Area News

Murray County hosted its 97th free fair on Sept. 1-4 at the Murray County Expo. Winners of the various events are listed below. 4-H EXPRESSIVE ARTS Sr. Fine Art: first Shara Bittner, second Kyla Saunders, third Aubree Lee Sr. Fine Art-watercolor: first Aubree Lee, second Maddie Brown, third Shara Bittner Sr. Fine Art – oil/acrylic;…

Mistie Ibarra and Cathi Neal are serving as leaders for Davis and Sulphur with the United Way of Southern OK (UWSO). The campaign began on Monday with the Kick-off Luncheon with Ibarra and Neal accepting a plaque from UWSO in recognition of their funding Changing Course Foundation. Changing Course Foundation is the non-profit that Neal…

The General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum created a special tribute in honor of the 20th anniversary of the four coordinated terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the “9:11 Never Forget: 20th Year Memorial.” The mobile, outdoor exhibit will travel around the state Sept. 1-11.Included in the mobile exhibit are interactive displays for visitors…

Davis High School and Health Corps will host the first ever Splash Dash on Saturday. The 2K and 5K color run will begin at 9:30 a.m. Participants will be doused from head to toe in different colored powder along the race route. Participants need to arrive between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. to sign up and…

Attorney General John O’Connor announced the state will dismiss its appeal in the case against Shaun Michael Bosse after securing a major victory in the state’s case against him earlier this week on Sept. 3. In addition to other McGirt-related cases already pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Attorney General O’Connor plans to file more cases…

Arbuckle Memorial is pleased to announce Arbuckle Memorial Wound Clinic as a recipient of Restorix Health’s Clinical Distinction Award as well as the Patient Satisfaction Award. Recipients of this award meet or exceed national quality benchmarks over a set period of time. “This achievement reaffirms the quality-of-care Arbuckle Memorial Wound Clinic provides its patients every…

By John Holman, OSU Extension The Murray County Free Fair is happening! This Wednesday through Saturday, Murray County will hold its 99th Annual County Free Fair. Area 4-H and FFA youth will be exhibiting both Exhibit Hall entries as well as livestock projects. The OHCE groups will also be displaying their work from this past…

A total of 43 community structures in Oklahoma have been chosen to participate in Paint Oklahoma Beautiful. This Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) program is designed to encourage volunteers to seek out community structures and renovate them with the creative use of resources. This year, City of Davis was chosen as one of the participating groups.…

By Alisha Thompson A missing man at Turner Falls Park on Aug. 7 brought together over 20 first responders with a search going into day two, only to find him in Ardmore. Davis Officer Ryan Thomas said he was approached by a woman letting him know that a member of their party said he was…