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"After weeks of watching all of this horizontal activity behind the Training Center - clearing of land, the building of pads - we have finally seen some vertical action," John Parsons, campus dean of facilities of the West Texas Training Center reported to Howard College trustees Monday.

West Texas A&M senior quarterback Dustin Vaughan was named to the AFCA All-America team on Tuesday.

Google on Tuesday released its annual " Zeitgeist " list of top trending terms, personalities, brands that people searched for in 2013.

"Saturday Night Live" cast member Taran Killam melds his loves for James Bond and comic-book teams for 'The Illegitimates.'

A piece of the Pentagon has been delivered to Fort Bliss as part of an effort to broaden the number of 9/11 memorials in the U.S. Retired New Jersey police inspector Steven Saymon traveled to the West Texas Army post Monday to deliver a 250-pound stone dislodged from the Pentagon when it was struck on Sept.

Move over John Madden and your lilly-livered Turduken feast. Are you man enough to tackle a "Turkraken" this Christmas? Photos of a culinary abomination dubbed the "Cthuken," a reference to horror writer H.P. Lovecraft's octopus-head creature the " Cthulhu ," went viral yesterday.

Brent crude rose yesterday after Libyan rebels refused to hand over control of three oil ports to the government.

Toni Nino will follow her older sister Angelica Nino in playing NCAA Division I softball next school year.

DeAnn Lopez CBS 7 News dlopez@cbs7.com December 16, 2013 ODESSA-A West Texas family is left homeless after their travel trailer is stolen in the middle of the night.

Development of oil and natural gas in the 16 county region of West Texas added more than 14 point 5 billion dollars in total economic impact last year, according to a study released by the Center for Community and Business Research in The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development.

Water supplier Western Water is the first in the US to use Integrated Environmental Technologies' fracking disinfectant solution designed to leave no lasting impact on the environment and create a safer workplace by eliminating hydrogen sulfide, the leading cause of gas inhalation deaths among oil and gas workers.

ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/16/13 LUBBOCK, Texas - A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for serving as the getaway driver in two West Texas bank robberies.

With a sustained drought and historically low reservoir levels in West Texas, the city of Midland sought a new source of potable water.

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For the first time in more than a decade, Texas Democrats have statewide candidates they feel excited about, mainly because state Sens. Wendy Davis and Leticia Van de Putte head the party's ticket in the 2014 election.

Lacie Walton will join Peoples Bank as senior vice president. Walton will serve as a mortgage originator in the Home Loan Center.

DeAnn Lopez CBS 7 News dlopez@cbs7.com December 14, 2013 ODESSA-It's been over a month since Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, killing thousands.

Macey Meriggi CBS 7 News Mmeriggi@cbs7.com December 14, 2013 One West Texas town's firefighters have a new home to hang their hats.

Well, the coffee shop talk has been interesting lately.We talked recently about tornados.

A former Midland police officer faces a felony charge for allegedly posting explicit photos of a woman to a fake website the city says were meant to "harm, defraud and intimidate" her.