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By News Director Jared Atha A Clinton man was arrested after he allegedly threatened and attempted to burn down his parents house. The incident occurred in the afternoon of December 11 when, according to a probable cause affidavit, 41-year-old Rudolfo Sambrano was arrested at the home that he shared with his parents after he allegedly gotten into an argument with his father, threatened to burn the house down, and proceeded to pour gasoline out in the home’s garage. When officers arrived Sambr...

By News Director Jared Atha A two car accident in Dewey County Tuesday afternoon has put a Canton woman in the hospital. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the accident happened two miles south west of Seiling on U.S. Highway 270 when 25-year-old Asa Little-Bird failed to yield when crossing the highway at a county road intersection. This caused a 2018 Chevy Silverado pickup that was traveling southeast on the highway to strike Little-Bird’s 2010 Ford Expedition on the front center pas...

Covid-19 vaccination distribution has begun in Elk City. According to Elk City Fire Department Chief Medical Officer Kyle Chervenka the vaccine has arrived and is starting to be given to essential personnel, including Elk City first responders. Chervenka says the city is following the state’s phased distribution plan, which says phase one will have the vaccine distributed to front-line health care workers, that include doctors, nurses, and health care providers. In fact, in a Facebook post it...

By News Director Jared Atha President Donald Trump officially declared a federal disaster on Monday for 13 Oklahoma counties, including one in western Oklahoma, battered by the late October ice storm. The declaration means federal funding will now be available to state, tribal and local governments and some private nonprofits for storm-related costs, the White House said in a press release. One of the 13 counties approved for the possible funding includes Roger Mills. The other 12 counties are...

By News Director Jared Atha After a recent break in and burglary, Hope Inc in Elk City saw their food supply take a hit. Fortunately generous donations of all kinds have helped the non-profit continue to help the less fortunate. According to Help Inc Operations Manager Joanna Davis-Wood, she discovered that most of their meat supply had been stolen sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. She said it didn’t take long for word to spread about the incident, and for help to arrive.

By News Director Jared Atha An Elk City man was arrested in Cordell earlier this month after eluding police through Cordell residential streets. According to a probable cause affidavit, 35-year-old Matthew Blake Dixon was arrested on December 3 by Cordell police after the officer attempted to pull Dixon over due to not having working tag lights, and having a brake light out. While pursuing the suspect the officer would note that the car would cross left of center before skidding to a stop after...

By News Director Jared Atha A Reydon teenager was injured after being involved in a one vehicle accident in Roger Mills County Saturday afternoon. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the 17-year-old male was the driver of the 2006 Toyota when while northbound on county road 1740, departed the road to the right, over-corrected to the left, then to the right again, causing the vehicle to roll one three-quarter time before coming to rest on the driver’s side. After being transported Roger ...

By News Director Jared Atha A Nashville, Tennessee couple were arrested in Beckham County after leading multiple agencies on a high speed pursuit on Interstate 40. According to the probable cause affidavit, the chase originated in Texas on December 14 when a trooper attempted to pull over a 2017 Chevy car driven by 27-year-old Jerome Mullins Battle. The trooper would say that the chase would see speeds in excess of 115 mph before entering into Oklahoma. Once the pursuit entered the state, deput...

By News Director Jared Atha The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized more than nine pounds of methamphetamine and recovered a stolen vehicle Friday, after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Wheeler County. At approximately 2:53 p.m., a DPS Trooper stopped a 2018 Nissan Rogue traveling east on I-40 near Shamrock, for a traffic violation. During the traffic stop, the Trooper discovered plastic-wrapped bundles of methamphetamine concealed inside the fender wells. Additio...

A secured U.S. Air Force contract could benefit Clinton-Sherman Airport near Burns Flat. Last week it was announced that Kratos Defense & Security Solutions had secured a contract worth about $37.8 million to provide their Valkyrie aircraft to the U.S. Air Force as part of its Skyborg program. The Valkyrie is an unmanned aerial vehicle that operates much like a fighter aircraft, designed to fly in tandem with a crewed fighter jet. President of Kratos’ unmanned systems division Steve Fendley s...