Ector County

An inmate died at the Ector County Detention Center after jail staff subdued him with a stun gun, restrained his arms and legs, and locked him in a padded cell, according to an in-custody death report filed with the Texas Attorney General’s Office.

A serial killer who may have committed at least 90 murders across the country has been linked to a killing that occurred in Prince George’s County, Maryland, almost 50 years ago.

A 19-year-old West Texas woman has been jailed and held on $250,000 bond on a capital murder charge for the death of her 3-month-old daughter.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison after a West Texas jury convicted him of attempted capital murder in the 2015 shooting of two police officers at an apartment complex.

A therapy dog named Clementine gives Burleson students a non-judgmental way to practice their reading skills through the Tail Waggin’ Tutors program.

A 47-year-old man has died after becoming unresponsive while being held in a patrol vehicle in West Texas, investigators said.

Ector County commissioners are deciding how to get rid of pigeons believed to be raising a stink at the county courthouse in Odessa.

Two people have been arrested after a police chase that’s left an Odessa police detective hospitalized in critical condition.

Prosecutors who originally charged a 17-year-old in the shooting deaths of his parents at their West Texas home have also charged his 23-year-old sister with the slayings.

Leaders of a West Texas county have approved an agreement to fix headstones at a cemetery where a 4-year-old boy died last year when a tombstone fell on him.

A 31-year-old West Texas man faces a felony charge after allegedly spanking and leaving several welts on his 8-year-old son for missing a goal in a soccer match.

A West Texas teenager has been indicted on a capital murder charge in the March fatal shooting of his parents at the family’s home.

A former officer at a West Texas juvenile detention facility must serve two years in prison for having sex with one of the underage inmates.

A West Texas school district has reassigned a coach whose team gained national attention when a former Haitian star athlete posed as a high school player before going to prison.