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  • Brush fire battle rages for half day

    It took nine hours for firefighters in the south Grady County to finally get a brush blaze under control, but not before 100 acres were scorched.

    May 8, 2013

  • Chickasha sites spark business' interest

    Two separate businesses will have representatives visit Chickasha in the coming weeks after they selected sites in town for potential future building.

    May 8, 2013

  • DSC_2678.JPG Grady wheat dodges foiling freeze, needs rain

    The majority of damage to Oklahoma’s wheat crop is concentrated along the Red River in the southwest corner of the state, but issues could reach Grady County if May is a dry month.

    May 8, 2013 1 Photo

  • 5-8 hooray for Sanders!.jpg Council looks at potential new furniture for library

    Steve Sanders, Lake Maintenance Supervisor was chosen as the City of Chickasha Employee of the Quarter at the regular Chickasha City Council meeting on May 6.

    May 8, 2013 1 Photo

  • Tuttle Downtown Fire 05-07-13 104.JPG Newly remodeled pub and grille destroyed

    Firefighters are still piecing together what caused a large blaze to tear through the top floor of Tuttle’s historic old bank building that houses the Grady Pub & Grille.

    May 7, 2013 1 Photo

  • -1.jpg 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.

    May 7, 2013 1 Photo

  • JustinStark.jpg Officers use six Taser shots in arrest

    Six shots from a Tazer and a lengthy struggle is what it took for Chickasha Police to finally subdue a man long enough to charge him with a variety of violations Friday night, including two counts of assault & battery with a dangerous weapon on officers.

    May 7, 2013 1 Photo

  • Sequoyah staff seething after toilet tank assault

    A staff member at the Sequoyah House is pressing charges against one of its residents after she allegedly smashed him over the head with a toilet tank lid.

    May 7, 2013

  • Climatologist rebukes Inhofe's claims

    Comments made by Senator Jim Inhofe stating Oklahoma's recent cold snap was evidence against global warming may have been an exaggeration, according to Associate State Climatologist Gary McManus.

    May 6, 2013

  • DSCF6008.JPG Trail blazing into the past

    A caravan of Oklahoma Juvenile Affairs staff, juveniles, museum curators and media took a day trip on the Chisholm Trail.

    May 5, 2013 1 Photo