Meet Art and Picasso, NewsWest 9's Pets of the Week

MIDLAND, Texas — Meet Simon Peter, NewsWest 9's Pet of the Week courtesy of the Midland Humane Coalition. Simon Peter is a four-year-old terrier mix. He and his brothers were surrendered because their owner was relocating and couldn't take them with him. This little guy can be a bit...

ODESSA, Texas — The Odessa Animal Shelter will be holding an adoption event on The February 4. This event will take place at Circle P Ranch Supply from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The adoption fee will be $27 cash only. For more information, people can go to the...

MIDLAND, Texas — Eighth graders at Trinity School are hosting a big fundraiser Friday. The students will be hosting a chili cook-off at the Simmons Student Center during the girls and boys varsity basketball games. For $5, people will be able to receive unlimited chili tastings. Funds raised from...

MIDLAND, Texas — Midland Community Theatre will be presenting "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" as its opening musical for the 2023 season. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays from Feb. 3-March 4. There will also be a Sunday show on Feb. 19 at 2:30 p.m.

MIDLAND, Texas — Several Midland ISD robotics teams competed in a tournament during the last weekend of January. Teams from Midland High, Legacy High and Young Women's Leadership Academy all came out to the West Texas/Panhandle Southern League Tournament. Three teams from Legacy, the Robo Junkies, Chaos Robotics and...

ODESSA, Texas — The Odessa Chamber of Commerce honored David Duree with their Citizen of the Year award. Duree is a retired partner for Weaver LLP, CPA, and Consultants. He was chosen for his significant contributions and work for the good of the community. Duree said he has been fortunate to work with a lot of people like Grow Odessa and United Way who help make the community better.

MIDLAND, Texas — After police found an unidentified nonverbal teen in Midland, they have been asking for the public's help to share the picture far and wide in hope of connecting him with family or a caretaker. Several people have also reached out to see if there are any...

ODESSA, Texas — There's nothing like a nice warm cup of soup during winter weather, and Chef Alejandro Barrientos with Curb Side Bistro agrees. The Odessa restaurant gave out over 500 cups of soup for lunch time alone on Tuesday, all for free. Barrientos put out the message about...

MIDLAND, Texas — The Midland Soup Kitchen has restarted Operation Code Blue with the weather conditions getting colder outside. The soup kitchen is asking for people to donate any coats, gloves, scarves and blankets they have to give. People can drop off at the Midland Soup Kitchen on Orchard Lane.

MIDLAND, Texas — With classrooms empty and students at home because of the cold weather, it's the perfect time to enjoy some time in with your kids. "First thing we want to tell parents is we want them to have the opportunity to recreate the magic of a snow day like we had when we were growing up," said Kristi Edwards, CEO of Centers for Children and Families.

ODESSA, Texas — The Permian Basin has thousands of men and women who have served our country, and here in West Texas we work hard to honor and support them for all they've done. One local non-profit organization is working to get the word out that the support is...

MIDLAND, Texas — With temperatures looking to dip into the 20's over the next few days in the Permian Basin, everybody needs a place to stay and keep warm. For the less fortunate, however, they may not have a place to stay for the night. This is why warming...

MIDLAND, Texas — The Midland Police Department has sent the DNA test for the unidentified teen to Dallas as their efforts to find his identity continue, but the timeline is murky on when the results could come back. The DNA will be put into a national database, and from...

MIDLAND, Texas — A new learning space opened up Friday in Midland at the Halff Park Facility for the Boys & Girls Club. After applying for a grant from Panda Express’ philanthropic foundation, Panda Cares, last Spring, the area is now open to serve children in the Permian Basin.

BIG SPRING, Texas — The Big Spring Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred at the YMCA located on 800 S. Owens on February 2. When the police arrived to the scene, a 19-year-old male victim was wounded with a shot to the abdomen. He was being treated by YMCA staff and the Big Spring EMS were dispatched to the scene. The victim was later transported to Scenic Mountain Medical Center before being flown out to UMC Lubbock for further treatment.

MIDLAND, Texas — There have been updates throughout the week regarding the unidentified teen found all alone in Midland, including that his DNA would be tested to try and find out who he is and if he has any family. It was the Crime Scene Unit with the Midland...

MIDLAND, Texas — The Midland police have released updated information on an unidentified, non-verbal teen who was found in town on Sunday. On that day around 2:10 p.m., officers responded to a check person request in the intersection of Ward Street and Shandon Avenue. Upon arrival, they found a...

ODESSA, Texas — The Odessa Police Department has announced it will be reopening an old murder case. Father Patrick Ryan, a Catholic priest, was murdered at a hotel in Odessa in Dec. 1981. Investigators initially arrested and convicted a man named James Harry Reyos. However, doubts about Reyos' guilt...

ODESSA, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott stopped by Odessa College Thursday to check out the college's workforce of tomorrow. He got to see firsthand the type of work that OC does to prepare their welding students for the future. Abbott got a tour of the welding lab and afterward...

MIDLAND, Texas — On Friday, Trent Day, the Vice President of Aghorn, his attorneys and the attorneys representing Aghorn were in the Western District Court of Texas. Aghorn was the company that employed Jacob Dean, the man who died in 2019 after being exposed to Hydrogen Sulfide while responding to a pump house.