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By News Director Jared Atha After announcing that the Pioneer Cellular Event Center at Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford would be a Covid-19 vaccination distribution site every Friday, the school has now announced that the number of people treated will be going up. In a press release, SWOSU College of Pharmacy Rural Health Center Coordinator Randy Curry said 300 vaccinations were given at the initial clinic held January 8. That number will increase starting this Friday (January 15) whe...

Public Service Company of Oklahoma continues to rank high among the top of all U.S. providers after receiving its best-ever score in the 2020 J.D. Power...

By News Director Jared Atha A California man was arrested in Custer County recently after being found with just under 100 pounds of marijuana. According to the Weatherford Police Department, an officer conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near the 81 mile marker early Friday morning. The officer requested a K9 unit to conduct a free air sniff of the vehicle while he continued to conduct the traffic stop. Once the free air sniff was conducted the K9 officer indicated that the K9 had alerted...

By News Director Jared Atha In a press release, The Oklahoma Department of Corrections announced Monday that a former correctional officer has been sentenced in a case involving contraband. 55-year-old Jeffrey Fraze of Lone Wolf was sentenced January 5 for the introduction of drugs into North Fork Correctional Center in Sayre. Fraze was found guilty on five charges including trafficking in illegal drugs, bringing contraband drugs into a penal institution, conspiracy, unlawful possession of a co...

A popular east Texas Panhandle annual event will not take place in 2021.

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper from Troop H, which is officed in Clinton, has been awarded a high honor.

By News Director Jared Atha An Arapaho woman was injured Thursday afternoon after being involved in a four vehicle accident in Canadian County. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just after 3:30 in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 near mile marker 106 when a 2013 Freightliner was disabled in the inside lane. Because of the disabled truck, a 2019 Ford F-250 had stopped behind it, this caused the 2016 Cadillac Escalade driven by 72-year-old Linda Kay Elston of Ara...

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday, January 12, for special elections in the area. Local election board offices remind the public that early voting will be available to county election board offices from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday and Friday. On election day, polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. and officials warn that lines are possible at peak voting times. Wait times will likely be shortest at mid-morning and mid-afternoon, and anyone in line to vote at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to...

By News Director Jared Atha Southwestern Oklahoma State University has announced that faculty and students are helping with the distribution efforts of the Covid-19 vaccine. In a press release, officials say vaccinations will be given every Friday at the SWOSU Weatherford campus. SWOSU Rural Health Center Coordinator Randy Curry said right now the vaccinations being given at SWOSU are for people over 65 years of age. Vaccines will be given from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Pioneer Cellular Event ...

By News Director Jared Atha House of Representatives committee leadership and Republican majority leadership appointments have been made for the 58 th Oklahoma Legislature. One rookie lawmaker from western Oklahoma was named to a leadership position as well. District 57 Representative Anthony Moore of Clinton, who was elected to the position in November and just recently sworn in, has been named to serve as vice chair of the Energy and Natural Resources committee. Representative Brad Boles of M...