Oklahoma saw a 13.61% increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases as compared to the previous week, according to weekly statistics released Friday evening by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

COVID-19 cases in Northwest Oklahoma counties were part of a 3% rise in numbers overnight in the state, as the Health Department also reported three more deaths.

Enid and Garfield County Emergency Management Director Mike Honigsberg said Friday's early morning storms caused damage across the area.

Immediately after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, composer Evelyn LaRue Pittman converted her rage into a song “Freedom, Freedom.” But her creativity didn’t subside with her anger. Soon the musical “Freedom Child” took shape. 

Enid High School’s 402 graduating seniors capped off an eventful year with a virtual graduation ceremony Thursday night.

Gary Batton said he has many people to thank for his induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

Mini-Max grocery store owner Bill Johnson has long aimed to fuse his businesses with his burgeoning nonprofit, Genesis 12:2, he said.

Stillwater’s Calvin Anthony has been selected for induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. He joins a list of notable Oklahomans who have brought honor or distinction to the state and performed outstanding service to humanity, the State of Oklahoma and the United States in fields like agriculture, the arts, business, athletics and public service, to name a few.

The number of active COVID-19 cases jumped 2.68% in the state, with 148 additional Oklahomans testing positive and five more deaths reported Thursday, May 21, 2020, by Oklahoma State Department of Health.

Selling images of an intimate partner without their consent will soon become a felony after the passage of Senate Bill 1492, according to a release from State Senator Kim David.

The number of active COVID-19 cases fell below 1,000 in Oklahoma Wednesday, even as 43 new cases, including one in Garfield County, and five deaths were reported by Oklahoma State Department of Health.

❝Enid is such a supportive community, and when you see this, it warms your heart. It's always good to see the community come together, especially to support our seniors.❞ — Kristie Browne

Financial support for summer youth programs canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be repurposed to help feed families during the coming weeks. 

City commissioners Tuesday passed two amendments to Mayor George Pankonin’s declaration that extended the city’s state of emergency to June 30 — one allowing bowling leagues in Enid to resume before June 30 and another allowing City Manager Jerald Gilbert to open Champlin Pool and the city’s two splash pads if he can find the resources to operate them safely.

A Pittsburg County judge set bond at $100,000 apiece for two McAlester residents accused of torturing a child — with one being transported to a hospital after her attorneys said she was in labor during an initial court appearance.

A 16-year-old Ringwood boy charged as a youthful offender with murder in the shooting of his stepfather earlier this month was granted bond at a court hearing Tuesday, May 19, 2020, his attorney said.

OSDH officials said labs now are averaging 5,400 tests processed a day, and the increased number of results has driven the percentage of positive COVID-19 cases down to an all-time low of 4.4%.

The Norman Police Department is internally investigating an officer who sent “an inappropriate image and reference” in an email to the entire department, Chief Kevin Foster said Tuesday.

Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said deputies continue their investigation into an armed robbery at the Dollar General in Longtown just after 10 p.m. Sunday.

From one little girl with pink boots two sizes too small, the project has grown into a full-fledged nonprofit, housed at Central Christian Church, that gives out upward of 1,000 pairs of shoes a year.

Anxiety and fear of being exposed to the novel coronavirus while staffing polling precincts on Election Day pushed what some believe "was going to be a crisis anyway" to the front burner. 

MIAMI, Okla. — Mikal Scott-Werner wears several hats in her life. She’s a wife, mother of two and the second councilman for the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.

Charges have been filed in the case of Annie, a rescued pitbull mix dog found in labor, severely dehydrated and barely responsive, and taken to Woodward Animal Hospital for treatment and an emergency cesarean section.

❝He said it just kept coming after that. It continued on for months and months.❞ — Dr. Earl "Doc" Mabry

Wastewater crews soon will have a safer, more sanitary way to monitor lagoon water.

Nearly 64% of the 88 new COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma were in Texas County, as the Oklahoma Panhandle remains a hot spot for the novel coronavirus in the state, according to Health Department officials.

There were 73 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths reported Sunday by Oklahoma State Department of Health.