CD)--Traffic is being diverted this afternoon on West Chestnut in the area running under the North Van Buren Overpass as Enid Police and emergency responders deal with an unauthorized individual seen on the top of the Goodpasture grain elevator.
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SA)--A Silver alert has been issued for an Enid man last seen at 3:00 Sunday afternoon walking south from the 3200 block of South Van Buren. Enid Police officials said 64 year-old Thomas Scalley suffers from a number of mental health issues and could be a danger to himself. At the time he walked away, Scalley was wearing a purple t-shirt, blue jeans and camo shoes. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Enid Police Department.
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DA)—A Waukomis teen was injured Sunday when he fell out of the bed of pickup that was turning in to a private drive on South Oakwood about 2 miles south of Waukomis. 18 year-old Joshua Grantz was transported to Integris Bass where he was admitted in stable condition with neck and trunk injuries. According to the report, Grantz was standing in the pickup bed when he fell out around 2:10 Sunday afternoon. Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials said the teen driver and two other teen passengers, all of Waukomis, were not injured.
Three Enid people, including a 4-year-old boy, were injured Saturday in a two-vehicle crash west of Kremlin. Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials said 41 year-old Jacob Alan Armstrong of Enid was transported to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center where he was treated and released. 40 year-old Tashanna Lynn Armstrong was Medi-Flighted from the scene to OU Medical Center and admitted in stable condition with trunk injuries. The child was transported to St. Mary’s where he was treated and released. According to the report, 42 year-old Yinliu Shi was eastbound on Keowee Road about 2 miles west of Kremlin around 6:00 Saturday evening when she failed to yield at a stop sign. Her 4-door Lexis was hit by the Toyota Camry driven by Jacob Armstrong which was southbound on US 60. Shi was transported to Integris Bass where she was treated and released.
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AF)--Authorities are investigating after an area farmer lost an estimated $25,000 in alfalfa hay in the early morning hours of Friday in a suspected arson fire 1.5 miles north of Lahoma on Stabe Road. GCEM Director Mike Honigsberg said firefighters were not able to determine an ignition source for the fire, which burned 105 round bales of the hay that he said had been in good condition. Honigsberg said no cigarettes or any other evidence were found that could have pointed to the fire starting accidentally. The fire is under investigation by Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, which responded along with Lahoma and Hillsdale-Carrier fire departments. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.
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CN)--Congratulations to our colleague Clayton Nolen, a longtime Enid educator, community leader who was recently inducted into the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. Nolen spent the first seven years of his 42-year career with Enid Public Schools as a traveling speech pathologist. He spent the next six years teaching math and science, before becoming director of adult education, including relocating that program to Carver Educational Center. Nolen also served as Ward 3 Enid city commissioner for four years, served as chairman of Enid Community Block Grant committee for three years and was chairman of the Enid Police Civil Service Board for two of his five-year term. He is a member of Enid AM AMBUCS, established the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission for the city of Enid, and he currently is serving on the Truth and Sentencing Advisory Council for four counties. You can hear the Clayton Nolen Gospel Show each Sunday morning at 8:00 here on KGWA.
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