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The man wanted for allegedly stealing two vehicles in western Oklahoma has been captured. Officials with the Beckham County Sheriff’s Office have confirmed that 30-year-old Kasey Patrick Scott was captured in Kiowa County, Colorado, after a pursuit in the southeast part of the state. Scott was reportedly still driving the vehicle he stole following another pursuit which ended in a crash early Monday morning after a Beckham County deputy spotted him driving a stolen vehicle from Clarendon, Tex...

By News Director Jared Atha An Elk City man was charged March 26 after allegedly helping a prisoner escape from the Lexington Correctional Center in early March. 29-year-old Dillon Hill was charged in Cleveland County District Court after he allegedly drove Lexington inmate Matthew Perry from the facility. Perry was taken into custody without incident on the evening of March 12 in Sayre by the Beckham County Sheriff’s Office, Sayre Police Department, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and agents of ...

By News Director Jared Atha Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the Erick and Hammon School District Board of Education General Election and also Cities of Elk City, Erick and Sayre Council member General Election. Those running for school board seats include Aubrey Christian and Clay Ivey in Hammon and Colby Holland and Justin Miller for the office number one seat on the Erick School Board. Also in Erick Michelle Cox and Robert Lee Williams will be squaring off for the office number three ...

By News Director Jared Atha A Beckham County deputy pursued a stolen vehicle early Monday morning after it was located by G.P.S north of Erick. Now the suspect is believed to have stolen a second vehicle from the Sweetwater area. According to the Beckham County Sheriff’s Office, the pursuit ended when the stolen pickup crashed at Sweetwater. Authorities say that’s when the man fled on foot. Authorities with the Beckham County and Roger Mills County Sheriff’s Departments began searching th...

By News Director Jared Atha The Cordell City Council met in regular session Monday night and discussed extending the mask ordinance for the city. According to City Manager J.C. Moser the current ordinance was to expire at the end of the month, or whenever Governor Kevin Stitt lifted his emergency declaration – which he did indeed do on Friday. Stitt issued the declaration last spring. Moser says after discussion, the motion to extend the city’s mask mandate ultimately failed. In a related m...

By News Director Jared Atha A Clinton man accused of assaulting a woman in a motel room last summer has been charged recently in Custer County District Court. 54-year-old Tracey Lee Pierce is accused of hitting a woman in the face with a cologne bottle, a plastic bottle, throwing her to the ground causing her to hit her head and upper body, holding her down and hitter her several times in the face and upper body with the motel room’s phone, and slamming a door on her left arm, which resulted ...

It appears the possibility of severe thunderstorms could return tonight for western Oklahoma.

A one vehicle accident Thursday afternoon in Washita County has hospitalized a Guthrie Man. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 66-year-old Robert Smith suffered arm and trunk internal injuries after his 2011 Toyota Tacoma departed State Highway 54, approximately 4 miles east of Corn, and rolled a half time – coming to rest on its top. Smith was admitted into OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was last listed to be in stable condition. OHP says Smith was wearing a seat belt at the t...

The first spring storm event could begin as soon as today in western Oklahoma.

A Weatherford woman has received a felony charge after allegedly assaulting a police officer recently. According to court records, 38-year-old Tiffany Louise Bray is accused of the crime after a Weatherford police officer was dispatched to Weatherford Regional Hospital on February 26 after being requested by E.R. staff members due to Bray – a patient – being unruly. A probable cause affidavit revealed that when the officer arrived he could hear commotion coming from one of the exam rooms. A...