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MARFA, Texas (KOSA) - Three men were arrested after a traffic stop in Marfa led officers to recover a trailer reported stolen out of Oklahoma, according to the Marfa Police Department. According to the Marfa Police Department, the stop happened Aug. 2 after officers saw a vehicle...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Wednesday, August 5th, 2026: It’ll be a typical summer day across West Texas and southeast New Mexico today with mostly sunny skies, hot temperatures, quiet conditions and a bit of breeze. High temperatures will warm into the 90s ...
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ST. LOUIS ( KMOV /Gray News) - A sheriff’s deputy shot a suspect who allegedly stole his car. St. Louis Metropolitan Police said a deputy was on assignment around 10 a.m. Tuesday when he left his personal, unmarked car running and unattended while he was walking up to a home. The...
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (Gray News) - A 3-year-old Florida girl died after getting her head stuck in a kitchen playset, according to police and local media. Boynton Beach Police responded July 23 to a home for reports of a 3-year-old girl who was unresponsive and not breathing. Upon ...
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CHESTERFIELD, Va. ( WWBT /Gray News) - A mother and her 12-year-old son both drowned in a Virginia pond after the boy began struggling and his mother went in to try and save him. Chesterfield Police say a 12-year-old boy went into a private pond in Chester and began to struggle i...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Two sisters who were seriously injured in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 27 in late July say bystanders pulled them from their burning truck before flames could reach them. Alexis and Aaliyah Wallace were among four people seriously hurt in the crash. Lub...
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - A teenager was taken into custody Tuesday, accused of killing a man in East St. Louis while wearing a clown costume. Investigators were called to the intersection of North 76th and State streets at approximately 10:02 p.m. Monday...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump departed Washington on Tuesday afternoon for a set of West Coast political events that aim to promote his economic agenda and help Republicans earn midterm election support. The president is scheduled to attend a Los Angeles area Repu...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ( KY3 /Gray News) - A man who stopped to help the driver of an overturned tractor-trailer has died from his injuries, nearly two weeks after the crash. Dylan Hoyt and a group of people were traveling home from street racing on July 12 when they came across an ove...
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Ector County ISD board members and district leaders gathered earlier today to sign the final steel beam for the new ATLAS Career & Technical Education Center before it was lifted into place. The state-of-the-art facility is on track to open for the 202...
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Three men were arrested in Marfa, Texas, after a traffic stop revealed they were attempting to transport a stolen Oklahoma trailer into Mexico.
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RANKIN, Texas (KOSA) - Rankin football took West Texas to Arlington last season, appearing in the 2025 Class 1A-DI State Championship. While everyone in town is excited to see what the Red Devils do this season, Head Coach Garret Avalos has a different perspective. “I’m glad thes...
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Check out today's 7-day forecast with Meteorologist Brian James, as temperatures will remain in the high 90s and cross into the 100s for the next week. Watch the full video above....
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Odessa Fire Department (OFD) is welcoming applications to their citizens academy, an opportunity for Odessa Fire Rescue to bring in anybody from the community 18 and older to be able to experience what it's like to be a part of the department. Fire Inv...
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PERMIAN BASIN, Texas (KOSA) - Six people pled guilty last month, and eight others still face charges in what is a massive conspiracy to steal crude oil from Permian Basin producers. According to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas six defendants pleaded guilty to...
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Augustine Falana was found guilty of Arson, a second-degree felony, after pouring gasoline on a neighbor's vehicle. The incident occurred on August 5, 2025, when Odessa Police Department officers responded to a subject with a gun. Officers met with the...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - With the first day of practice done for the Cougars, the expectations of the season begin to form. “Really excited just to get back on offense and just watch how the team has grown throughout the years and gotten better” said quarterback Mason Hicks Jacob B...
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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. According to Texas DPS , 43-year-old Clayton Tedder was walking on County Road 313 in Kermit after his truck broke down on the night of May...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - State and local leaders gathered at Odessa College today to present a multi-million-dollar initiative aimed at strengthening the region’s healthcare workforce across West Texas and other rural communities. The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has awarded a ...
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AU CLAIRE, Wis. ( WEAU /Gray News) -A $23 billion class-action settlement with the Department of Education could result in debt forgiveness for 450,000 student loan borrowers following years of legal disputes spanning three presidential terms. The advocacy group that brought the ...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Rope Youth has paid off Midland ISD’s school lunch debt through community fundraisers and says it will continue working to address food insecurity among local children as the new school year approaches. The nonprofit served 12,000 meals to children over th...
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HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A father and son have died while reportedly vacationing on a North Carolina beach over the weekend. Authorities said the situation started Sunday morning when first responders were called to Holden Beach for reports of two people who were s...
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Various West Texas non-profits and local organizations are partnering to provide school supplies and financial assistance to low-income families ahead of the upcoming school year....
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Emergency crews responded to a train collision at the intersection of Highway 80 and North County Road 1250 in Midland, Texas, on Tuesday morning, with no injuries reported....
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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Midland Crime Stoppers is seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect involved in an aggravated in early July. According to reports, on the morning of July 2nd, 2026, deputies responded to the 3700 block of East County Rd 160 in reference to an...
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PORTHCAWL, Wales (Gray News) — A man in the United Kingdom kept his mother’s body in a freezer for years for financial gain, officials said . Christopher Phillips, 60, was sentenced to more than two years in prison Monday. He pleaded guilty March 20 to preventing the lawful and d...
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PECOS COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A Pecos County man has been arrested in connection with a string of vehicle burglaries, stolen vehicles and gun thefts across three West Texas counties after investigators say he confessed to dozens of crimes. According to the Big Spring Police Depart...
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BIG SPRING, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A Pecos man was arrested by law enforcement after confessing to crimes committed in three jurisdictions. Pecos County Resident, Justin Wright, 28, was taken into custody after Big Spring PD received a Crime Stoppers tip that included Wright's ident...
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DPS, in coordination with multiple partners including MPD, conducted a two-day Targeted Violent Crime Operation
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ATLANTA ( AN F/Gray News) — A Georgia woman has filed a lawsuit after an alleged tissue sample mix-up led to an unnecessary hysterectomy. The negligence suit was filed on Tuesday against several branches of Kaiser Permanente and laboratory staff members. According to the lawsuit,...
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ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - An Odessa woman was struck and killed by a vehicle while attempting to cross FM 2020 near mile marker 254 early this morning. The woman was identified as 52-year-old Misti Dawn Hurst. According to Texas DPS, at 6:15 am this morning, Hurst was att...
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MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - Deputies responded to an armed robbery in progress in the area of East County Road 160 on July 2. According to Midland Crime Stoppers, on July 2, when deputies arrived, they learned that a man wearing a ski mask, gray shirt and tan pants had entered...
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Texas DPS officials are seeking to identify a Good Samaritan who assisted a motorist following a June 24 car crash in Pecos County, while commending State Trooper Monte Jackson for applying a tourniquet that saved the victim's life....
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LAKELAND, Fla. ( WWSB /Gray News) - A pastor in Florida is accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy and exposing him to HIV. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested and charged 42-year-old Timothy Chaneyfield, pastor at St. James United American Free W...
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(Gray News) - Chipotle announced Tuesday that it is removing jalapeños from some of its restaurants amid the ongoing salmonella outbreak as a precaution. The company released a statement saying they were able to identify jalapeños as a potential common ingredient possibly connect...
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ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A jury has sentenced a man to prison after finding him guilty of arson in Ector County. According to the Ector County District Attorney’s Office, the 70th District Court found Augustine Falana guilty of arson but not guilty of aggravated assault with ...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The House Ethics Committee confirmed Tuesday it has opened an investigation into Rep. Max Miller, an Ohio Republican facing allegations of domestic violence, abuse and possible illegal drug use. The committee is examining allegations of possible domestic vi...
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ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A pedestrian was hit and killed at the intersection of W. University Blvd. and N. Redondo Ave. DPS said at around 6:15 p.m., a pickup truck was traveling eastbound on University when it hit the woman as she was crossing the road. She died on scene. DP...
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FORT STOCKTON, Texas (KOSA) - A Texas DPS trooper is being credited with saving the life of a crash victim after applying a tourniquet to control life-threatening bleeding following a rollover crash in Pecos County. According to DPS, on June 24, emergency crews were called to a r...
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Sunset Youth Golf Center will celebrate the opening of its new driving range with a community event on Friday, August 14th.
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( InvestigateTV ) — Drivers in most states are spending $10 more per week on gas than they were a year ago, according to a new NerdWallet analysis — an increase that adds up to hundreds of dollars more annually for many families. Kim Palmer, a personal finance expert at NerdWalle...
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A two-day multi-agency operation in Midland County resulted in 51 arrests and the seizure of illegal drugs, firearms, and other contraband.
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has been facing growing pressure to resign amid allegations of domestic abuse. Multiple lawmakers called for the congressman to step down Monday after his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, accused him of abuse. Rep. Miller has denied the alleg...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to advance President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee Todd Blanche. The committee approved Blanche’s nomination along party lines after two Republican senators who had threatened to block his confirmation ...
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SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) - A Missouri couple says a decades-old oak tree that once shaded the front yard of their new home was cut down just days after buying the property. Alex Doehring and Larissa Coughlin said they had left for a few days and returned to ...
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Midland Police are searching for a female suspect who stole a Sephora bag from an Aeropostale store at Midland Park Mall on July 19.
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FERGUSON, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) — Three people have been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed an innocent mother of five while she was buying slushies for her children. The shooting happened June 30 at a BP gas station in Ferguson, Missouri, just north of St. Louis...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Midland Police are on the lookout for a suspect who stole several hundred dollars worth of merchandise from a local HEB this year. According to officials, on June 28th 2026, at approximately 9:09 PM, a male suspect entered HEB on Andrews Highway, stol...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ( KY3 /Gray News) - A man has been charged nearly 40 years after he allegedly killed his pregnant wife in 1988 in Missouri, according to authorities. A grand jury indicted Joel Bremer on two counts of murder in the death of Ronna Bremer. In December 1988, 22-year...
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SHREVEPORT, La. ( KSLA /Gray News) - Police arrested a woman in Louisiana accused of attempting to set a house on fire while her children were still inside. The Shreveport Police Department arrested Krystal Bromsey following an aggravated arson and child cruelty investigation. Th...
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The City of Odessa is accepting applications for its Citizens UniverCity program from August 4 through August 28, 2026, offering residents a behind-the-scenes look at municipal operations....
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BILOXI, Miss. ( WLOX /Gray News) — A 60-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a neighbor in a fight that began over cheating allegations in a game of dominoes. Julius Taylor Jr. was convicted of murder for the May 30, 2024, killing of Rodney Dabney. In addition...
