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Odessa-Schlemeyer Field (IATA: ODT, ICAO: KODO, FAA LID: ODO) is an airport 5 miles northeast of Odessa, Texas, United States. [2] The airport opened in November of 1945 and lies 10 miles west of Midland International Air and Space Port, which is the primary commercial airport for passengers traveling to the oil fields of the Permian Basin.
Permian High School is a public high school located in Odessa, Texas and is one of two high schools in the Ector County Independent School District.It was the subject of the book Friday Night Lights, which in turn inspired a movie and TV series of the same name.
Miss Universe 2022; First Asian American Miss Texas USA; 2021: Victoria Hinojosa McAllen: Miss South Texas 22 Top 8 Granddaughter of U.S. Representative TX-15 Rubén ...
As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
Texas's 11th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the midwestern portion of the state of Texas, stretching from the Permian Basin through the Hill Country. Major cities in the district include: Andrews , Midland , Odessa , San Angelo , Killeen , and Brownwood .
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 Thornton.
Edgar Franklin Foreman Jr. (December 22, 1933 – February 2, 2022) was an American businessman and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He had one term representing Texas's 16th congressional district from 1963 to 1965 and a second term from 1969 to 1971 representing New Mexico's 2nd district , then newly ...
In December 2013, the University of Texas System Regents approved the business plan that the University of Texas Permian Basin needed to secure $9.5 million be the end of 2014 in order to support the first five years of their American football program, including start-up costs and four seasons of play.