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

The Old Testament books are grouped in the following manner: 1) Historical books, which are arranged not in the order in which they ... as found in the Bible today, dates from the thirteenth ...

After returning to the U.S., she pleaded no contest to removing a minor from the state against a court order and was sentenced ... a verse from the Old Testament book of Jeremiah.