Healdton News

A big weekend for residents of Fox, Oklahoma. KTEN's Jhen Kordela explains how a community has come together, following devastating wildfires earlier this year.

Carter County has seen their fair share of natural disasters this year. And now county officials have hired Hazard Mitigation Specialists to help them develop a plan for the future.

Wednesday night's storms dumped a lot of rain on Carter County it seemed to just sit on top of folks there for a while.

Neighbors in Carter County near Healdton are demanding answers. Why someone dumped four dead dogs just down from their homes.

ARDMORE, Okla--North of the Red River, more flooding. In fact, some of the heaviest rains fell in southern Oklahoma.

An elementary school was damaged by a storm in southern Oklahoma this morning. Healdton Elementary School was damaged and there are reports of minor injuries, the Carter County Sheriff's office reports.

Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that RONNY WAYNE MANTZKE, age 32, of Healdton, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession of Listed Chemical with Intent to Manufacture a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. Section 841 and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug ...

Tulsa World Weather: Stay updated on the storms with complete coverage from the Weather Channel.

Authorities say severe weather left damage in parts of Oklahoma today and led to the traffic-related death near Walters.

Carter County volunteer firefighters continued to douse hot spots and flare-ups Saturday from fires that ignited Thursday and were whipped by strong winds into frenzied infernos that swept across an estimated 51,000 acres in northwest portions of the county.

East Central University's top senior, Jacobi Nichols of Healdton, will be awarded the prestigious George Nigh Award Tuesday, April 14, at a luncheon in the South Dining Hall of Taff Cafeteria in ECU's Memorial Student Union.

The state of Oklahoma Air Quality Department ruled Carter County air as "unhealthy" due to all the smoke.

North of Healdton on Oil City Road, the question is what to do next with so much property and homes charred by the flames.

As of Thursday evening, the following shelters are open across Central and Southern Oklahoma.

At least six homes burned in Carter County Thursday night. KTEN's Meredith Saldana was there for us all day, she has the latest.

Multiple fires going on during KTEN News at 5 Thursday. In Love County, evacuations started early Thursday afternoon on the western side of Oswalt Road... Near Wade and Pike Roads.

Tom Almon of Kingston and Sue Guptill of Healdton announce the engagement of their daughter, Becky Hudson of Shawnee, to Ron Grunden, also of Shawnee.

Talking your money: Local highways are getting a face lift from the federal stimulus money.

A Healdton man died at the scene of a one-vehicle accident near Ardmore. Billy Burns, 39, was killed some time between 11 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday on a county road about nine miles north of Ardmore in Carter County, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Ken Duncan.

Healdton residents have become accustomed to a lack of rain. The women at the Senior Citizens Center can tell you how long it's been without rain.