Harper County News

Woodward County Sheriff Gary Stanley said he has responded the only way he can to a notice from state officials that his jail is overcrowded.

Author and Harper County native Carolyn B. Leonard will discuss her new book, "Who's your Daddy? A guide to Genealogy from Start to finish," today from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Buffalo Museum.

Woodward County Sheriff Gary Stanley says he has responded the only way he can to a notice from state officials that his jail is overcrowded.

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

Ten people have been arrested and face charges in what Harper County authorities are describing as the largest drug ring sweep in the county's history.

Remember those old time, aluminum drinking fountains? They were the tall ones that kept the water oh-so-cold. Who drinks out of a water fountain anymore? Bottled water seems to have all but ushered the drinking fountain to the curb.

It's a drug bust for the record books. Months of investigating came to an end Wednesday morning in Laverne as the SWAT Team moved in.

Imagine wrestling a pig in the mud. That's only one of the events that will be featured at the Major County Free Fair at 6 p.m. Aug.

Imagine wrestling a pig in the mud. That's only one of the events that will be featured at the Major County Free Fair at 6 p.m. Aug.

Though the special election held Tuesday brought a low voter turnout, a proposition to raise the county sales tax to pay for a new Woodward County jail passed with 1,250 voters saying yes, and 798 voters saying no, according to unofficial results.

LAVERNE, Okla. - A Guymon man was hurt Saturday in a 1-vehicle rollover in Harper County.

Staff reports Two people were injured in separate one-car accidents Saturday. A Waukomis man was injured about 11:10 p.m. Saturday on 66th Street, north of Lucien Road.

J. Bruce Harvey, a former Enid mayor, state legislator and district judge, died Saturday after a lengthy illness.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' New figures from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission show four Oklahoma counties reported double-digit unemployment rates last month.

The time is rapidly approaching when farmers need to decide whether to remain in the traditional Direct-Countercyclical-Program or to choose the alternative, Average Crop Revenue Election.

The Buffalo Emergency Ambulance Rescue Squad and Buffalo Emergency Service are putting on a poker run and luau this Saturday as a fundraiser for new hydraulic ambulance cots.

With a large part of Kansas still saturated from a round of heavy rain, more storms are developing and heading east.

Many programs about methamphetamine are held to make communities aware a problem with the drug exists.

Officials say an inmate who was reported missing from a minimum-security prison in Fort Supply has been captured.