com November 10, 2009 West Odessa, Texas - Beeson Insurance office in West Odessa was robbed Tuesday afternoon at gunpoint leaving employees terrified and wondering if it's a serial crime.

Ector County Sheriff Deputies in West Odessa got caught in a high-speed chase Tuesday afternoon that ended near the Loop 338.

For years, it's been common to see a grocery store and discount retailer put together or a gas station and fast food restaurant in one.

West Odessa volunteer firefighters spray water into an area of a mobile home that caught fire Friday afternoon in the 7100 block of West 23rd Street.

Instead of leftovers for dinner the West Odessa Volunteer Fire Department is asking residents to pick up the phone and order a pizza.

Several Gardendale residents claim the Ector County Sheriff's Office isn't covering them all that well, while the sheriff said he's trying to come up with a way to improve coverage with what little his department has.

Numbered addresses of locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block.

Numbered addresses of locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block.

A man was taken to Medical Center Hospital with minor injuries after a two-pickup crash closed West University Boulevard in both directions in West Odessa early Friday evening, Department of Public Safety trooper Hunter Lewis said.

An Odessa firefighter is accused of attempting to break into the home of Ector County medical examiner Carl Rogers and his wife Susan.

Numbered addresses of locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block.

Beau Berman CBS 7 News bberman@cbs7.com September 17, 2009 West Odessa, Texas - Disturbing new details are surfacing in the case of a West Odessa man accused of taking pornographic photographs of his three-year-old daughter.

A federal magistrate denied bond Wednesday for a 33-year-old West Odessan accused of taking pornographic photos of his 3-year-old daughter.

The average Ector County resident will have to pay around $32 more on their county property taxes after commissioners gave final approval to a fiscal year 2009-2010 tax rate and budget at their meeting Monday.

The worn truck tires stacked behind the West Odessa Volunteer Fire Department's Station 1 come and go rather quickly.

A man initially facing an assault charge now faces a murder charge, a release issued by Ector County sheriff Sgt.

A man initially facing an assault charge now faces a murder charge, a release issued by Ector County sheriff Sgt.