Garfield County News

Enid High School's Big Blue Band is holding a fundraiser tonight at the Hoover Building on the Garfield County Fairgrounds.

Garfield County Health Department will start giving H1N1 influenza vaccine to anyone requesting immunization.

The 22nd Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Jan.

District Attorney Cathy Stocker said her office will protest each of the 19 inmates on this month's regular docket of the state Pardon and Parole Board meeting.

Continental Prison Systems, Inc. , dba EZ Card & Kiosk, the industry leader for taking city and county jails "cashless", recently signed a multi-year contract with the Garfield County, Oklahoma jail with installation and training planned the week of November 16, 2009.

State health officials say seven more Oklahomans have died from complications of the swine flu.

State health officials say seven more Oklahomans have died from complications of the swine flu.

November is only one week old, which means the annual Grand National Quail Hunt in Enid is nearly one week away.

A couple driving home from church in Oklahoma ran into a giant elephant. The bull elephant had escaped from a circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds in Enid.

Multi-colored leaves floated through the breeze and sunshine as a parade honoring this country's veterans moved around Enid's downtown Square Saturday morning.

An elephant that escaped from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds caused an accident Wednesday as it ran north on the U.S. 81 bypass in Enid, Okla.

An Enid couple considered themselves lucky to be alive after a close encounter Wednesday night with an escaped circus elephant.

A 35-year-old Enid man was arraigned Thursday on two felony counts of feloniously pointing a firearm.

Police in Enid are investigating a minor collision between a car and an elephant.

An escaped circus elephant caused a vehicle accident Wednesday night as it ran along North U.S. 81 Bypass near P&K Equipment.

United Way agencies around Enid have benefited from Roman Nose State Park's remodeling the lodge.

Garfield County Conservation District has funds available for cost-share assistance on selected conservation practices benefiting soil and water conservation.

The commission said Wednesday it disagreed with Garfield County District Judge Dennis Hladik's ruling that any Oklahoma taxpayer who purchased an electric vehicle qualifies for the credit.

An attorney for a man accused of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon said his client was acting in self-defense when he struck a man in the neck with a beer bottle.

By Cass Rains Staff Writer Oklahomans who have purchased low-speed electric vehicles will get a tax credit from the Oklahoma State Tax Commission a Garfield County judge ruled this morning.