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A 36-year-old Elk City man has been charged with domestic assault and battery by strangulation in the Beckham County District Court. The investigation began on April 9 when police were called to an Elk City home in reference to an alleged domestic assault and battery. The responding officer learned that the suspect, Kyle Cox, had left the scene.

A 40-year-old Elk City woman has been charged with assault and battery in the Beckham County District Court.

DEAR ABBY

Too many believers die slowly and prematurely through ignorance of the methods used by satan to destroy lives. A primary tool he employs is cultural lies we’ve learned to believe as truth.

Sayre Track host meet on new track

Sayre baseball

Elk City Track

Elk City Baseball

Merritt Softball

Canute Softball

Applications for the 2024-25 Agriculture Youth Council are now available for Oklahoma high school students entering their senior year in the fall of 2024.

The Senate just passed its third major deadline of this legislative session. House bills had to pass a Senate committee by April 11 to continue advancing through the Legislature. Now, the Senate is done with the bulk of its committee work for this session. Of the 424 pieces of House legislation that came to the Senate, 330 bills passed out of committees. Across the Capitol rotunda, 234 Senate bills advanced out of House committees. Many of the bills that were approved in committees are just one step away from advancing to the governor’s desk. Now, my chamber will focus on hearing House bills and amended Senate bills on the floor.