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City of Blackwell calls for voluntary boil for drinking water

The City of Blackwell Facebook page shared an update Friday morning stating that residents may be experiencing low water pressure this morning that is due to the slower process of cleaning and disinfecting during extreme cold temperatures.In an abundance of caution, the City of Blackwell...

ODOC to no longer provide free phone calls for inmates beginning June 22

On Monday, June 22, Oklahoma Department Of Corrections will no longer provide free phone calls for inmates.The calls replaced visitation, which ODOC suspended on March 13 to prevent COVID-19 infection and spread inside facilities. The agency resumed visitation last weekend in response to phase 3 of the state’s plan to reopen. Since mid-March, ODOC...

Kay County Sheriff’s Office Warning About Soliciting Scam Calls

The Kay County Sheriff's Office reports that they have received a few phone calls from the past two weeks or so from citizens receiving phone calls from subjects claiming to be soliciting donations for the Kay County Sheriff's Office. The Kay County Sheriff's Office wants to remind people that these are scams and that...

Make the right calls – do not drink and drive this weekend

This weekend brings the biggest football game in the nation on Sunday, and people are sure to celebrate. No matter who you're rooting for, we can all agree that drinking and driving is a bad play call. That's why the Oklahoma Highway Patrol is teaming up with numerous law enforcement agencies across the state...