According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 2:05 p.m. – Report of a possible controlled burn out of control on County Road 750 and Major Road. Wednesday, April 15, 2020 8:37 a.m. – Kiowa Police Department requested a deputy to assist with a parental custody issue on...

April 6, 2020 Barber County Sheriff’s office (BASO) responded to multiple reports of cattle out on River Road. BASO responded to an incident on US-281. BASO responded to a report of cattle out on Hackberry Road. Medicine Lodge Police Department (...

Gale Gene Bailey, son of John K. Bailey and Helen I. Johnson, was born in Alva, Oklahoma, on November 5, 1937. He passed away at the Laurel Manor Long Term Care Facility on April 14, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the age of 82 years, 5...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Whether it is water rushing through the Alabaster Caverns, tree frogs calling in the forests of Beavers Bend or birds singing at Greenleaf, each of the Oklahoma State Parks has distinctive, memorable sounds. On an Earth Day (April 2...

While everything is different this year, both Medicine Lodge, Kansas, and Kiowa, Kansas, are working to plant community gardens under a guide developed by Purdue University. This year the gardens will have additional rules on working and harvesting t...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health report shows Oklahoma City leads the state in number of COVID-19 cases with 443, Tulsa has 275, Norman 187 and Bartlesville 164. In this area of northwest Oklahoma Enid has nine cases with one death and five... Full story

Northwestern Oklahoma State University will conduct a virtual commencement ceremony on May 9 via Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and the university website, nwosu.edu. Because of the restrictions COVID-19 has placed on social...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a shortage of blood supplies across the nation and in Oklahoma. To combat this shortage, State Sen. Roland Pederson, R-Burlington, has partnered with the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) to host m...

“You know how grandparents have told kids they had to walk to school in the snow both ways? This will be the story we tell our kids and grandkids,” South Barber senior Takira Blick said. She was, of course, referring to the Class of 2020 who had the...

With some creativity, South Barber School USD#255 has overcome the dilemma of depriving their 2020 high school graduates of a graduation ceremony, despite restrictions with COVID-19. The SB Class of 2020 will have a Graduation Ceremony and Parade...

The Waynoka school board held its regular meeting Monday, April 13, in the usual Waynoka School Board room, but then board member Rick George moved that the meeting reconvene in the school's new library/media center in the main building. Present...

Voters in Woods County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the June 30, 2020 Primary Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Sandra Koehn said today. Although the county election board can accept applications for...

It’s been a difficult month having to miss many of the normal gatherings that are part of our lives here in northwest Oklahoma, including church and chamber gatherings. I’m thankful, however, that we’ve seen fewer cases of COVID-19 than many areas...

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez, once again, wants to be like Derek Jeter. A-Rod and fiancee Jennifer Lopez have retained J.P. Morgan to represent them in raising capital for a possible bid for the New York Mets. The move was first reported by V...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — BEST FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK: Patrick Mahomes. Good luck finding a more recent "best first-round pick" than the No. 10 overall choice in 2017. After a learning season behind Alex Smith, the QB from Texas Tech led the Chiefs t...

Small businesses have, like much of the U.S. economy, been walloped by the coronavirus. In response, Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program to infuse small businesses — which typically have less access to quick cash and credit — with hun...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four Kansas City have been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of three Oklahoma men during a violent weekend in Kansas City in July 2017. Jackson County prosecutors announced Tuesday that Rashidi Crosdale, 36, Tyre...

A Wichita police officer who fatally shot a man during an attempted arrest in January 2019 will not face charges, Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said Tuesday. Bennett said the officer who shot Geoffrey Morris fired in self-defense...