Journalism shaped my writing by honing detail, narrative construction, and character depth, essential for my books on Ukraine ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an Easter ceasefire in the 3-year-old conflict in Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING ...

Junior communications major Kyler Fife has been named the Head Yell Leader for the 2025-26 academic year and will guide the ...

A harmless high school prank in Odessa sparks fear after a resident mistakes a modified water gun for a real firearm.

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

In this week’s Basin Bites, we visited Dirty Grinders, a popular food truck that travels between Odessa and Midland. Dirty ...

After winning the Masters to became the sixth golfer in history to complete the career grand slam, joining the likes of Gene ...

Elordi played a young version of Richard Gere in Paul Schrader's ''Oh, Canada'' and in this series Irish actor Ciarán Hinds plays him in his later years, looking back o ...

In my previous analysis, I touched upon the pointlessness of sending young Ukrainian pilots to certain death in aging (but ...