Odessa City leaders voted Tuesday night to approve a proposed amendment to a City ordinance that surrounds restroom use. On ...

According to our partners at the Odessa American, the City Council has accepted John Beckmeyer’s resignation. Councilwoman ...

Odessa City Hall, 411 W 8th Street. (OA File Photo) After listening to more than 40 minutes of citizens’ thoughts both pro ...

The ban makes it a crime for anyone to use a bathroom that doesn’t match their “biological sex.” The new ordinance also ...

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The ordinance only applies to Odessa public buildings like Odessa Municipal Court, the Odessa Police Department and Odessa ...

On Tuesday, November 13, the Odessa City Council accepted former City Manager John Beckmeyer’s resignation. During the ...

On Monday, November 11, attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit organization that works to defend the ...

NewsWest 9 spoke with Ector County District Attorney Dusty Gallivan who confirmed the temporary restraining order.

ODESSA, Texas — Odessa Deputy City Manager Agapito Bernal has not accepted the interim city manager position following John ...

The Texas city's council signaled its support in a 5-2 vote last week. If leaders pass the updated amendment Nov. 12, it goes ...

ODESSA — The City Council on Tuesday banned transgender people from using restrooms outside of the sex assigned to them at birth, following an emotionally charged exchange between residents and city ...