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Authorities say a female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools. The female suspect was killed by police during a confrontation Monday at The Covenant School. Authorities believe the shooter was a former student. The Covenant School has had an enrollment of about 200 students from preschool to sixth grade in recent years. The killings come as communities around the nation are reeling from a spate of school violence.

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The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of Brenda Andrew in the shooting dead of her estranged husband, former Enid resident Rob Andrew, in 2001 in Oklahoma City.

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ENID, Okla. — Enid Police Department officers arrested a 40-year-old man Thursday night after ending a nearly six-hour standoff in which the man is accused of firing shots at officers.

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Oklahoma voters have rejected a state question to allow recreational use of marijuana. The state question was the only issue on the ballot Tuesday. It would have legalized pot for those over the age of 21. Oklahoma would have been the 22nd state to legalize adult use of cannabis. It would have been among the most conservative to do so. Similar proposals were rejected last year in Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota. The state already has one of the most robust medical marijuana programs in the country. The question was opposed by various religious leaders, law enforcement and prosecutors. They argued more legal marijuana would harm children and lead to more crime.

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A line of severe storms that moved west across Oklahoma Sunday evening, Feb. 26, 2023, caused damage to property along Norman Road in southern Enid and in the town of Hillsdale, about 20 miles north of Enid in Garfield County.

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Floyd has been EPS superintendent since 2014. He said he was proud of all of the achievements that have been made during his tenure, and it was an honor serving as superintendent.

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The Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents approved cuts during a meeting earlier this week to make up a $1.5 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2024.

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❝She’s got a lot on her plate right off the bat. ... There’s a lot of balls in the air right now, so we’ve just got to make sure that all the outstanding projects that are out there right now get to the finish line.❞ — ERDA Board of Directors Chair Matt Parrish

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The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified remains Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents recovered on Jan. 17, 2023 as those of Athena Brownfield, 4, who was reported missing Jan. 10.

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GRANT COUNTY, Okla. — Authorities are investigating an accidental shooting involving a 4-year-old child that occurred Tuesday morning, Dec. 13, 2022, in Grant County.

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EHS was locked down for two-and-a-half hours Thursday after the threat was received. It was one of several similar incidents — including a threat at Medford Public Schools — being reported across the state and in some other parts of the nation.

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ENID, Okla. — Enid City Commission on Tuesday night approved an economic development deal for a movie theater.

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LACEYY, Okla. — The suspect in the execution-style murders of four people at a marijuana grow operation near Lacey has been arrested in Miami Beach, Fla.

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Richard Fairchild, an ex-Marine, was convicted in the 1993 death of 3-year-old Adam Broomhall after the child wet the bed. Prosecutors said Fairchild held both sides of the boy's body against a furnace, beat him, then threw him into a table.

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ENID, Okla. — Texas Roadhouse is coming to Enid, a representative from the chain confirmed on Wednesday.

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Michael Scott Geiger initially was charged April 29, 2022, with felony counts of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, kidnapping and first-degree burglary following the death of 2-year-old Caliyah Guyton.

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ENID, Okla. — A pedestrian was killed Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 15, 2022, after being hit by a large rock-hauling truck at the corner of Van Buren and Garriott.

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An Enid man was found dead in his burning home in the 1700 block of East Oklahoma during the early morning hours Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, according to Enid Fire Department.

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A man diagnosed with schizophrenia — who defense attorneys said barely communicated with them — maundered in a two-minute final statement before he was executed by the state of Oklahoma Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022.

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ENID, Okla. — Local authorities are investigating a fatal incident that occurred at Archer-Daniels-Midland Grain Company in Enid on Thursday morning.

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A Garfield County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a 35-year-old Covington man after he reportedly “got a knife and began threatening the deputy” last week, according to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

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Willow View’s “reasons of conscience” include seeing the divide between perspectives of UMC congregations at the 2019 General Conference over the issue of homosexuality, as well as seeing it as a time to forge its own path whether with a different denomination or staying independent.

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ENID, Okla. — Enid Public Schools officials will have an extra campus police presence at Waller Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, after hearing rumors someone might bring a weapon to school.

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Oklahoma executed James Coddington at 10:16 a.m. Thursday in the first lethal injection since a federal trial over the state’s protocol.

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Multiple fire departments were fighting several fires Friday night, Aug. 5, 2022, in southeast Garfield County, northern Logan County and northern Kingfisher County, according to Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.

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Kathryn Juanita Green, 32, entered the Alford plea — which is a guilty plea in which a defendant maintains their innocence but admits the prosecution has sufficient evidence to find them guilty if brought to trial — on two counts of child neglect, one count of unauthorized disposal of a corpse, one count of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, one count of desecration of a human corpse and one count of obstructing an officer.

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FAIRVIEW, Okla. — A Fairview woman was arrested Tuesday, July 19, 2022, for taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

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Tulsa police released the names of the shooter and victims of Wednesday's mass shooting that left five dead, including the shooter, at a hospital.

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Dorhee Ventura Wofford, with his attorney Tim Beebe, appeared before District Judge Paul Woodward on Thursday morning, May 5, 2022, to plead guilty to three charges in connection to the 2020 death of Nestor Garcia Ramirez.

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