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The Compass Academy volleyball team swept Van Horn in a nondistrict game Tuesday at home. The Lady Cougars won by scores of 25-14, 25-21, 25-6. Compass Academy improved to 23-4. The Lady Cougars will next face Midland Trinity at 6 p.m. Friday in Midland. Related

Four Odessa men were arrested last week following a drug investigation at a Howard Johnson Motel on Highway 80. According to an Odessa Police Department report, detectives received information methamphetamine was being sold by a man later identified as Christian Gonzalez. The detectives linked Gonzales to a Chevrolet Silverado and a room at the motel and began watching the motel on Sept. 2, the report stated.

An Odessa woman was arrested last week after a 13-year-old boy told police she struck him with a baseball bat. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to a disturbance on North Sam Houston Avenue around 10 p.m. Sept. 2. When officers arrived, they saw Andrea Tinner, 38, sitting in a Chevrolet Traverse and when they approached and told her to stop, she drove off, the report stated.

A 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon in a collision at 61st Street and Grandview Avenue. According to the Odessa Police Department, Leeroy Gardea was traveling south on Grandview on a Kawasaki motorcycle when the driver of a Ford F250 failed to yield the right of way while attempting to turn left onto Grandview from 61st, causing Gardea to collide with the truck. Gardea was taken to Medical Center Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. The investigation is ongoing.

Odessa High's Phillip Carrasco carries the ball in the first quarter against MX Prep Thursday at Ratliff Stadium. Michael Bauer|Odessa American With its first 2-0 start in four years, the Odessa High football team will now make its road trip of the season this week. After victories over MX Prep (Mexico City) and El Paso Coronado, the Bronchos will now have to face 6A powerhouse San Antonio Johnson (1-0) at 7 p.m. Friday at Comalander Stadium.

Permian's Cayden Taylor carries the ball in the first quarter against Amarillo Tascosa Friday at Ratliff Stadium. Michael Bauer|Odessa American The Permian football team survived its first major road test of the season last week. The Panthers will get another challenge on the road when they face a familiar foe this week. Permian moved to 2-0 for the season with last week’s 45-38 win against Harker Heights at Leo Buckley Stadium in Killeen.

BIG SPRING Skillpoint Alliance is celebrating a new chapter in workforce development in Big Spring as the organization prepares to launch its first-ever pre-apprentice electrical training cohort in the community. The nonprofit workforce development organization will host a ribbon-cutting celebration on Thursday, Sept.

ALPINE Twenty-five years ago, agents and local officials gathered in Alpine for the groundbreaking of a new U.S. Border Patrol station when news broke of the terrorist attacks unfolding on the East Coast. The ceremony was halted immediately, and the agents who would have staffed the new building were instead placed on high alert as the nation’s mission changed in an instant. That coincidence has shaped the station ever since.

Specialists Dilip Patel works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stocks fell Tuesday in their return to trading from a three-day weekend after the latest fighting in the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher. The S&P 500 sank 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 628 points, or 1.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dipped 0.3%.