Fatal One Vehicle Accident in Roger Mills County

June 13, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha A 5-year-old boy from Fort Cobb drowned in water near a play area Friday evening. The child was pronounced dead at Carnegie Tri-County Municipal Hospital in Carnegie according to

June 13, 2022 SWODA Press Release Currently, all long-term care facilities are fully open to visitation. All common areas of the facilities are open with social distancing in place with screening and mask requirements. Here are a

June 10, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha High winds were to blame for a one vehicle accident on Interstate 40 early Friday morning in Custer County. According to the collision report provided by the Oklahoma Highway

June 10, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha During their upcoming regular meeting Monday night, the Elk City School Board will consider a bid for the sale of the Fairview Elementary building. According to the posted agenda,

June 9, 2022 Press Release Provided Recent reports out of Oklahoma City exposed a scheme to obtain medications illegally. Scammers had gone door to door asking residents to dispose of expired or unused medication. Scammers said they

June 9, 2022 By Landry Brewer The Heartland of America Museum is publicly saluting veterans this Independence Day weekend, and the public is invited. The museum will host a celebration of veterans Saturday, July 2 from 12:00

June 8, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha During the latest meeting of the Elk City Commission, city officials approved to declare a vacant lot as surplus. City Manager Tom Ivester said that the commonly refereed as

June 8, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha A Clinton man was arrested last week and later charged with, among other things, kidnapping after allegedly holding a woman against her will inside a Clinton home. According to

June 7, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha Voters are reminded to keep the integrity of the election system in mind, when going to the polls later this month. Election officials say while ballot “selfies” or taking

June 7, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha The Clinton City Council is scheduled to meet in regular session tonight. While acting as the Public Works Authority, the council will received a preliminary engineering report on the

June 6, 2022 SWOSU Press Release Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) with locations in Weatherford, Sayre, and Yukon has named Dr. Boone Clemmons to the post of Assistant Vice President for Public Relations & Marketing. Clemmons will

June 6, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha Today marks the 78th anniversary of D-Day. The day many consider when the tide was changed in World War II, thanks to the allied invasion of Normandy, France led

June 3, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha During her recent visit to Elk City, Southwestern Oklahoma State University President Dr. Diana Lovell spoke to the Elk City Rotary Club about various university related topics including the

June 2, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by one’s County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Monday, June 13th. In a

June 2, 2022 SWOSU Press Release Oklahoma State Representative Anthony Moore (District 57) has received the Distinguished Service Award (2021) from the Oklahoma State Higher Regents of Education (OSHRE). Moore was recognized and received the award from

June 1, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha A boil order issued by City of Shamrock, Texas officials yesterday has been rescinded. City Manager Troy Potts says the order came as a result of multiple water main

June 1, 2022 Press Release Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) Executive Director Rachel Holt today thanked Gov. Kevin Stitt for signing and legislators for their bipartisan support in passing a measure that clarifies and updates the Youthful

May 31, 2022 SWOSU Press Release The Oklahoma State Legislature has approved $10 million in pandemic relief funds to assist Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) with establishing a new rural healthcare center on the Weatherford campus. SWOSU

May 31, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha It was announced recently that Elk City along with the National Route 66 Museum have been chosen as the destination for this year’s Walter P. Chrysler Car Club Rally.

May 27, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha Oklahoma Department of Transportation officials want to make commuters this holiday weekend of ongoing construction projects that could slow down travel. Three of those projects are in western Oklahoma,

May 27, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha Memorial Day weekend is here which means summer activities will be well underway throughout western Oklahoma. Elk City Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Julie Brewer says despite the city

May 26, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha The Oklahoma Supreme Court, in three separate rulings this week, signed off on more than $2.2 billion in ratepayer bonds for three utilities as they seek rate hikes to

May 26, 2022 SWOSU Press Release Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) students Jennifer Nightengale of Foss, Abigail Ulery of Yukon and Rhiannon Calfy of Temple were recently honored with Reach Higher awards at the Everett Dobson School

May 25, 2022 Press Release Provided The governor recently signed into law a bill removing the requirement that directors of county fire departments own property in their district. Rep. David Smith, R-Arpelar, the author of House Bill

May 25, 2022 SWOSU Press Release Salina Garza will assume the role of assistant director of admissions and recruitment at Southwestern Oklahoma State University on June 1. Garza has served various roles in the Admissions & Recruitment

May 24, 2022 Press Release Provided Friday, June 3, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 28 Primary Election. Voting officials said that persons who

May 24, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha Two Elk City High School thespians have been nominated to win awards for their recent performances in the play “Newsies”. Elk City High School’s production of “Newsies” is also

May 23, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha Officials have released the names of the two people who died in a home explosion west of Clinton. According to The State Medical Examiner’s Office the victims are identified

May 23, 2022 Press Release A bill protecting K-12 school-aged children from access to pornographic or obscene material in schools or libraries or through online digital libraries was signed into law by the governor this week. House

May 23, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha A Western Oklahoma well drilled by the Kaiser-Francis Oil Company of Tulsa brought in more than 2,100 barrels of oil a day. The well, drilled in Custer County at

May 20, 2022 By News Director Jared Atha Elk City’s newest internet provider will begin infrastructure work soon in the city says City Manager Tom Ivester. Ivester told the City Commission during their latest meeting that Bluepeak