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A man from Chickasha has been missing for almost a month. Richard C. Houston has been missing since August 31, 2023, according to his family. Houston is 46 and was last seen in Chickasha. Houston is five feet, five inches tall and 240 pounds. He has a prosthetic leg, and...

ODOT officials say Oklahoma City/Newcastle-area I-44 Westbound (runs south) will be intermittently narrowed between S.W. 89th St. and the H.E. Bailey Turnpike nightly from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Saturday morning for surface repairs.

A grenade was discovered at a home on Flanders Drive in Chickasha, Oklahoma. This unexpected discovery prompted the response of local law enforcement and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Bomb Squad. Details about the grenade, such as its ability to detonate, remain uncertain. Authorities are working to confirm the information.

MUSTANG, OKLAHOMA - Zach Warren had been waiting for the call his entire prep career.  Even though he had been a starting safety on the Mustang football team since the first game of his sophomore season, his coaches had never sent him on a safety blitz. Through four games of his senior ...

A recent study ranks Yukon, the Oklahoma City suburb, as the best for first time homeowners when analysts from Today's Homeowner looked at 580 suburbs located outside of 78 of the largest cities in the U.S. Yukon comes in at 30 and is Oklahoma City's best suburb because it is...

ONE OF YUKON'S BIGGEST FESTIVALS IS COMING UP SOON HERE WILL BE ROYALTY, POLKA DANCING, AMAZING FOOD, AND MORE! WE'VE GOT JAIME AND HANNAH HERE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT AND THE CZECH FESTIVAL WILL BE ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 7TH FROM 8 A.M. TO THE EVENING ON ROUTE 66 IN YUKON OKLAHOMA.

The 2nd annual Monarch Festival will be 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Yukon’s Mollie Spencer Farm. The event will celebrate the monarch butterfly’s incredible 3,000+ mile migration from their summer breeding grounds in northeastern U.S. and Canada, through Oklahoma, to their overwintering locations Mexico.

This week in Grady County, Oklahoma, several incidents occurred that require attention. These incidents include a missing man with a leg amputation, a rollover accident with injuries, a pirated software licensing scam, a police chase involving a stolen truck, the discovery of a grenade, and a serious accident involving a 16-year-old female.

The chapter has closed on the 2023 Big Dog Shootout season at the legendary Piedmont Dragway, and now, the attention has been turned to the Big Dog Shootout All-Stars during Thursday Night Thunder on October 12. The track will once again host its Big Dog gladiators as they compete for...

The softball team had a game against Chickasha not too long ago. I think it was a good game, but we did lose by a lot. I think the girls were doing really well in the beginning. We were playing well and supporting each other like a good team should. Sometimes when someone makes a mistake, it ruins their attitude towards the game. When people get upset, they will sometimes start taking their anger out on everyone else. During the game someone did that, and it started making everyone else angry and mad at eachother. Then we started playing badly, missing the balls, striking out. Only one person scored on the varsity team and Chickasha scored 12 runs.

David Enmark has been ready to take the next step in his civic service to Yukon. A Yukon Planning Commission member since 2020, Enmark has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the five-member Yukon City Council. The opening was created Sept. 12 with the resignation of Ward 4 Council...

Two incidents occurred in Anadarko, Oklahoma this week resulting in a fatality and a driver facing a second-degree murder charge. The first incident involved a police chase that ended in the death of a woman named Billie Jean 'BJ' Butler. The second incident was a deadly accident that occurred on US-281, resulting in the death of a woman from Oklahoma City. The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident was identified as Justin C. Milford.

Interested in adopting a pet — or just looking at some adorable pets near you up for adoption? There are dozens of endearing pets up for adoption at animal shelters in and around Yukon.

The Canadian County 4-H Volunteer Leaders Council will present the annual fundraising gala, “Soupapalooza,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Canadian County Expo Center, 3001 Jensen Road East in El Reno. This much-anticipated evening of fellowship, soup judging, friendly outbidding, and early Christmas gift purchasing is...

Oklahoma, Cleveland and Canadian county residents will soon have access to a new insurance policy combining traditional health coverage and access to direct primary care. Taro Health is a New York health insurance company offering services through Maine’s Affordable Care Act Marketplace. Now, it’s expanding to Oklahoma by partnering with over 40 local direct primary care providers.

An Oklahoma couple pleaded guilty to an international wire fraud scheme that brought in millions of dollars. Brad and Dusti Pearce, a couple from Tuttle, now face up to 20 years in federal prison for selling pirated phone system software licenses. The scheme sold around the globe and brought in more than $88 million.

Motorists traveling along 10th Street on Yukon’s south border are due some welcome relief. A new traffic signal at NW 10th and Shedeck Parkway is among capital improvement projects included in the City of Yukon’s 2023-24 budget. This is the intersection just south of Gold’s Gym and Buffalo Wild Wings.

Yukon city leaders’ patience finally ran out this week as city staff was authorized to tear down four vacant houses that have been in disrepair. The Yukon City Council, at its regular meeting Sept. 19, voted unanimously to direct City of Yukon personnel to demolish the structures and clear the properties “as quickly as possible” in accordance with the Yukon City Code.

Graduates of the Yukon High School Class of 1983 will celebrate their 40-year reunion alongside Czech Fest on the first weekend in October. Classmates will meet at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6, in the parking lot of 10 W. Main (home of Earl’s Rib Palace and the Lokal) to tailgate and relive the days of dragging Main.