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Monahans-Wickett-Pyote ISD is sharing new details about what its upcoming school year will look like.

Greg Abbott has had a rough month. The civil liberties wing of the governor’s Republican Party, with its focus on individual freedom and economics, is lobbing rotten tomatoes his way — increasingly agitated by his attempts to cage the coronavirus with a new series of behavioral restrictions.

The Republican Party of Texas' in-person convention next week has been canceled, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday.

Around 350 students and 30 faculty members returned to Texas Tech University’s sprawling grounds in Lubbock on Tuesday, resuming in-person classes for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic closed the campus in March.

The university says that at this point, they have not made any decisions about what will happen with tuition this fall.

Midland police are asking for the public's help with finding a missing woman.

Chef Victor Bagan with Odessa College shows us how to make Potatoes and Onions.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 2-year-old girl from East Texas.

The City of Odessa has received the test results from its first mobile COVID-19 testing event.

The City of Odessa will be looking into how game rooms are operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Masks for students and teachers will be mandatory in counties with more than 20 reported COVID-19 cases when public schools resume in-person classes this fall, under new public health guidelines released by Texas state education officials Tuesday.

Odessa police have identified a man who was killed in a crash on July 4th.

The annual State Fair of Texas has been canceled for 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns.

Medical Center Hospital is reporting its eleventh COVID-19 related death.

Ector County ISD has announced that it won’t be selling season tickets for the Odessa High Bronchos or the Permian Panthers this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Texas congresswoman and 87 members of Congress are supporting an independent review of Fort Hood’s handling of the case of a 20-year-old soldier who was found dead more than two months after she disappeared.

A woman accused of helping her boyfriend dismember and bury the body of a 20-year-old Fort Hood soldier who disappeared in April is held without bond after an initial hearing Monday.

More than 46,000 Texans who lost their jobs in recent months were initially overpaid by the Texas Workforce Commission, which now wants $32 million in unemployment benefits back.

Using existing research, scientists have found that silent transmission could be responsible for half of the COVID-19 cases.

According to multiple sources with the NFL, Patrick Mahomes has finalized a contract extension that will keep him a Chief until 2031.

The City of Midland has postponed its Movies in the Park Series due to concerns over COVID-19.

Texas is struggling to strike the appropriate balance in the tragic choice between effective public health measures and restoring vitality to the economy.

The City of Midland is closing several of its offices to the public due to concerns over COVID-19.

A Sherman teen lost his eye in a firework accident Saturday night.

The Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District has named a lone finalist for superintendent.

Local officials and experts in Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth have expressed concerns in recent days that increasing coronavirus hospitalizations could overwhelm their intensive care capacities, with some saying it could happen in less than two weeks.

Midland BJJ offers free training to law enforcement officers every day to teach them how to defend themselves in a physical altercation.

The singer performed at Bennigan’s Friday evening.

Odessa firefighters had a busy night on the 4th of July after fireworks sparked several grassfires.

Governor Greg Abbott is sending cases of remdesivir to hospitals in Midland and Odessa.