ODESSA, Texas — Ector County officials and child advocacy groups came together Tuesday for the start of Child Abuse Awareness ...

House Bill 1708 proposes naming a stretch of State Highway 302 after Trooper Kevin Vasquez, who died in the line of duty.

The month of April is child abuse awareness month. Earlier today at Ector County courthouse many came together for a ...

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Ector County ISD leaders will host the fourth annual State of the District presentation at 11:30 a.m. April 3 at the Saulsbury Conference Room in the Electronics Technology Building at Odessa College.

The cases include two young infants, one too young to be vaccinated and the other recently vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, ...

The Texas measles outbreak has reached 400 cases. Ector County reports new cases and potential exposure sites.

After four confirmed cases of measles in Ector County and a growing list of public exposure sites, local health officials are urging the public to take precautions, ...

Mar. 27—The Health Department has confirmed the fourth case of measles in Ector County, the first case was in an infant too young to be vaccinated, the second case was a child who was recently ...

The Ector County Health Department plans to host multiple MMR vaccine clinics as measles cases continue to rise across West ...

Two people were arrested after two preschoolers were found sleeping alone in a car in Texas. Martha Aguilar, 30, and ...