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A 33-year-old Elk City man and a 19-year-old woman have been charged with animal cruelty.

The “Purple People Eater Fest” is finally here! All parties involved have worked very hard to put together this event for everyone to enjoy. The three day event, beginning this Friday, September 29th will last through October 1st. This is just a very brief listing of events taking place that weekend. There will be a Purple People Eater Picture Show (a movie in the part at 8:00 on Friday night, a Purple Parade downtown on Saturday morning at 10:00; Sheb’s Shindig, a street dance on Saturday night from 8-11 p.m., featuring the Jimmy Lee Jordan Band, a pancake breakfast planned for Sunday morning, plus Wooley’s Bazaar, a three day vendor’s market to display and sell their items. Not to mention a Car Smash, dunk tank, and a raffle for a hog hunt (knives only!) at the Lost Creek Ranch. The hog hunt winner will be announced Saturday night. Tickets for the hog hunt raffle are $5 each. I am not sure of the deadline for parade entries or vendors, but groups or individuals can contact Megan Wreyford at City Hall or call 580-526-3924 for all of the details.

Erick woman charged with arson, assault, and battery with a dangerous weapon, resisting an officer, and two counts of domestic abuse

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Becky Storm encourages interested kids to do job shadowing

A 30-year-old Oklahoma City man is being held in the Beckham County Detention Center on a $15,000 bond after being charge with child abduction, child neglect, and failure to use a child passenger restraint.

The Bible provides life encouragement. Proverbs 3:5-6 is one of my favorites. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”

STILLWATER, Okla. – Prussic acid toxicity, commonly linked to the consumption of Johnsongrass, is a serious condition that can be fatal to livestock. Recent rains after a period of dry weather have heightened the toxicity risk.

STILLWATER. – The number of children who are overweight or obese is a major public health concern. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity helps shed light on this issue by sponsoring National Childhood Obesity Month in September.

STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University Ag Research wants to share its cotton research and seeds to find a cotton variety resistant to bacterial blight.

The Elk City Rotary Club held their regular weekly meeting, Thursday, in the Elks Lodge. President Lake Carpenter called the meeting to order, while treasurer Damon Butcher passed out boxes of dictionaries that will be distributed to area schools’ third graders. This is an annual project for the group.

Beckham/Roger Mills Unit of Oklahoma Retired Educators met September 8 at Elk City United Methodist Church. President Linda Long welcomed Karen Whitely, Sharon Gilliland, Tana Feldman, Dennis McRee, Mary Fern Carpenter, Janice Mollet, Sharon Thompson, Jan Attocknie, Gwen Pasby, Larry Long, Carla Garrison, Glenda Ivins, Judy Haught, Cathy Lewis and guests, Pam Holland, Dean Holland, and Julie Lenius to the first meeting of the 2023-24 school year.