Cooperton, OK

SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA (KSWO) - Multiple Independence Day celebrations are kicking off across Southwest Oklahoma throughout the days leading up to 4th of July. Giving residents across the area a chance to celebrate with friends, family, and neighbors! Starting tonight, there are few different options to check out some festive fun.

Rylan Belcher of Mountain View, Oklahoma is the 2022-23 recipient of the Mark Mouse Memorial Scholarship at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU). Belcher is a graduate of Mountain View-Gotebo High School and will be a freshman at SWOSU in the fall. He plans to major in Education and pursue a minor in Kinesiology.

COMANCHE COUNTY, Okla. (KSWO) - A crash in Comanche County sent three people to the hospital early Saturday morning. It happened after 1:30 a.m. about two miles north of Medicine Park. The car was driving northbound on northwest Chibitty Rd. when it failed to negotiate a curve. It departed the...

Funeral services will be held Monday for a volunteer firefighter who died in a crash last weekend. Troopers said Cloud Chief firefighter Ryan Sperle missed a curve and his vehicle rolled several times near Fort Cobb. Services will be at 10 a.m. at the Cordell Public Schools auditorium. Area Fire...

 A fatality collision was reported by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol that occurred on Saturday, June 18th approximately 3 miles south and 2 east of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma in Caddo County.  A 2017 Ford F250 driven by Ryan L. Sperle, 26, of Fort Cobb, OK. was transported by Survival Flight to...

CADDO COUNTY, Okla. (KSWO) - A 26-year-old Fort Cobb man is dead after a wreck Saturday night in Caddo County. It happened just after 8 p.m. on OK-9/County Street 2580, about 3 miles south and 2 miles east of Fort Cobb. According to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol,...

CADDO COUNTY (KOKH) - Police are investigating a deadly crash that left one dead on Saturday night near Fort Cobb. Reports say the incident occurred on Highway 9 at County Street 2580. Authorities say 26-year-old Ryan L. Sperle, of Fort Cobb, missed a turn and drove off the road, rolling...

MEDICINE PARK, Okla. (KSWO) - The Medicine Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center is welcoming its newest animal and hoping the community will help contribute to her new habitat. A local rehabber contacted the Medicine Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center about a small, one-year-old female grey fox who wasn’t...

Growing up, my grandparents would take me to their hometown of Hobart every summer. They showed me all of their old haunts: the Big-a-Burger, the golf course, the farmhouse where my grandmother grew up. My granddad also took me to the office of the Hobart Democrat-Chief, the town’s only newspaper. It was once owned by his father, then by his brother and today by his nephew.

The all-new Warm Springs Casino is now officially open! They held the grand opening ceremonies earlier this morning (06-15-22). The new casino is located just outside of Apache, OK. on the corner of Highway 62 and OK-9 at the Apache Wye'. It's a quick trip from Lawton, Fort Sill, about 30 miles away so you'll be there in 30 minutes tops. Our very own Jeri Anderson made the journey to be a part of the grand opening earlier today.

Shane Thompson, 51, of Cordell, Oklahoma went to his heavenly home on June 5th, 2022. He was born on December 11th, 1970, to J.R. and Arline (Gifford) Thompson in Altus, Oklahoma. Shane attended school in Roosevelt and graduated in 1989. He worked 13 years as a Sales associate for Coke and 16 years for Fri-to-Lay. Shane had three children Kerstin, Jordan, and Chase. Shane had a big helping heart and in his last days he was able to help others through Organ Donation.

APACHE, Okla. — The Apache Historical Society Museum is asking for donations to prevent and repair damages. According to the Apache Historical Society Board, the building's north wall has failed and is on the verge of falling away. The board said 60% of the funding to repair the museum...

COMANCHE COUNTY, Okla. (KSWO) - Two juveniles are recovering after a car crash in Comanche County Sunday morning. The pair of juveniles, both from Cache, were driving eastbound on Cache Rd. about eight miles south of Sterling at around 10:30 a.m. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the driver was...

A five-year-old boy from Fort Cobb drowned in water near a play area Friday evening.