Chickasha News

Much recent state legislature has been focusing on helping out family-owned small businesses and the agritourism industry is in the process of being included in these measures.

According to police, just before 1 a.m. officers responded to the rape report at a home in the 400 block of W. Colorado.

The children at Washita Valley Head Start in Chickasha ended the week with a powwow courtesy of a group of Native American dancers, singers and musicians.

There is a popular myth that there is nothing to do in Oklahoma. So what do Oklahomans do? Get a sticky snocone and watch reruns on Netflix.

Last season, Chickasha qualified for state in six events, and only one of those was a boys event.

The Chickasha Antique Auto Club kicks off Oklahoma's largest automotive swap meet kicks off today, featuring an array of classic cars, antiques, street rods, muscle cars and special interest vehicles at 712 Choctaw Ave., Chickasha, OK.

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

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. One of his recent projects include leading a group in removing and rebuilding the walking bridge at Shannon Springs Park in seven days.

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.

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.

A Lawton-based wind turbine maintenance and oil field services company and Chickasha manufacturer of magnetically-activated electrical devices are regional, along with state, winners of this year's Small Business Administration awards.

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

May 04--CHICKASHA -- Senator Jim Inhofe made comments yesterday alleging Oklahoma's recent cold snap as evidence rebuking global warming.

A team from Chickasha, Oklahoma and led by Donna Baker were hoping to be picked as contestants.

Seventy-four tornadoes were spawned on May 3, 1999 including a F5 tornado which struck the suburbs of Oklahoma City.

For most participants, Craig's Walk is a nice way to raise money for Special Olympics; for the Meyers, it's only a warm-up. Thirteen years ago, Stewart Meyer and his wife, Bethann, decided walking to Stillwater, the site for the Special Olympics Oklahoma Summer Games, would be a great way to raise money for a cause they find very worthy.

The local Animal Shelter will ask a few Chickasha-area residents to open up their homes to some furry friends during their Adoption Fair this weekend.

Opposition to the continuance of the 1 4 cent sales tax that would fund additions and upgrades to Grady County Fairgrounds now appears to be much more of a minority across the county, even in the north where a Commissioner has come out against the measure.

Problems with the company running state assessment tests have caused a mess at Chickasha Public Schools, as exam schedules are being revamped and taking students away from valuable instruction time.

Democratic lawmakers huddled with school superintendents, principals and students from across the state Wednesday to urge the Legislature to boost funding for public education.