TF)--Lightning struck an oil tank battery in Enid Saturday causing a fire. The Enid Fire Department received a call just before 10:40 Saturday reporting the fire in the 1500 block of  S. Imo, about midway through the mile section and a half-mile east off the roadway. Because of the contents of the t...

BP)--Gregory Diel, a local pharmacist was charged in late April with Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance in a County Jail after a case involving a fatal overdose led police to his Enid hotel room. It all started on April 30 wh...

IW)--Crews are doing utility maintenance at the Oakwood Road and Garriott Road intersection prompting lane closures and a 4-way stop. The westbound left turning lane and the southbound right turning lane will be closed during this work effort. Work is expected to be complete by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Moto...

GP)—An Enid man entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder and two lesser charges on what would’ve been the third day of his ongoing trial in Garfield County District Court. ...

CC)—The Enid Mayor and Board of Commissioners will meet this evening. During the regular meeting, the commission is expected to consider the sale of the Great Plains Bank building in the 400 block of West Broadway, which the city has owned since December 2020. In other business, commissioners are s...

VV)--A vigil is planned for two-year-old Caliyah Guyton who was assaulted and killed before being found in an Enid hotel pool early Thursday morning. The vigil is scheduled for 8:00 tonight at the Garfield County Courthouse Lawn in downtown Enid. Eryn Forrest, Taylor Gordon and Brittany Lee, who did not ...

JE)--Preparations continue for the possible expansion and renovation of the Garfield County Detention Facility. Enid News and Eagle reports, Garfield County commissioners approved deals with financial agencies needed for a planned expansion and renovation of the county jail before a proposed sales tax in...

FC)--Enid Public Schools is launching a new aviation program that will expand opportunities for Enid High School students. Beginning in the fall of 2022, the aviation program will allow students to explore flight and space through a free curriculum provided through “You Can Fly from AOPA (Aircraft ...

HE)--Hoover Elementary School held classes and activities today despite the school being without power. Parents of Hoover Elementary School children were given the option of picking up their kids early for an excused absence, after the school and the surrounding neighborhood lost power this morning. OG&a...

CC)—The Enid Mayor and Board of Commissioners will meet today in both study and regular sessions. During the study session, the commission is scheduled to hear a Vance Development Authority update from Mike Cooper, as well as discuss the proposed 2022-20023 budget calendar and a number of other ite...

BO)--A new outlet department store will be opening in Enid. Enid Regional Development Alliance representatives said Burkes Outlet will go in the old United Supermarket location in the 4100 block of West Garriott. No opening date has been announced. Bealls is the parent store of Burkes Outlet, which curre...

KP)--Construction on Enid’s Kaw Lake Water Pipeline is underway after six years of planning, but work could be delayed in Osage County if a landowner objecting to the project puts up a half-million-dollar bond. Enid News and Eagle reports, attorneys for Dr. James Merrifield, who has been in a years...

FR)--KOFM / KGWA’S annual fundraiser benefitting Make-A-Wish Oklahoma is underway. Through Wednesday afternoon KOFM’s Alan Clepper will be broadcasting much of the day from his perch in an aerial lift high above the parking lot of The Jiffy Trip at Garriott and Garland....

CC)--The Enid Mayor and Board of Commissioners Tuesday night unanimously approved three rezoning requests for Forgotten Ministries’ construction projects being planned in Enid’s Southern Heights neighborhood. Projects being planned include a tiny homes village, an expansion o...

SJ)--Enid attorney Stephen Jones has refiled a lawsuit, in federal court, seeking to stop a special election for the soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat currently held by Jim Inhofe. In the lawsuit, Jones argues the special election called by the governor to fill Inhofe’s seat is impr...

IW)--Construction to remove the center medians will begin today at the intersection of West Owen K Garriott and South Cleveland. This work is to accommodate the installation of flashing yellow lights at the intersection and is expected to take 2 weeks per median. Through traffic along West Garriott will ...

WN)—There is both a Red Flag Fire Warning and a Wind Advisory in effect locally for this afternoon and tonight. In addition there will be a slight chance of heavy to severe thunderstorms across all of western and central Oklahoma beginning this evening and stretching through Wednesday morning. Ther...

CS)--A retired area superintendent will serve as interim superintendent for Chisholm Public Schools as the Enid area district searches for a permanent replacement. The Chisholm Public Schools Board of Education Wednesday evening hired former Garber administrator and teacher James Lamer as its interim sup...

BT)--Enid Police are seeking two suspects involved in thefts from Enid businesses on March 15th.  Below are photos of the men and a clearer picture of the truck they are driving. Please note the damage to the rear bumper. While the tag is visible on the truck that tag has been reported stolen out of Norman. Anyone with information including the identity of the men are as...

PC)--Three people from Nebraska were killed Thursday in a plane crash in Grant County. Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials said 59 year-old William Lauber and 58-year-old Christine Lauber, both of Milford, Neb., and 21-year-old Ragan Lauber of Lincoln, Neb., all died at the scene of the crash. According to...