The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Not so long ago, the East Texas oilfield was the largest and most plentiful oil patch in the continental U.S. It sprang to ...

In his four-year career with California High School Pintos football, Volkart had accumulated 2,700 total yards of offense ...

Buoyed by top performances in the hammer throw, high jump and 400 meters, the Georgia women's track and field squad distanced itself from the opposition and ...

Two-time Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles has apologized for getting personal in a heated online exchange with former collegiate swimmer turned anti-trans athlete activist Riley Gaines.

The Tarleton State University’s men’s rodeo team will look to pick up back-to-back championships for the first time ever at ...

After claiming the 2025 National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region title and qualifying for the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR), Tarleton State University’s women’s rodeo team is ...

With a mix of dad jokes, earnest advice, and jabs at the Trump administration, Governor JB Pritzker addressed Knox College graduates Sunday morning on the south lawn of Old Main. He told graduates ...

President Trump has set his sights on defunding colleges, singling out some of the world’s wealthiest schools in what critics say is an attack on academic freedom.

Wilson College has been awarded a $600,000 education grant through a statewide initiative aimed at addressing Pennsylvania’s teacher shortage. The funding will support Wilson’s ongoing efforts to ...

Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood Jointly Address Feud Rumors for the First Time in Raw New Interview "There is no feud. I adore, I love this woman madly," Goggins said of Wood. By.