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The Elk City Commission is scheduled to meet tonight (Monday) in regular session. According to the posted agenda, the commission will consider and approve or disapprove the annexation of land on East 7 th Street, and also consider and approve or disapprove the final plat for a Burger King restaurant to be located there. Among other agenda items, the commission will consider a resolution to help provide labor to maintain the traffic light at the intersection of State Highway 6 and Merritt Road. ...

By News Director Jared Atha The deadline for requesting an Absentee Ballot for the February 9 Western Technology Center Election, is Tuesday, February 2 at 5 p.m. Election officials said an application can be downloaded at ok.gov/elections, or obtained at local election board offices. Officials say applications must be in an election board office either submitted online, by fax, or in-person. Early voting for the Election will begin Thursday, February 4 and Friday, February 5, from 8 a.m. until...

The 58 th Oklahoma Legislative Session is set to begin on Monday (February 1) and one lawmaker is ready to get to work. District 57 Representative Anthony Moore of Clinton is about to begin his “freshman” year at the State Capitol and says he’s ready to get to work. In fact Moore has already introduced bills that the house will consider, including a joint resolution that would benefit public schools in the state.

By News Director Jared Atha The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced Friday that its Internet Crimes Against Children Unit arrested the assistant chief of the Hydro Police Department on multiple child sexual exploitation charges. According to the OSBI, agents served a search warrant Thursday in the 600 block of N. Broadway in Hydro. As a result of the search warrant, 35-year-old Tyler Wesley Davis, who is also a Caddo County Sheriff’s Office reserve deputy, was arrested. Davis is ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety seized over 150 pounds of THC wax Wednesday, after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Wheeler County.

By News Director Jared Atha It was announced recently that the Board of Trustees of Northfork Electric Cooperative have found a successor to replace their retiring general manager. In a press release it was announced that after a three-month search, Brent Meador will replace Scott Copeland who is retiring after nearly 29 years at the co-op. Co-op officials said extensive investigations into the experience of potential candidates were held, but after three rounds of interviews it was ultimately...

By News Director Jared Atha Southwestern Oklahoma State University with locations in Weatherford and Sayre has announced that it will name the university’s first Parks & Recreation Management endowment in honor of the late Dr. Ken Rose. A native of Clinton, Rose completed his undergraduate studies at SWOSU in 1967 and earned his master’s degree, also from SWOSU, in 1970. He earned his Doctorate of Education from the University of Oklahoma in 1980. Rose was a committed scholar and an expert ...

By News Director Jared Atha District 55 State Representative Todd Russ of Cordell has joined other representatives as co-author of a bill aimed to ensure all vehicles utilizing Oklahoma state highways are contributing to the cost of maintaining this system in a fair and equitable manner. It was announced that State Rep. Kyle Hilbert of Bristow, has filed House Bill 2234, The DRIVE Act, and is expected to be considered during the upcoming state legislative session. Along with Russ, seven other r...

By News Director Jared Atha During the latest meeting of the Elk City Commission, the process of annexing land begun that could see the addition of a new fast food restaurant on East 7 th Street. During a public hearing before the introduction of the ordinance, it was revealed by land owner Boyd Mouse that he is in the final stages a completing the sale of land to a development company in the coming weeks. The Commission is expected to vote on the ordinance during their next regularly scheduled...

The Cordell City Council is scheduled to meet in regular session tonight. Items the council will discuss and consider include authorizing and directing the mayor to submit an application for financial assistance under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program for the acquistion of a 2021 ambulance. If approved – and if the city is awarded the grant – the matching funds the city would be obligated to pay would only be 5% of the awarded grant. Which totals at just under $12,000. The Cordel...