Buried radioactive capsule discovered near Midland in West Texas
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) says a radioactive capsule was discovered and recovered in Midland County over the weekend.
Jul 30, 2026Open source
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Midland, Texas. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Midland. Associated ZIP codes: 79701, 79702, 79703, 79704, 79705, 79706, 79707, 79708, 79710, 79711, 79712.
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Texas’ longstanding “Robin Hood” school finance system will face a new legal challenge
Midland school trustees argue they have minimal control over local taxes and can’t properly serve students as a recapture system redistributes millions of...
Jul 23, 2026Open source
Wind Surge swept over weekend
Wichita loses three games to Midland, to host Tulsa Tuesday The Kansan Staff MIDLAND, Texas — The Wichita Wind Surge dropped three games in weekend… Logi...
Jun 30, 2026Open source
Wind Surge struggle with losses in Midland
Series against the RockHounds runs through Sunday The Kansan Staff MIDLAND, Texas — The Wichita Wind Surge dropped a pair of games to the Midland… Login...
Jun 26, 2026Open source
Suspect in Midland, Texas, shooting had fired at a police officer days earlier, officials say
Authorities in Texas say a man who opened fire in a shooting that left one dead and 10 injured had shot at police just days earlier during a chase. Texas
Jun 14, 2026Open source
Suspect in Midland, Texas, mass shooting had fired on police days earlier, officials say
One person died and nine others were hurt after a shooter opened fire in Midland, officials said.
Jun 13, 2026Open source
Texas shooter who wounded 10, killed 1 was wanted for shooting at officer days earlier
The suspect fired at officers and bystanders in Midland before barricading himself in an abandoned veterinary clinic, where he was later found dead
Jun 13, 2026Open source
What we know about the mass shooting in Midland, Texas, that left 1 dead, 10 injured
What we know about the mass shooting in Midland, Texas, that left 1 dead, 10 injured
Jun 13, 2026Open source
What we know about the mass shooting in Midland, Texas, that left 1 dead, 10 injured
What we know about the mass shooting in Midland, Texas, that left 1 dead, 10 injured
Jun 13, 2026Open source
What we know about the mass shooting in Midland, Texas, that left 1 dead, 10 injured
What we know about the mass shooting in Midland, Texas, that left 1 dead, 10 injured
Jun 13, 2026Open source
What we know about the mass shooting in Midland, Texas, that left 1 dead, 10 injured
What we know about the mass shooting in Midland, Texas, that left 1 dead, 10 injured
Jun 13, 2026Open source
Suspect dead after Texas shooting kills 1 and leaves 9 injured, police say
A shooting Friday in Midland, Texas, left one person dead and nine others in the hospital
Jun 13, 2026Open source
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Texas brothers get 15 years for $8M armed crypto robbery in Grant
Two Texas men who held a Grant family at gunpoint for nine hours and stole $8 million in cryptocurrency from them were sentenced to at least 15 years each in...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
Student pilot killed in McMinnville helicopter collision identified
Christopher Joughin, 31, of the United Kingdom, was a student pilot on a Robinson R22 helicopter on Thursday. He was flying with his instructor, 22-year-old...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
Aggies defeat North Texas in home meet
The NM State swimming and diving team opened its home slate with a 133-110 victory over North Texas on Friday evening at The Beast - Eastside Regional Recrea...
Nov 2, 2026Open source
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Midland is in Midland County, Texas.
Region: West Texas
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79701, 79702, 79703, 79704, 79705, 79706, 79707, 79708, 79710, 79711, 79712
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Texas brothers get 15 years for $8M armed crypto robbery in Grant
Two Texas men who held a Grant family at gunpoint for nine hours and stole $8 million in cryptocurrency from them were sentenced to at least 15 years each in...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
Student pilot killed in McMinnville helicopter collision identified
Christopher Joughin, 31, of the United Kingdom, was a student pilot on a Robinson R22 helicopter on Thursday. He was flying with his instructor, 22-year-old...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
Aggies defeat North Texas in home meet
The NM State swimming and diving team opened its home slate with a 133-110 victory over North Texas on Friday evening at The Beast - Eastside Regional Recrea...
Nov 2, 2026Open source
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Midland was founded in June 1881 as Midway Station on the Texas and Pacific Railway, named for its position halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso. Because Texas already had other towns named Midway, it became Midland in January 1884, when it got its first post office. It became the seat of the new Midland County, separated from Tom Green County, in March 1885, and by 1890 it was one of the state's most important cattle-shipping centers. Midland was incorporated in 1906 and had a fire department and new water system by 1910.
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The discovery of oil in the Permian Basin in 1923, when the Santa Rita No. 1 well came in in Reagan County, followed by the Yates field at Iraan, transformed the town. Midland became the administrative center of the West Texas oil fields. During World War II it had the nation's largest bombardier training base. A second boom followed the war with the development of the Spraberry Trend, still the country's third-largest oil field by total reserves, and another came with high oil prices in the 1970s. The Permian Basin now produces a fifth of the nation's oil and gas. In 2006 the boom left almost 2,000 more jobs in the basin than workers to fill them. John Howard Griffin wrote a history of the city, Land of the High Sky, in 1959. Sources Wikipedia: Midland, Texas
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31.9896360, -102.0626100
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