The Odessa Record -

Last fall, a basil plant kept growing in a patio container. Due to inattention on my part, it went to seed. Now I have a nice little patch of minuscule seedlings sprouting up. If I... — Updated 4/8/2021

DAVENPORT--Local infants through fifth-graders enjoyed the Easter Egg hunt put on by the Davenport Lions Club at City Park Saturday morning, April 3. Kids grabbed eggs that were... — Updated 4/3/2021

DAVENPORT – Easter weekend is approaching, with Easter Sunday celebrated April 4. Several community organizations and churches have Davenport, Reardan and Harrington locals... — Updated 4/1/2021

DAVENPORT – Tim Zeiler was going through the 2019-20 academic year just like he had his previous 15 years as the athletic director and P.E. teacher at the high school. Then, a... — Updated 3/25/2021

HARRINGTON – The Harrington City Council met March 17 for a "Public Hearing: Utility Rate Increase & 2021 Budget Amendment" with council members Peter Davenport, David Buddriu... — Updated 3/25/2021

Borscht Soup is a spring menu item in my book. Though it was a Deutschesfest menu item for many years provided originally by the Odessa Baptist Women, the dish was most often made i... — Updated 3/25/2021

REARDAN – The dog days have arrived at Reardan High School. Charlie, a therapy goldendoodle with a purebred poodle father and purebred golden retriever mother spends her days wand... — Updated 3/18/2021

Freshmen Hayden Schuh and Jacob Scrupps, sophomores Grace Nelson and Collin Martin, juniors Tori Schlomer and Landen Brooks and seniors Katreace Boss and Tim DeWulf (Homecoming... — Updated 3/18/2021

Five-year-old Brody Geissler found the first buttercup of the season in his family's pasture off Geissler Road last week. Geissler attends Growing Gorillas Cooperative... — Updated 3/11/2021

ODESSA – Despite a pandemic, Odessa FBLA members competed virtually in the Winter Conference with the entire state. All competitions that involved presentations were recorded and... — Updated 3/11/2021

Back row: Ryan Melgren, PJ Finch, Kathryn Finch, Alyssa Iverson, Kaedin Schorzman, Nathan Melcher. Front row: Lily Starkel, Bo Walter, Levi Hardung, Casen Watson, Mackenzie Lutz,... — Updated 3/11/2021

March and St. Patrick's Day brings corned beef to mind for many folks doing the meal planning. Corning, the old time method of preserving meat before refrigeration came along is... — Updated 3/11/2021

DAVENPORT – The number of COVID-19 cases is down to three in Lincoln County as of press time, but the death counts suffered in big cities like New York and Los Angeles has left... — Updated 3/4/2021

Well, this is embarrassing. A few short weeks after deciding to keep everyone apprised of local activities, I have decided to stop. Now that I am fully removed from the former... — Updated 3/4/2021

Editor's Note: See the Feb. 18 issue of The Times for part 1 of this historical feature. As safecracker Edward Leroy Lucas laid dying in the Lincoln County Jail, he requested... — Updated 2/26/2021

Recipes do fail. Recently I tried a recipe for orange cake with fresh orange syrup. It was circulating the Internet last December. Taking into consideration different tastes among... — Updated 2/25/2021