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Cotton County Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Cotton County, OK.

Results 1 - 20 of 48 in Cotton County, OK

  1. Trooper cams aren't cheapRead the original story

    Monday Jun 22 | Tulsa World

    ... recall his agency voluntarily releasing video was in the wake of the 2003 killing of Trooper Nikky Green in Cotton County. "In our opinion, that was night and day," West said of the limited release of footage in that case. "We were trying to catch a ...

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  2. Trooper cams aren't cheap

    Monday Jun 22 | Tulsa World

    ... recall his agency voluntarily releasing video was in the wake of the 2003 killing of Trooper Nikky Green in Cotton County. "In our opinion, that was night and day," West said of the limited release of footage in that case. "We were trying to catch a ...

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    Related Topix: Oklahoma

  3. Prosecutor named for Comanche, Cotton countiesRead the original story

    Thursday Jun 4 | KTEN-TV Denison

    Fred C. Smith Jr. has been appointed as the new district attorney for Comanche and Cotton counties in southwestern Oklahoma.

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    Related Topix: Comanche County, OK

  4. Governor appoints Fred C. Smith Jr. as new D.A. for 2 southwestern Oklahoma countiesRead the original story

    Thursday Jun 4 | 5NEWSonline.com

    Fred C. Smith Jr. has been appointed as the new district attorney for Comanche and Cotton counties in southwestern Oklahoma.

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    Related Topix: Comanche County, OK, Brad Henry, US Governors

  5. Elven Johns celebrates his 100th birthday todayRead the original story

    May 26, 2009 | Duncan Banner

    ... The middle of five children, Johns, born May 27, 1909, in a half-dugout in the Texas Panhandle, came to Cotton County, Oklahoma, with his family in a covered wagon when he was only a few months old. The family settled between the two Beaver Creeks - ...

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    Related Topix: High School Football, Oklahoma High School Football

  6. Weather Woes Could Hurt Oklahoma Wheat CropRead the original story w/Photo

    May 25, 2009 | NewsOn6 Tulsa

    ... says inputs like fuel and fertilizer were purchased by farmers before the energy prices came down last year. Cotton County farmers are the first in southwest Oklahoma to begin this year's wheat harvest. Krasser expects the harvest to last for around ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Walters, OK

  7. Weather Woes Could Hurt State Wheat CropRead the original story

    May 24, 2009 | News9 Oklahoma City

    ... says inputs like fuel and fertilizer were purchased by farmers before the energy prices came down last year. Cotton County farmers are the first in southwest Oklahoma to begin this year's wheat harvest. Krasser expects the harvest to last for around ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Walters, OK

  8. Back forces longtime prosecutor to retire

    May 17, 2009 | News9 Oklahoma City

    The district attorney that has represented two southwestern Oklahoma counties for the past 22 years plans to retire at the end of the month.

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    Related Topix: Comanche County, OK

  9. Comanche woman in serious conditionRead the original story

    May 15, 2009 | Duncan Banner

    ... his investigation by OHP Lt. Jerry Howell, Trooper Kevin Crawford, Trooper Tim Brinson, Trooper Forrest White, Cotton County Sheriff's Department, Walters Police Department and Walters Fire Department.

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  10. 5-mile trip not great adventure 3 men plannedRead the original story

    May 6, 2009 | Times Record News

    ... in help for the search from the Oklahoma game wardens, Texas game wardens, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Cotton County Sheriff's Department. Wichita County officials also continued to patrol roads in the county, in case the other men had done the ...

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    Related Topix: Wichita County, TX, Burkburnett, TX

  11. Help from prisoners in Temple may have violated state law

    May 6, 2009 | KSWO

    Temple_They're contracted to work for the town of Temple, but for now, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections has suspended the Cotton County Town's Prisoner Public Works Program.

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  12. Heavy rain floods northeast OklahomaRead the original story

    May 1, 2009 | USA Today

    ... in Mayes County, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation reported. Highway closures also were reported in Cotton County in southern Oklahoma, in Nowata County south of the Kansas border and in Alfalfa County in northwest Oklahoma. Oklahoma Highway ...

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    Related Topix: Oklahoma, Weather, Pryor, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK

  13. Texoma swept away

    Apr 30, 2009 | KSWO

    ... urge you to be careful near creeks and streams. We have had reports of flooding all across Texoma, including Cotton County. The heavy rain caused significant flooding in Temple. A few homeowners on the edge of town scrambled to get home after they ...

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    Related Topix: Weather

  14. Storm causes minor injuries in Healdton

    Apr 29, 2009 | KSWO

    ... Management director Ed Reed says the winds also toppled power lines, trees and a cell phone tower. In Cotton County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 43-year-old Janie Ross of Lawton died when her car hydroplaned on Interstate 44 during heavy rains, ...

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    Related Topix: Healdton, OK, Weather, Oklahoma, Walters, OK, Seminole County, OK

  15. Junior high teacher dies in car accidentRead the original story

    Apr 29, 2009 | Times Record News

    ... from her home in Lawton, Okla. She was 43. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Ross was killed about 7:15 a.m. in Cotton County, about 20 miles south of Lawton. Investigators said she was driving west on Interstate 44 when her car hydroplaned, crossed ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Lawton, OK, Kids

  16. Woman dies in crash on wet turnpikeRead the original story

    Apr 29, 2009 | KOKI

    ... on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike. Troopers say 43-year-old Janie Ross was killed about 7:15 a.m. Wednesday in Cotton County - about 20 miles south of Lawton. Investigators say Ross was westbound on Interstate 44 when her car hydroplaned, crossed the ...

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  17. Heavy rain causes flooding in Texoma

    Apr 29, 2009 | KSWO

    ... morning flooded roads, businesses, and even some homes in Texoma. Some of worst flooding happened in the Cotton County town of Temple, where they town's mayor said gauges recorded more than seven inches of rain. It came down so quickly, the water ...

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  18. Wichita Falls teacher killed

    Apr 29, 2009 | Times Record News

    ... she taught a science class at Washington Jackson Math Science Center. Ross was killed in an auto accident in Cotton County of Oklahoma Wednesday morning. Kirby eighth-grade English teacher Rinette Ross was killed in a car accident Wednesday morning ...

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    Related Topix: Lawton, OK

  19. Lawton woman dies in rain-related wreck

    Apr 29, 2009 | Tulsa World

    ... here. WALTERS a ' A Lawton woman died this morning at the scene of a wreck in heavy rain south of Walters in Cotton County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Janie R. Ross, 43, was westbound on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike when her car hydroplaned ...

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    Related Topix: Lawton, OK, Recipes, Walters, OK, Weather

  20. Former Grady resident victim of homicide; wife confesses

    Apr 27, 2009 | Thomasville Times Enterprise

    A woman being held in an Oklahoma jail in lieu of a $1 million bond admits fatally shooting her elderly husband, a former Grady County resident.

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    Related Topix: Grady County, OK, Walters, OK