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August 21, 2024 at 5:02 PM. Aug. 21—Larry Melton, Odessa's longest-serving mayor, died Monday after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's. He was 86. Melton was described by friends as a gentleman ...
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.
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 ...
Kiss and Kill. " Kiss and Kill " refers to the March 20, 1961 homicide of Betty Williams, a teenager from Odessa, Texas, United States. She was killed by her ex-boyfriend John Mack Herring (September 23, 1943 [1] – January 5, 2019) at her own request in Winkler County, Texas. Herring was tried and acquitted for the killing after his lawyers ...
Odessa American, Texas. June 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM. Jun. 26—An Odessa boy was killed Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that also injured five people. ... NY Post US News articles.
Dec. 1—The following is a list of recent first and second-degree felony dispositions from the Ector County District Clerk's Office. Jacobrian Mancha. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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. [4]Odessa's population was 114,428 at the 2020 census, making it the 34th-most populous city in Texas; it is the principal city of the Odessa metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Ector County.
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.