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Log jam at Twin Bridges State Park beginning to clear up
OTTAWA COUNTY, Okla. — Good news at Twin Bridges State Park near Wyandotte. You can see (below) a whole lot of the debris, which had been cluttering part of the Neosho River at the bridge isn’t as cluttered as it was after last week’s storms. Some of...
Power Outage Reports Across Oklahoma From Severe Weather
Thousands of Oklahomans are without power on Monday after tornadic storms hit northeast Oklahoma. As of 11:45 p.m., there are nearly 9,000 outage reports in Osage, Washington, Nowata and Craig counties. A confirmed tornado caused significant damage to Barnsdall and areas of Bartlesville. That damage includes homes, trees, power lines...
Storm Damages School Gym In Welch
Clean-up is underway in northern Craig County after a storm left significant damage to a school gym and nearby homes. People living in Welch say the storm blew through quickly but caused a huge mess. The windows are shattered, and the wall is caved in inside Brandon Miller’s home. He...
Storm demolishes 1950s-era gymnasium in Welch
WELCH, Okla. — A decades-old, remodeled school gymnasium lost its roof and sustained serious damage prompting Welch school officials to close on Tuesday. “No injuries were reported,” said Jeremy Ramsey, Welch superintendent. Damaging winds rolled through Welch around 11 p.m. leaving no power for the 600 residents. Power...
Miami event shines light on missing and murdered Indigenous persons
MIAMI, Okla. — A somber day of recognition in Miami, about an issue facing indigenous people across the nation. The Quapaw Nation invited tribe members and other Native communities to join them in a half-mile walk for awareness of missing or murdered indigenous people. Sunday was officially Missing or...
Baseball Recap: Center Grove picks up third straight win on the road
Center Grove entered their tilt with Brownsburg with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They came out on top against the Brownsburg Bulldogs by a score of 15-11 on Monday. That's two games straight that Center Grove has won by exactly four runs. For Brownsburg's...
Flooding in Miami ongoing after heavy rains
MIAMI, Okla. — The City of Miami is trying to stay afloat after Thursday’s storms. A portion of the Neosho River that runs through the south side of Miami has completely flooded Riverview Park and a portion of Highway 125. The park, as well as the Technical Sergeant...
Kansas manhunt prompts northeast Oklahoma schools to “shelter in place”
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA – A couple of Ottawa County schools enacted their “shelter in place” protocols due to a manhunt near the Kansas and Oklahoma state line. Commerce and Quapaw schools officials posted the “shelter in place” notifications on their school social media pages on Thursday around 11 a.m. Cherokee County, Kansas law enforcement confirmed authorities […]
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