The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

2700 Through his Word, God speaks to man. By words, mental or vocal, our prayer takes flesh. Yet it is most important that the heart should be present to him to whom we are speaking in prayer: ...

PFN has made a great, positive and milestone impact in our nation, Nigeria. In the preaching of the gospel, and the changing the hearts of people from evil to good, from sin to righteousness. The only ...

St. John Henry Newman, who will be declared a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, was canonized after two miracles were ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth officers and bystanders rescued an infant trapped under an overturned vehicle after a crash ...

A scholarly new book on a fascinating yet little known subject in the chronicles of Jewish History tells the story of the ...

“The supreme rule in the Church is love. No one is called to dominate; all are called to serve,” Leo said in St. Peter’s ...

Dramatic video captures police and bystanders in Fort Worth, Texas, rescuing a baby trapped under an SUV after a crash.

Halloween is also rooted in the Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, which is celebrated in Latin America on Nov. 1 and 2 ...

There will be no surviving a nuclear war. “Nuclear war,” said Pope Benedict XVI, “will have no victors—only victims.” ...

People develop type 2 diabetes for a combination of reasons, like a sedentary lifestyle and an unhealthy diet, but genetics ...