Odessa News

West Texas school officials have decided to pay $30,000 in health care costs for students exposed to mercury brought to a school by an Odessa ninth-grader.

I HAVE BEEN IN RADIO SINCE '95! I STARTED OFF DOIN JUST THE MIX SHOW ON WEEKEND FOR A STATION IN MIDLAND ODESSA TX.

The cost to clean a West Texas school where a student took a container of mercury he says he found has reached nearly $900,000.

Core International, LLC dramatically increased its engineered rubber products production capacity and capability in the first quarter of 2014 with manufacturing joint ventures in Mexico City, Mexico, and Odessa, Texas.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A-' rating on the following bonds issued by Ector County Hospital District on behalf of Medical Center Hospital : The series 2010 bonds are secured by a pledge of the revenues of the district.

This little guy is no more than five or six-months-old. He should be bouncing; not sitting in the corner petrified of what's to come.

ODESSA, Texas -- Gunfire at a West Texas motel has left one man dead and another injured.

The notorious and loosely confederated hacker collective Anonymous appears to have threatened 70th District Judge Denn Whalen from Ector County, Texas, in a new YouTube video posted in March.

Matt Rist CBS 7 News mrist@cbs7.com April 1, 2014 ODESSA-The bodies of Paula Sanchez and Ruben Gandara were buried again today after being exhumed for autopsies that were not performed following a December car crash, according to their family.

DUI: George Frank Fetty, 40, Odessa, TX. Driving under the influence of liquor or drug, open container, expired registration, no insurance assault against a household member, crminal damage to property and failure to appear in Grant County Court.

Matt Rist CBS 7 News mrist@cbs7.com March 31, 2014 PERMIAN BASIN-'Money doesn't fall out of trees, you got to make it somehow and I don't know how they expect us to keep up with it,' said Small Business Owner Guy Murphree.

GasBuddy.com 3/21/14 PERMIAN BASIN - Average retail gasoline prices in Midland Odessa have not moved in the past week, averaging $3.36/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 156 gas outlets in Midland Odessa.

ECISD 3/31/14 ODESSA - There is still no exact time table for re-opening John B. Hood JH after the mercury incident on March 18. The cleanup of the school is moving forward, and school district officials are hopeful students and staff can return by the end of this week.

CBS 7 News March 31, 2014 UPDATE: DPS issued the following statement about this morning's arrest of Salvador Becerra: Between 03-14-2014 and 03-31-2014, two additional victims were identified, located, and interviewed.

Odessa Chamber of Commerce 3/31/14 ODESSA - The Odessa Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Les Littlejohn, President/CEO of H & S Valve Service, Inc. has been named the 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year.

CBS 7 Newsroom March 31, 2014 UPDATE: 12PM Two people are sent to the hospital after a morning pile-up.

CBS 7 News March 30, 2014 Odessa - Clean-up efforts continue at Hood Junior High following a mercury scare.

CBS 7 News March 30, 2014 Odessa - Continuing with an effort to make west Texas roads safer, a major road in Ector County will be expanding in the coming months.

CBS 7 News March 30, 2014 Odessa - The city of Odessa continues with changes at the Odessa Animal Shelter.

In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, a man steadies himself as he and others work on framing new houses, in Odessa, Texas.