Voter Registration Deadline Approaches
July 31, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – Friday is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the August 28 Runoff Primary Election. Washita County...
View ArticleBeckham County Bridges are Safe
July 31, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – By and large, the bridges in Beckham County are safe. That’s what Beckham County Commissioners heard from Circuit Engineering District 7...
View ArticleFormer Custer County Detention Officer Found Guilty
July 31, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A former Custer County detention officer has been found guilty of one count of sexual battery and has been sentenced. 26-year-old Darrion Morgan of...
View ArticleSWOSU Enrollment for Fall Semester Classes
August 1, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – SWOSU is gearing up for another semester as enrollment continues. Fall semester classes begin August 20 at Southwestern Oklahoma State University...
View ArticleClinton Sales Tax Continues Upward Trend
August 1, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – Clinton sales tax numbers keep rising steadily as things continue to look up in the self-described Hub City. A one-month sales tax jump of 15%...
View ArticleOne Pleads, Another At Large
August 1, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – One person has pleaded guilty to drug charges while police are searching for another on the same felony charges. The Beckham County man and woman...
View ArticleSayre Woman Back Behind Bars
August 2, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A Sayre woman found herself back behind bars for alleged drug possession. Bond for 47-year-old Susan Ray Lynn Smith was initially set at...
View ArticleWeatherford Man Bonds Out on Domestic Assault Charge
August 2, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A Weatherford man is due in Custer County District Court next month after being charged with domestic assault and battery by strangulation, a...
View ArticleSayre Man Bonds Out on 10 Counts of Animal Cruelty
August 2, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A Sayre man has bonded out of jail on 10 felony counts of animal cruelty. The animals, all horses, were seized and taken for immediate medical...
View ArticleAltus Man Allegedly Pulls Gun, Orders Victim into Vehicle
August 3, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – After allegedly pulling a gun on a man and ordering him into a vehicle to go get some stuff fixed, the suspect later returned and apologized. A...
View ArticleCordell Discusses a New Form of Government
August 3, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – On Monday night, Cordell city leaders will get their first opportunity to discuss changing their form of government. The agenda for the New Cordell...
View ArticleDill City Man Held on $250,000 Bond
August 3, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A Dill City man is being held in the Washita County jail on a bond of a quarter-of-a-million dollars and ordered to have no contact with the...
View ArticleTwo Going to Trial and Another Newly Charged
April 20, 2017 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A Bessie man and a Weatherford woman are scheduled for jury trials next month and charges against a third man were recently filed after being...
View ArticleHollis Man Arrested For Making Bomb Threat
August 6, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A 26-year-old Hollis man has been arrested for making a bomb threat to the business where he worked. Collin Lee Pantoja is in the Greer County jail...
View ArticleAllianceHealth Clinton Offers Early Detection of Colon Cancer
August 6, 2018 Clinton’s hospital wants you to detect colorectal cancer before it’s too late. Though men and women may avoid discussing colon health with their doctor, doing so becomes increasingly...
View ArticlePrison Scuffle Sends Inmates to Hospital
August 2, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A serious scuffle at the prison in Sayre injured seven inmates sending four to various hospitals in Western Oklahoma. The injuries are thought to...
View ArticleElk City Man Held in Jail on $100k Bond following Domestic
August 7, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – An Elk City man is being held on a $100-thousand dollar bond following a domestic disturbance in which he’s thought to have ripped hair from the...
View ArticleCordell Council Gives Mayor Green Light to Move Forward
August 7, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – On Monday night, Cordell city leaders got their first chance to chew on the new idea of changing their form of government. It’s an idea floated by...
View ArticleClinton Man Pleads; Gets 10 Years
August 7, 2018 By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph – A Clinton man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison after holding a knife at the throat of the mother of his child. 34-year old Redmon...
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