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Oklahoma is currently in its "phase 2" portion of its Covid-19 vaccination plan.

According to the National Weather located in Norman: its possible.

A three vehicle accident in Custer County has sent a Louisiana woman to the hospital. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just after 7:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, two miles east of Clinton in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 when the 2003 Mazda B3000 driven by Kathleen Carlyle Michael of New Orleans ran off the roadway to the left, rolled multiple times, before coming to rest on the inside lane. A second vehicle, driven by 39-year-old Caleb Benton Long of Corn struc...

By News Director Jared Atha State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister has named 97 Oklahoma high school students to her 2021 Student Advisory Council. Four of the 97 are from Beckham County. Those four are Sara Coffey from Elk City, Cooper Coffman from Sayre, Jamie Peffer and Joshlyn Tomlin, both from Merritt. According to a statement from Hofmeister, this is the sixth consecutive year the group has been convened to assist the State Superintendent and the Oklahoma State Departme...

By News Director Jared Atha Tragedy in Mountain View last Wednesday after a house fire has taken the life of a 5-year-old girl and left the family homeless. According to a news release, the incident occurred early in the morning hours of December 23 while the family was sleeping in the two-story home. Seven people in total, two adults and five juveniles, were inside the home when the fire started. The fire was so big, a neighboring home also caught fire – ultimately being destroyed as well. T...

By News Director Jared Atha Good detective work between multiple agencies in Custer County has landed an Elk City man in jail with burglary charges. According to a probable cause affidavit, 30-year-old Bryan Lee Pfeil is accused of breaking into the Butler Co-op during the early morning hours of November 28 and stealing multiple tools and even fuel from a truck. The report stated that the Custer County Sheriff’s Department was contacted by the manager of the co-op when he discovered that some...

By News Director Jared Atha The turf project at the 5-plex baseball and softball fields in Elk City’s Ackley Park West and the baseball field in Ackley Park has officially been paid for. Sort of. During the latest Elk City Commissioner’s meeting the commission approved the final pay application to Hellas Construction, the company that the city had bought the material from and who installed the turf. The budgeted item was for just under $275,000. However, City Manager Tom Ivester says the ci...

By News Director Jared Atha Voters in area counties who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the January 12 Special Election should apply now. According to voting officials, although County Election Boards can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, voters who wish to vote by absentee are urged to apply early. Absentee ballot application forms are available at the County Election Board offices, and an online version of the form can be filled out ...

Travel always increases during the holiday season, and this year – despite a pandemic – appears to be no different.

By News Director Jared Atha High wind gusts appear to be the blame for a two vehicle accident in Washita County Wednesday afternoon that took the life of a Tuttle woman. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just after 3:00 p.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 near mile marker 45, one mile west of Canute. OHP says after a 2012 Ford F-250 pulling a box-type utility trailer had passed a semi, a gust of wind caused the trailer to overturn. The driver, 45-year-old ...