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PIGSKIN PREVIEW: Rankin Red Devils

RANKIN, Texas (KOSA) - Rankin football took West Texas to Arlington last season, appearing in the 2025 Class 1A-DI State Championship. While…

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 5local

Man found in freezer had been dead for several years without anyone reporting him missing

ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - Alaskan authorities have identified the human remains that were found inside a freezer last month. Ac…

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 4safety

8/4/2026: Temperatures staying in the 90s and hundreds for the next week

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Check out today's 7-day forecast with Meteorologist Brian James, as temperatures will remain in the high 90s and…

KMID ABC Big 2 / YourBasin (Permian Basin ABC)Aug 4local

Experience life as a firefighter with Odessa Fire Academy

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Odessa Fire Department (OFD) is welcoming applications to their citizens academy, an opportunity for Odessa Fire…

KMID ABC Big 2 / YourBasin (Permian Basin ABC)Aug 4safety

‘Impacts operators large and small’: Crude oil theft conspiracy leads to 6 guilty pleas in Permian Basin

PERMIAN BASIN, Texas (KOSA) - Six people pled guilty last month, and eight others still face charges in what is a massive conspiracy to stea…

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 4local

Arson conviction leads to 20-year sentence for Odessa man

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Augustine Falana was found guilty of Arson, a second-degree felony, after pouring gasoline on a neighbor's vehic…

KMID ABC Big 2 / YourBasin (Permian Basin ABC)Aug 4safety

PIGSKIN PREVIEW: Compass Cougars

ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - With the first day of practice done for the Cougars, the expectations of the season begin to form. “Really excited ju…

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 4local

Family seeks witness two months after Lubbock man killed in Winkler County hit-and-run

KERMIT, Texas (KOSA) - Two months after a Lubbock man was killed in a hit-and-run crash, his wife says there are still no leads in the case.…

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 4safety

$2.4M Texas Workforce Commission grant targets healthcare employment gap in West Texas

ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - State and local leaders gathered at Odessa College today to present a multi-million-dollar initiative aimed at streng…

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 4government

450,000 student loan borrowers may get debt forgiven in $23B settlement

AU CLAIRE, Wis. ( WEAU /Gray News) -A $23 billion class-action settlement with the Department of Education could result in debt forgiveness …

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 4schools

Rope Youth pays off Midland ISD lunch debt, plans new feeding center

MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Rope Youth has paid off Midland ISD’s school lunch debt through community fundraisers and says it will continue work…

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 4schools

51 arrested during two-day violent crime operation in Midland County

MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - DPS troopers and several local, state and federal law enforcement agencies arrested 51 people during a two-day Targe…

KOSA CBS7 / First Alert 7 (Permian Basin CBS)Aug 4safety