Johnny Jimenez is this year’s Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center Poster Child. (Courtesy Photo) Like many 6-year-olds, Johnny Jimenez has dreams of playing sports at the professional level.

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ODESSA — As he toured a trendy sports facility earlier this year in Gainesville, Florida, Odessa City Council Member Mark Matta wondered why his hometown didn’t have its own. Sure, Ratliff ...

ODESSA, Texas — The City of Odessa invited the whole community to Memorial Gardens Park on Friday to honor the flood victims, and one Camp Mystic camper joined to pay tribute.