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Drug overdose is one of the world’s worst public health crises. According to the Oklahoma Department of Health, from 2007 to 2016 opioids were the most common drug involved in overdose deaths in Oklahoma. Fentanyl overdose deaths more than doubled from 47 in 2019 to 127 in 2020.

Dr. Ed Klein has been named as Dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Heat influenced the month of August. A thermometer in the shade on an Elk City back porch registered 112 degrees; the Main St. brick pavement was so hot, you could smell the car tires melting. The Elk City Natatorium provided swimming for fifteen cents ($2.63 in today’s values).

Berlin Community Building will have a monthly meal on Saturday, August 12 at 6:00 pm. This month the meal will be a Taco Bar. Bring a dessert and come out for great fellowship.

Block Party

The OkACTE Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Western Technology Center Superintendent, Kathe Corning, at the 2023 Oklahoma Summit in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Association for Career and Technical Education (OkACTE) is a dynamic educational leadership organization. OkACTE members are the backbone of career and technology education and workforce education policy development in Oklahoma.

Elk City Motorsports Park, with Rod Fauver and Joe McConnell, will be hosting three consecutive weeks of quality dirt track racing. Plans need to be made to see this one of a kind racing in western Oklahoma. This pair of racing experts have invested their money and time to bring cars from three states to Elk City for racing fans everywhere.

A 30-year-old North Carolina man has been bonded out of the Beckham County Detention Center after being charged with two felony charges of a felon in possession of a firearm.

As summer comes to a close, the new Arrowhead Indoor Activity Center has several new programs and opportunities for local residents.

An Elk City man is being held on a $115,000 bond – a total between four separate bonds – after being charged with malicious destruction of property and assault and battery upon a police officer.

Elk City man charged with kidnapping, domestic assault, domestic assault by strangulation, and intentionally interrupting emergency phone call

On 07/28/23, Detectives received a call from the Federal Bureau of Investigations concerning their investigation of an internet crime against children. Detectives were told that a male subject was online at this time, and they (FBI) had reason to believe that an assault of a child was imminent. The Elk City Police formed an entry team and made entry into the residence located in the 400 block of west 6th street detaining the suspect and securing the scene. The FBI arrived and took the suspect into custody. Detectives with the Elk City Police Department observed 5 juvenile females inside the residence with ages ranging from 6 to 14 years of age.