West Texas

Fire crews struggled Friday to contain massive, windswept wildfires that burned homes, destroyed a church and left a sheriff’s deputy dead.

It’s not uncommon for people in rural parts of the U.S. to learn to drive when they’re young, sometimes even before they reach their teens.

A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, NTSB says.

‘Star Trek’ actor William Shatner and three others will travel to space in latest Blue Origin launch scheduled for launch Wednesday.

There are about 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells nationwide that haven’t been properly plugged with cement, but regulators don’t know where hundreds of thousands of the abandoned wells are.

The mayor of Colorado City, Texas, has resigned after lashing out at constituents amid this week’s devastating cold snap. “No one owes you or your family anything; nor is it the local government’s responsibility to support you during trying times like this! Sink or swim, it’s your choice!” Tim Boyd said in a Facebook post that’s since been...

A West Texas judge has a word of caution to those attending court hearings via Zoom: Always check for filters before logging on.

Minutes after media outlets identified the gunman who killed seven people in West Texas, a Twitter account that may be automated began spreading baseless information linking the shooter to Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke. “The Odessa Shooter’s name is Seth Ator, a Democrat Socialist who had a Beto sticker on his truck,” said the post, which also appeared on Facebook....

In the wake of a deadly shooting spree in West Texas, nearly a dozen new gun laws took effect in Texas Sunday — many of them loosening regulations and restrictions on firearms.

As seven families prepare to bury their loved ones, and nearly two dozen more pray for healing, they’re sharing some of the frightening moments Saturday’s shooting victims across Midland and Odessa endured.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott discusses the need to find ways to stop mass shootings while protecting second amendment rights.

President Donald Trump expressed a commitment Sunday, hours after the latest deadly mass shooting, to work with a divided Congress to “stop the menace of mass attacks.” He said any measures must satisfy the competing goals of protecting public safety and the constitutional right to gun ownership. Trump spoke shortly after the death toll in Saturday’s rampage in West Texas...

Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke addresses the media after a mass shooting in West Texas left five dead and at least 21 injured.

Five people are dead and at least 21 injured in West Texas after a shooter started to fire indiscriminately along a highway Saturday afternoon following an attempted traffic stop, Midland police say.

UT Austin announced a plan Tuesday to completely cover tuition and fees for students from families that earn up to $65,000 a year and have a financial need.

Officials say an Army sergeant has been charged with murder in the death of his wife on a West Texas military base.

Former chief of staff and Chicagoan Sam Skinner says George H.W. Bush didn’t have a mean bone in his body, took a sincere interest in everyone he met, and couldn’t hold a grudge.

By the Fourth of July, drivers usually see the highest gas prices of summer in the rear-view mirror. That may not be the case this year, even though the national average is down about 14 cents from the near $3 a gallon drivers paid in late May. Consumers are paying the highest Fourth of July gasoline prices in four years.

Migrant children separated from their parents at the border between the United States and Mexico were brought to an encampment at the Tornillo Port of Entry Friday. The U.S. government plans on harboring an estimated 360 children at the port of entry, and that may grow. The encampment is part of an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to deter...

Investigators say road construction in West Texas has led to the discovery of a makeshift tunnel just north of the border with Mexico.