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Odessa American

Odessa American

About: Based in Odessa, Texas, the Odessa American was founded in 1940.
Contact Us: (432) 337-4661 oanews@oaoa.com

STOSSEL: My socialist mayor

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Compass enters ’25 season with many returning starters

Salvation Army provides back-to-school shoe shopping

IDEA Lopez opens doors for first day of school

Wall Street drifts as stock markets worldwide take Trump’s new tariffs in stride

Texans safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson suffers leg injury at practice

Medical Center Health System celebrates Panda Cares Day Friday

DAILY OIL PRICE: August 7, 2025

ELAM: FOMO drives tech higher

FBI forces out more leaders, including agent who led bureau in early days of Trump administration

Intel’s stock tumbles after Trump says its CEO must resign

Trump plans to sign an order requiring colleges to prove they don’t consider race in admissions

Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan

OPEC-Plus gets aggressive vs. Permian Basin — again

Answer the dinner dilemma with Lasagna Rollups

Trump’s planned 100% computer chip tariff sparks confusion among businesses and trading partners

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UTPB begins fall camp

GUEST VIEW: Winner winner catfish dinner

Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally

TxDOT issues Loop 338 lane closure alert

Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, CDC report says

Crows seek Coday lawsuit dismissal

Danos acquires Wood’s onshore oil and gas labor supply operations in the US

OPD officers cleared of wrongdoing in January shooting incident

PHOTO GALLERY: UTPB begins fall camp

NATIONAL VIEW: Trump is falling into an old energy trap

SULLUM: Federal Circuit judges question Trump’s discovery of vast tariff powers

Standoff ends in arrest

Police: Odessan suffers injuries in knife attack

Man accused of threatening neighbor with gas, gun