CHICKASHA — Famed children's author and Chickasha native, Bill Wallace, has died.
His funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church. Arrangements are under direction of Sevier Funeral Home.
CHICKASHA — Famed children's author and Chickasha native, Bill Wallace, has died.
His funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church. Arrangements are under direction of Sevier Funeral Home.
Grady's Pub and Grille engulfed by fire
Firefighters from around the county responded to a call in Tuttle at 5 a.m. and found Grady's Pub and Grille in downtown ablaze.
The body of a man found in the Griffin addition of Chickasha this morning around 7 a.m. has been identified as 83-year-old William Curry. Deputies found the body upon arriving at the scene and discovered Curry died from a single gunshot wound.
The Oklahoma State Health Department concluded an investigation today that linked Temazcal restaurant with an outbreak of six salmonella cases in Grady County over the last two months.
Dillon Lindsay, a Grady County Jail convict who escaped yesterday from a clinic close to Grady Memorial Hospital, has been apprehended and returned to custody according to the Chickasha Police Department.
Dillon Lindsey, a prisoner in the Grady County Jail, escaped from a medical clinic near Grady Memorial Hospital this afternoon around 4 p.m.
A fire blazed prior to noon today in a settle basin of the Chickasha Water Treatment Plant.
Chickasha Fire Department Chief Greg Gibson said the fire will not affect any of the city's water for drink or other use.
Allen Byfield, who disappeared on Tuesday, was found at 2 a.m. this morning, on Ada Sipuel Ave. in Chickasha.
The Daily Oklahoman is reporting that a silver alert has been issued by the Grady County Sheriff's department for 74-year-old Allen Byfield.
A power outage around 3:30 p.m. plunged 821 Public Service of Oklahoma customers into the dark according to a PSO representative.