West Odessa News

The Odessa Police Department will also be out in force this week watching "safe zones" as they work to make the streets a safer place.

WEST ODESSA For Ector County Commissioner Freddie Gardner, it's a dream came true.

Jeff Ellsworth unpacks his largest family pack the Spectacular Show as he prepares to stock the shelves Tuesday afternoon at the TNT Fireworks stand located on University Boulevard in West Odessa.

Fireworks Company Raises Funds for Fire Fighters 06/27/09 Jordan Reagan CBS 7 News June 27, 2009 WEST TEXAS -- The 4th of July is one week away and fire departments across the Permian Basin are preparing for the worst.

Big Spring City Council will decide tonight whether to give $20,000 to help restore adjacent buildings to the Settles Hotel.

CBS 7 News Staff June 17, 2009 Whether it's dominos, a game of bingo or just some friendly conversation, west side seniors in Odessa will soon have a new place to go.

A night of partying and hanging out turned tragic late Sunday night as a woman is dead and her husband is in jail.

Jordan Reagan CBS 7 News June 14, 2009 Jimmy Ellis, the West Odessa Volunteer Fire Chief is upset over last week's burn ban lift.

That's how many foster and adopted children from across Texas are currently on life support in Vicky Thorp's "little intensive care unit" - to use her words.

An ATV rider was severely injured Tuesday after crashing his ATV in a fence in West Odessa, witnesses and a Department of Public Safety trooper said.

Lightning struck near Interstate 20 and FM 1936 early Monday morning, setting fire to five tanks.

Thursday's rains apparently weren't enough to keep a fire from lighting up and growing between 400 and 640 acres south of Penwell, multiple firefighters on scene and over the phone Friday afternoon.

West Odessa and Crane volunteer fire departments were responding to a fire in Crane County on Tuesday evening.

Two West Odessans were taken to Medical Center Hospital with minor injuries after their 2000 Ford Ranger rolled over on Interstate 20 near Penwell, Department of Public Safety trooper James Lujan said.

A man was shot in the left foot Friday afternoon in West Odessa, sheriff deputies on scene and a witness said.

Department of Public Safety, emergency medical personnel and firefighters were on the scene at a one-vehicle rollover accident in West Odessa at near the intersection of Third Street and Damascus Avenue along with the Odessa Fire Department.

Firefighters from West Odessa are currently putting out a fire that has claimed two abandond homes in West Odessa.

Eleven firefighting trucks from West Odessa, the city of Odessa and Crane County fought a fire that grew to between 200 and 300 acres Tuesday afternoon along the Ector-Crane county line, Odessa acting battalion chief Hugh Koenig said.

It started with some grim news about a local museum and great news from local gardeners.

A 3-year-old child in West Odessa was taken to Medical Center Hospital with "minor" injuries Saturday evening after the child was struck by a vehicle, Department of Public Safety communications operator Sandra Pacheco said.