Major County News

"Way out here in this little Western Oklahoma town, we need art." That is why Linda Rous has taken on the task of chairing the 31st annual Fairview Show of the Arts, which is set for this Saturday.

Most Oklahoma highways that had been closed on Sunday due to high water are again open, officials said.

Severe weather continued to roll across the state Wednesday, and storms were expected to continue throughout the week.

Heavy rain has forced two state highways to be closed off because of high water.

Oklahoma Department Transportation reports some roads are closed due to high water.

Three sections of highway remain closed in northwest Oklahoma due to flooding resulting from heavy rains overnight.

Firefighters in Woods County have gotten a handle on a massive wildfire that has burned since March 29, mostly in Woods County but in parts of southern Major County too, authorities said.

A large wildfire was burn-ing west of Cleo Springs Saturday afternoon, causing homes to be evacuated.

A Cimarron, N.M., couple were injured Friday in a two-vehicle accident at the junction of U.S. 412 and U.S. 281 in Major County.

Enid police want officials to prosecute a 12-year-old Weatherford boy they say made more than 20 calls to the county's 911 emergency dispatch center in a four-hour period.

Fairview Savings and Loan Association has finalized its plans for its centennial celebration April 17.

While Major County has diversified its overall economy, it has not followed a national trend toward wind energy.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife workers have set up propane cannons to scare birds away from fields in northwestern Oklahoma where more than 150 sandhill cranes have died from eating moldy peanuts left over from ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel from Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge have set up propane cannons to scare sandhill cranes away from fields where more than 150 of the birds have died after eating ...

Major County Sheriff's Office is preparing for one of the biggest trials in the county's history, which begins with jury selection Monday morning.

"It's just like losing my husband again," said Jenny Lewis, owner of Indian Creek Village Winery.

A two-vehicle injury accident, which closed a portion of U.S. 60 north of Fairview for a more than an hour Saturday morning, sent a Fairview man to an area hospital in serious condition, according to Oklahoma ...

Staff and wire reports Weather is being blamed for a two-vehicle accident in Major County Tuesday afternoon that sent five people to an Enid hospital.