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By News Director Jared Atha Details are very limited at this point, however several law enforcement agencies are investigating a deadly standoff at a home in northwest Dewey County. The incident started Wednesday afternoon in Vici when the Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the TAC team was in the small community assisting the U.S Marshal’s Office with a suspect after he ran from authorities while they were trying to serve a warrant. The suspect then barricaded himself in a house. Later in the even...

A Sayre woman is in jail after allegedly shooting her boyfriend in the head. Luckily the victim survived the shooting. According to a probable cause affidavit, 57-year-old Linda Fae Ellington was arrested on February 16 after police were dispatched to the home Ellington shared with the victim. In fact, it was Ellington who called police and told them that she had shot her boyfriend because they had been arguing and he was coming after her. When police arrived, Ellington met the authorities outs...

Although down when compared to a year ago, Elk City's sales tax numbers still remain above the $1 million mark.

The conversation of renewables and how it contributes to generating power for the state spurned after, on multiple occasions, the Southwest Power Pool declared level 3 energy emergencies which forced power companies to perform rolling blackouts in an effort to conserve energy. The SPP saw a lack of energy due to the extreme cold weather a large portion of the country saw, which caused energy usage to skyrocket. As of 9:20 a.m. Friday, the company said the energy emergency alert ended. The compa...

The search continues to find the next superintendent for the Elk City School District. School Board President Brandon Storm says as expected the job is an attractive one with the board receiving 19 applications. He says despite conducting a search during a pandemic and now a historic winter storm, the search to find the next leader of the school district is on schedule.

Yet another snow storm is currently making its way into western Oklahoma that could drop anywhere between 3" - 8" of snow on an already snow covered region.

By News Director Jared Atha Despite the rolling blackouts in Oklahoma put on pause, officials say the state is not out of the woods yet with freezing temperatures continuing to hammer the region. Monday power-grid manager Southwest Power Pool, which is the grid system that oversees various electric companies including Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Northfork Electric Cooperative, declared a level 3 emergency for its entire 14-state area. The emergency was issued due to high consumption ...

By News Director Jared Atha The House State and Federal Redistricting Committee was appointed Friday to continue the House’s public-focused redistricting process throughout the 2021 legislative session. House Speaker Charles McCall appointed the 29-member bipartisan committee to establish the formal policies and protocols for House redistricting. After the delivery of final U.S. Census data, the committee will advance legislation containing new districts to the full House for consideration. T...

Slick roads and high speed appear to be to blame for a rollover crash in Beckham County Sunday morning.