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The Permian boys basketball team will look to bounce back from last week’s loss as the Panthers face Midland Legacy ... are coming off a 70-65 loss to Odessa High last week.

"Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit' [Mt 28:19 ... are fallible and can disfigure the face of fatherhood and motherhood.

On Jan. 30 at approximately 12:30 a.m., Odessa Police Department Sergeant Jaime Aguirre observed a white Chevrolet Kodiak towing a trailer near Yukon Avenue and Dixie Boulevard. A computer check ...

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The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...

The pilgrims come and go as strangers. They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths, ...

Recalling the horrors of war and the faith of St. Maximilian Kolbe and countless others on the battlefield upon this ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday celebrates the ...

Many were feared dead after millions of Hindu pilgrims at a huge Hindu festival in India rushed to bathe in holy river waters ...

According to Ukrainian telegram channels, criminals were mobilized to the Odessa division of the Main Intelligence Directorate "Chimera", who soon fled. It is reported that the criminals saw in the ...