The legal team representing an Osage County landowner in a years-long condemnation dispute argued in district court last week that the city of Enid’s long-standing financial relationship with Koch’s fertilizer plant is the major driving factor behind building the pipeline from Kaw Lake, rather than projected service-area growths for water demand or population.
The legal team representing an Osage County landowner in a years-long condemnation dispute argued in district court last week that the city of Enid’s long-standing financial relationship with Koch’s fertilizer plant is the major driving factor behind building the pipeline from Kaw Lake, rather than projected service-area growths for water demand or population.
ENID, Okla. — As Kalid Short was sitting next to Santa Claus and telling him some of the things he wanted for Christmas, he let out his own Santa-inspired belly laugh.
Erica Huffman, adoption coordinator at Enid Animal Welfare, said in the release that the shelter typically sees an increase in animal surrenders around the holidays, but this year, the number has been unusually high.
Towns across Northwest Oklahoma such as Waukomis, Hennessey and Kingfisher have encouraged local shopping, spending, eating and enjoying to entertain residents and to bring in sales tax revenue.
ENID, Okla. — Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host its annual Christmas in the Village 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10.
❝Now’s the time — come get one this weekend,” Jackson said. “If you’re getting your booster, then you’ve got enough time for that immunity to kick in before you travel for Christmas. It’s good timing, so don’t wait.❞ — Maggie Jackson, community engagement director for Oklahoma State Department of Health District 2
Phillips University Legacy Foundation will start accepting new applications Jan. 1 for its Undergraduate Scholarship and Leadership Development Program for the 2022-23 academic year.
ALINE, Okla. — The Sod House Museum will be celebrating Christmas the pioneer way with an open house on Saturday, Dec. 11.
Seventy-three new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Cherokee County, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, but there have been no new deaths recorded for the fourth week in a row.
WASHINGTON — Mayors and tribes across Oklahoma have lists miles long of projects they hope to fund with some of the more than $5 billion that has been unlocked for Oklahoma by the federal infrastructure bill.
ENID, Okla. — Northwestern Oklahoma State University is hosting a visual arts workshop investigating rematriation and ancestral venerations practices via drawing, painting and creative writing.
A Sequoyah County man was found guilty by a federal jury of five counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country.
Nearly 100 people filled the conference room for Chisholm’s board meeting Wednesday in support of teachers who quit their jobs earlier this week. Carly Maly and Lauren Haney resigned the same day from Chisholm Elementary School.
Lawyers representing Muskogee County entities named as defendants in a lawsuit alleging a violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the death of former inmate asked a federal judge to dismiss the complaint.
TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man whose body was found dumped earlier this week in a rural area.
No nonprofits located in counties in the northwestern area of the state applied for funding awarded Wednesday as part of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, according to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
Hunter’s Home fans might be happy to know that the museum’s private Facebook group, Life at Hunter’s Home, will be available for free throughout December, so they can enjoy the holidays with the site’s staff.
ENID, Okla. — Oklahoma gained 5,292 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, according to Oklahoma State Department of Health on Wednesday.
Chisholm Middle School was ranked the fourth-best middle school in Oklahoma, and Hoover Elementary School just missed the top 10 of elementary schools statewide, coming in at 11th in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings.
The kindness of strangers continues with locals in the area through musical influences to love on families this Christmas season.
A Wednesday afternoon social media threat made against Fort Gibson Public Schools has been traced to a high school student, Fort Gibson Police Chief Rob Frazier said.
When Tahlequah resident Lisa Bynum learned that a friend had contracted a rare form of cancer, she was determined to do something to help.
KIOWA COUNTY – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said Wednesday the skull found in Kiowa County on July 13, 2005, which became known as ‘Kiowa Jane Doe,’ is positively identified as Rebecca Jean Boyd. Boyd was reported missing by her estranged husband on July 30, 2002. She was 29 years old at the time of her disappearance and the mother of two small children.
ENID, Okla. — Community members have the opportunity this holiday season to gift or purchase inscriptive bricks for the entrance of the Advance Soccer Complex and help children in need.
Muskogee County commissioners are considering the installation of technology that would continuously disinfect the air and surfaces at the jail and other county-owned facilities.
While many throughout Cherokee County are planning to celebrate a holly, jolly Christmas, for others, the winter celebrations remind them they are alone.
This time of year, nonprofit organizations are reaching out to the community for assistance.
Grand River Dam Authority officials are offering simple tips to help conserve energy this winter.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is asking for assistance from the public in identifying two photographed women.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who was found dead Monday.
ENID, Okla. — A 19-year-old man was arrested last week on 10 counts of possession of child pornography, violation of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act and conspiracy to commit a felony.
Over the last two years (and going back further to 2017) the city of Enid and Merrifield have been locked in a legal deadlock — during which several related cases have gone to the state level — over acquiring easements on his three lots in eastern Osage County for the city's long-planned water pipeline.
ENID, Okla. — Enid Police Department soon will gain another fully certified polygraph examiner.
OKLAHOMA CITY — All members of the Oklahoma National Guard must comply with the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate or face a prohibition on their participation in drills and training, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday.
ENID, Okla. — Aaron LeCrone had never been inside a hot air balloon before, but on Monday, he got the opportunity to take a tethered ride in one.
ENID, Okla. — Integris Bass Baptist Health Care Center is recognizing Integris Home Care Enid in honor of Home Care and Hospice Month.
Enid pastor, writer and historian Wade Burleson said he believes that while people in Enid are very aware of Vance Air Force Base, and that the base was named after Leon Robert Vance, they may not know the whole story.
OKLAHOMA CITY — State Epidemiologist Jolianne Stone issued the following statement regarding the Omicron variant of COVID-19:
He said the wind right now makes any possible ride decisions up in the air, but if they are offered it would be on a first-come basis as time allows. Donations would be accepted for the Children's Miracle Network, which is supported by the corporation.
Northeastern State University will host its RiverHawk Roadshow, a recruitment event for prospective students, Dec. 2 in Woodward.
ENID, Okla. — Parking lots fill and shops bustle in the midst of the most popular shopping weekend of the year.
ENID, Okla. — Without taking any type of medications, Brian Clark’s pain level, on a scale from one to 10, is an eight.
Locally, much of the western half of Garfield County is listed in moderate drought — the lowest level of drought — while the eastern part is listed as abnormally dry.
African and Native American cultures consider the owl evil or an omen of illness. As uncommon as most owls are, they prefer to avoid humanity as much as many people consider them a foreboding entity. Considering that the less than 6-inch-long Elf Owl that weighs less than an ounce and a half with thin eyebrows and a squeaky bark, one is reminded more of a toy than a symbol of the occult.
Tens of thousands made their way to downtown Enid to attend the 28th annual Enid Lights Up the Plains and the lighting of the world’s largest fresh-cut Christmas tree, which together marked the official start to the Christmas season in Northwest Oklahoma.
Ladies Night Out and Black Friday have passed, and shoppers are winnowing down their shopping lists for the holidays, including gifts for the kids.
ENID, Okla. — For the second year in a row, Integris Meadowlake at Bass Bapitst Health Care Center has been honored with the Guardian of Excellence Award for patient experience.
An Enid woman was injured in a single-vehicle collision early Friday morning just south of Breckinridge, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
So this holiday season, here are a few ideas on how to pay it forward and spread a little peace and joy. Do you have some more ideas?
The busiest time of the year begins two weeks before Christmas, with customer traffic expected to steadily increase beginning the week of Dec. 6, according to the USPS, which plans all year for the peak holiday season.
Theleta M. Williams, age 72, of Marshall, passed away December 2, 2021. Services are pending with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
The home-going service celebrating and honoring the life of Carol Fitzpatrick, 69, of Enid are pending under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family at www.Brown-Cummings.com.
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