PS)--An Enid man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a local woman. 30 year-old Shane Dale Perosi was charged Tuesday afternoon in the homicide of 27-year-old Martika Ferguson. Enid News and Eagle reports Perosi is facing one count of first-degree murder and one count of possession of firearm after former felony conviction. He was denied bail. On November 29th, Ferguson’s body was found in an alley in the 700 block of West Nagle. She has been shot. A hearing in the case has been set for Dec. 11 in Garfield County District Court.
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CF)--There will be a number of Enid Municipal and Garfield County School Board races coming up February 9th. Another candidate has filed to run in the February recall against Ward 3 Enid City Commissioner Ben Ezzell. Enid resident Kent Rorick filed on Wednesday, the last day to file to run in both the recall and the regular elections. Keith Siragusa also filed in both Enid races Monday at the Garfield County Election Board office. Ezzell also will run in the recall battle to hold his seat for the remaining three months, after which he will term out of office and the winner of the regular ward election will be sworn in. The other two Enid City Commission ward races will have three candidates on the ballot. Ward 6 resident Michael Shuck filed Wednesday to run against Ryan Redd and Scott Orr for the seat currently held by Commissioner David Mason, who will not run for another term. Mason said he is moving out of the ward soon, so he will be unable to hold the commission seat. Incumbent Ward 4 Commissioner Jonathan Waddell will seek a second four-year term, having filed Tuesday. Waddell will face off against challengers Whitney Roberts, who filed Monday, and Loyd C. Kaufman Sr., a former commissioner, who also filed Tuesday.
Enid Public Schools Board of Education members Matthew Sampson, Office 1, and Kyle Whitehead, Office 6, also will face challengers in February. Rhonda Harlow, a former instructional coach for EPS, is vying for Office 1 against Sampson. Chad McDaniel filed Tuesday for the Office 6 seat currently held by Whitehead. Enid residents Todd Reilly and Dustin Baylor will both run for Office 1 seat on the Chisholm Public Schools Board of Education.
Races also developed for school board seats in other Garfield County districts, including:
• Garber Office 1, Michael Deeds and Lacey Jo Deeds.
• Covington-Douglas Office 1, Laura J. Neel and Kathy Grantz, incumbent.
• Kremlin-Hillsdale Office 1, Matt LaCrone and Jason M. Aebi.
• Waukomis Office 1, Ryan Felder and Brett Perry, current president.
Candidates who filed and did not draw an opponent were:
• Autry Technology Center Office 4, Carmen Ball, incumbent.
• Drummond Public Schools Office 1, Curtis Mack, incumbent.
• Cimarron Public Schools Office 1, Cassie Coker-Paden, incumbent.
• Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Office 56, Michael J. Koehl, incumbent.
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TW)--An Enid woman was told to leave the Suddenlink Communications local store by police after she refused to wear her mask inside the business last Friday. According to Enid News and Eagle, the incident is the first and only report so far related to the city of Enid’s mask mandate, which went into effect Dec. 2. Authorities said Enid police officers responded Friday afternoon to a call of an unwanted guest who was causing issues at the business in the 2300 block of West Garriott. According to the incident report, police made contact with a Suddenlink employee, who said she asked a customer to put on a mask, per store policy, but the unnamed woman said she had a right not to wear it. After a few minutes back and forth, the employee called the police. The employee said she would like to trespass the woman from the store, according to the report. The woman said she had a medical condition that prevented her from wearing a mask, and that because of HIPAA, she did not have to provide a letter or disclose the condition. She then was advised she was trespassed from the business and said she understood. The woman was not cited for the incident, but was officially trespassed on police dispatch. The first trespassing offense is a warning, when the person is officially trespassed, according to EPD spokesman Cass Rains. On the second offense, the person could be arrested, booked and released, and can be ordered to pay a $250 fine and court costs. Enid’s mask mandate declaration, set to expire after Feb. 28, requires face coverings in indoor, public settings, consistent with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This does not include persons such as those for whom a mask would impair an existing health condition, with developmental disabilities and with a disability that makes masks impractical.
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FB)--This Saturday's Oklahoma at West Virginia football game scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on KGWA has been canceled. According to the university’s athletics department, in accordance with Big 12 Conference football game interruption guidelines, the game was canceled as WVU is shutting down its football operations for seven days. OU will play Iowa State in the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 19, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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UP)--The City of Enid has transitioned to a new customer portal for online payments. Invoice Cloud is the new payment system for these transactions. The utility account numbers that were previously used for transactions will no longer be active, and you will have need customer numbers, location numbers, and account numbers assigned with the Invoice Cloud system. If you have issues logging into the new system, contact the City Clerk's office.
The new portal can be accessed directly at utilitybilling.enid.org/. Or you can access the payment portal by going to Enid.org.
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CV)—Thirty-five more virus-related deaths and 2,460 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state since Wednesday, according to daily numbers released late this morning by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. A total of 225,453 Oklahomans have tested positive for COVID-19 and the total number of virus-related deaths increased to 1,980, the state health department said on Thursday. The health department said 29,244 cases are considered currently active in the state, with 1649 people currently hospitalized for treatment of the virus.
COVID-19 Oklahoma Test Results
12.10.20
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Cases |
225,453 |
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*Total Cumulative Negative Specimens to Date |
2,072,168 |
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*Total Cumulative Number of Specimens to Date |
2,304,736 |
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Acute Care OSDH Licensed Facility Hospitalizations |
1,520 |
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Other Types of Facilities Hospitalizations |
129 |
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Total Cumulative Hospitalizations |
13,779 |
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Total Cumulative Deaths |
1,980 |
*The total includes laboratory information provided to OSDH at the time of the report. Total counts may not reflect unique individuals. Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health. As of 2020-12-10 at 7:00 a.m.
There have been 4396 positive COVID-19 cases, and 37 deaths in Garfield County. 3777 of those cases and 35 deaths have been in Enid. In surrounding counties: Kingfisher County has reported 1053 cases, Major 608, Alfalfa 571, Blaine County is at 495 cases, and Grant 248.
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TL)--Hospice Circle of Love’s Tree of Life event will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday in the Oklahoma Bible Academy auditorium. The event will include Christmas music, a brief spiritual message by Hospice Circle of Love chaplain Dr. Matt Miles and a reading of the names of those being remembered. All of Hospice Circle of Love’s patients who have died in the last year will be included at no charge. Their names will be placed on tags attached to white ceramic hearts. Anyone else who would like to participate can do so for a $25 tax-deductible donation, for each name they would like to include. Duplicate ornaments with the same name are available for $10.
Special precautions will be put into place to keep everyone safe. Participants will be able to sit with the family members they come with but will be socially distanced from others. Per city guidelines masks will be required. Hand sanitizer and gloves will be available at the door. Those attending the Tree of Life Celebration will get a chance following the event to take their loved one’s ornament home to put on their own Christmas tree or to use as a Christmas gift. The ornaments also will be available for pick-up at the Hospice Circle of Love office during working hours. Ornaments are available for purchase at the Hospice Circle of Love office, 314 S. 3rd or by calling (580) 234-2273. The money raised at this event will help offset costs of patient care for those who do not have a Medicare or insurance hospice benefit. Hospice Circle of Love is one of the longest standing hospices in Oklahoma, having opened its doors in 1983.
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RC)--A portion of Rupe will be blocked off for the next two Saturday evenings for the Christmas in the Park event at Meadowlake Park. City of Enid officials said Rupe will be blocked at Van Buren, Field, Wallace, Carter, Hudson and Pontiac. The closures will be 5:00-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, as well Dec. 19. To access the north side of Meadowlake Park, attendees will enter Rupe from Cleveland. Eastbound Rupe at Johnson will be closed to through traffic and only used for park entrance. To access the event area in South Meadowlake Park, attendees will line up on Van Buren in the southbound outside lane.
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LS)--Distance learning will continue for Enid Public Schools until the new year. 75.8 new cases a day, per 100,000 in population, were reported for Garfield County this week, keeping EPS in distance learning through 12/18. As it stands right now, the earliest date for in-person instruction would be Tuesday January 5 following the Christmas Holiday break with the beginning of the new quarter.
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