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  2. Odessa American - Wikipedia

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    Odessa, TX 79761-4590. United States. Circulation. 4,182 (as of 2023) [1] Website. oaoa.com. The Odessa American is a newspaper based in Odessa, Texas, that serves Odessa and the rest of Ector County. [2] The paper is particularly notable for its Pulitzer Prize -winning picture of Baby Jessica McClure when she was rescued from her well in ...

  3. Odessa, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Odessa (/ ˌ oʊ ˈ d ɛ s ə /) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Ector County with portions extending into Midland County.. Odessa's population was 114,428 at the 2020 census, making it the 28th-most populous city in Texas; it is the principal city of the Odessa metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Ector County.

  4. Ector County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .co .ector .tx .us. Ector County Coliseum. Ector County Courthouse Administration annex building. Ector County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In the 2020 census, its population was 165,171. [1] Its county seat is Odessa. [2] The county was founded in 1887 and organized in 1891. [3]

  5. Gary Gaines - Wikipedia

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    Texas High School Hall of Fame. Gary Gaines (May 4, 1949 – August 22, 2022) was an American football coach. Gaines was the head coach of the 1988 Permian High School football team, which was the focus of Buzz Bissinger 's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream and the 2004 motion picture Friday Night Lights starring Billy Bob ...

  6. David Dowler - Wikipedia

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    State (s) Texas. Date apprehended. August 20, 1987. Imprisoned at. Clements Unit. David Albert Dowler (born 1953) [1] is an American serial killer who poisoned three acquaintances in Odessa, Texas with chloroform and cyanide between 1983 and 1987. Convicted of a single murder, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988.

  7. Midland–Odessa - Wikipedia

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    Midland–Odessa is a metropolitan area located in The Texas Plains approximately half-way between El Paso and Fort Worth, Texas.This combined statistical area (CSA) is made up of two metropolitan statistical areas (the Midland MSA and the Odessa MSA) and one micropolitan statistical area (Andrews μSA), and comprises four counties: Andrews, Ector, Martin, and Midland counties.

  8. Jonathan Pierce - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan Pierce. Jonathan Pierce Hildreth, better known as Jonathan Pierce (November 15, 1967—May 9, 2020), [1] [2] was an American CCM, gospel singer from Odessa, Texas and an interior designer in Nashville. Pierce used his first and middle name while omitting his last name for career purposes.

  9. University of Texas Permian Basin - Wikipedia

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    NCAA Division II – Lone Star. Website. www .utpb .edu. The University of Texas Permian Basin ( UTPB) is a public university in Odessa, Texas. It is part of the University of Texas System. UTPB was authorized by the Texas Legislature in 1969 and founded in 1973. UTPB is now home to over 7,000 students and 250 teaching faculty.