The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.
The spring 2026 kick-off for GOLD College will be from 1:30-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in the Upper Conference Center from 1:30-4:00 p.m. on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University. The kick ...
Books & the Arts / Through Nkrumah’s story, Howard French charts the history of African decolonization and the American civil rights movement. Adom Getachew Accra’s Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, built ...
The United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites. The operation had such an intensely dramatic name—Epic Fury—that even fans of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s action ...
The numbers say Paul Thomas Anderson. History says it’s time for Ryan Coogler. That tension that exists between what the statistical evidence suggests and what nearly a century of omission demands ...
A self-taught artist, he turned reclaimed wood into striking abstract works influenced by Brancusi, Noguchi and African art.
Olivares, who is known for working with recycled materials, completed the 43-foot-tall artwork in Zacamil, El Salvador, in February ...
Full-frontal nudity, steamy threesomes, one-for-the-money shots — these movies pushed the envelope and still played ...