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Heat Advisory for Kay County and much of Oklahoma on Friday

Friday, July 17 by Lyman James

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Heat Advisory for Kay County and much of central and western Oklahoma from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. And the National Weather Service in Tulsa has also issued a Heat Advisory for Osage and Pawnee counties from Noon until 8 p.m.The Ponca City area... Read More.

Lamont woman involved in accident near Crescent Friday

Monday, July 13 by Lyman James

A Lamont woman was involved in an accident that occurred at 11:49 p.m. Friday night on State Highway 74, 2.25 miles north of Crescent in Logan County.Debra Eck, 69, of Crescent was driving a 2002 Ford Taurus southbound on State Highway 74 and was pushing a 2017 Nissan Versa that was out of gas.... Read More.

Severe weather hits northern Oklahoma Friday

Friday, July 10 by Lyman James

Severe weather made its way across northern Oklahoma early Friday and left an impact.Kay Electric is reporting numerous outages across their area, especially within the Grant County area. If you are a Kay Electric customer and have a power outage, please call 800-535-1079. Crews are enroute to restore power. Kay Electric is also running... Read More.

City of Winfield requiring face masks beginning Friday, Stillwater advancing in ordinance

Tuesday, July 7 by Lyman James

The City of Winfield, Ks. announced Monday that they have voted unanimously for an ordinance concerning mandating the use of face masks in public in Winfield.According to local sources out of Wichita, the ordinance will go into effect this Friday. The unanimous vote comes just three days after the Cowley County Commission voted to... Read More.

Noble County sees first virus-related death, 526 new positive COVID-19 cases for Oklahoma on Friday

Friday, July 3 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 526 new positive COVID-19 cases for Friday, July 3. Oklahoma has now seen 15,065 cases since testing started, and 3,546 cases are active.For new cases in local counties, Payne County has nine and two each for Kay, Logan and Osage counties.While Noble County saw no new... Read More.

OSDH reporting 395 new COVID-19 cases Friday

Friday, June 26 by Lyman James

New COVID-19 numbers were released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health on Friday, June 26. There are 395 new COVID-19 cases as the total of reported cases since testing started is at 12,343. There are 3,526 active cases.Locally, Payne County saw a big jump with 35 new COVID-19 cases, Kay and Washing counties... Read More.

Gov. Stitt to appear in Ponca City Friday

Thursday, June 25 by Lyman James

After appearing at President Trump's Tulsa Rally on Saturday, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is scheduled to make an appearance in Ponca City on Friday, June 26, at the Ponca City Chamber of Commerce's "Ponca Politics" meeting.The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. in the lower level of City Central. Gov. Stitt will speak briefly... Read More.

OSDH reports 352 new cases statewide on Friday, five new cases for Kay County

Friday, June 19 by Lyman James

The report from the Oklahoma State Department of Health on Friday, June 19, shows that there are 352 new positive COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma, putting the overall total to 9,706 cases since testing started. There are 2,494 active cases in the state.Locally, Kay and Pawnee counties both have five new COVID-19 cases, Payne County... Read More.

Methamphetamine found following motorcycle pursuit in Osage County Friday

Tuesday, June 9 by Lyman James

On Friday evening at 7:29 p.m., the Osage County Sheriff's Office was notified by Cleveland police department that they had initiated a pursuit with a motorcycle at 7:25 p.m. in their city.They advised that the motorcycle was speeding through a construction zone. During their pursuit of the motorcycle they reached speeds up to 160... Read More.

41 new COVID-19 cases reported Friday; 998 cases active statewide

Friday, May 29 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting on Friday that there are 68 new positive cases of Covid-19 as there are currently 998 active cases in the state. Since testing started, there have been a total of 6,338 COVID-19 cases.Osage County is the only local county with one new COVID-19 case to put... Read More.