Woodward News Archives

The Woodward Moose Lodge will be hosting its annual "Spook Parade" this Saturday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. "It's a carnival type deal," that lodge administrator Bruce Snider said the Moose have been holding "since probably about 1972." "We'll have booths set up with about 10 or 12 games," Snider said, noting the children will receive candy as prizes ...

Last July, 23-year-old Robbie Whitebird and 43-year-old Marvin Williams died while trying to serve a domestic abuse warrant in Seminole.

"Trick or treat." That's what shoppers will hear Saturday afternoon along Main Street as dozens of costumed children go store to store for candy.

"Our children are our future." That is why each fall the Children's Arena of Services holds their annual Rally 'Round Children, said event organizer Christi Waggoner.

Dakota Lamberth of Sharon picked up the coiled fire truck hose. Balancing the weight of the hose, he carefully walked the length of a beam.

WOODWARD, Oklahoma A couple in Woodward is accused of sex crimes involving at least seven children.

WOODWARDa ' Two teenage girls have been charged in Woodward County with trying to kill their foster parents.

WOODWARD, Oklahoma An Oklahoma teenager, accused of shooting her foster parent, was recently released from a psychiatric hospital.

Two teen girls have been charged in connection with a plot to kill their foster parents.

More than 350 students in from 44 state FFA chapters will compete in an FFA Sporting Clay competition from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday at Fort Supply Lake.

"Use your voice. Fight Meth." That is the message on a number of banners that will be displayed in Woodward's alternative school and Sharon-Mutual schools to fight methamphetamine use.

A Woodward couple have been charged with operating "a lewd, obscene and indecent house." This makes the third time in four months that Dean Leroy Freerksen III and Alicia Danielle Freerksen have been charged in connection with illicit interactions with minors.

For the first time, Woodward Regional Hospital will sponsor a 5-K walk for cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system.

The nationwide flu vaccine shortage has reached Woodward. While Woodward Clinic at Woodward Regional Hospital has enough of the vaccine to give shots to patients, staff and volunteers, three other local clinics are either running out of the vaccine or have none at all.

Woodward Mayor Bill Fanning has unveiled plans for the city's new conference center, set to be ready in the spring of 2011.

The occupant of an apartment that was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning has been arrested for allegedly starting the fire.

This Thursday is Temple Houston Day. Mayor Bill Fanning is scheduled to present a proclamation declaring "Temple Houston Day" as part of the Temple Houston gun unveiling ceremony to be held at the Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum that evening.

Woodward County Sheriff Gary Stanley has only one response to a notice of violation at the county jail for overcrowding.

When it comes to the having the technology to detect breast cancer early, the women of Woodward can trust in Woodward Regional Hospital.

A 23-year-old Woodward man has died in a single-vehicle crash in Woodward County.

Oklahoma's tourism department is continuing to reach out to industries and people by renovating state parks and facilities, said the state's lieutenant governor.