Chickasha News

Oklahoma Blood Institute encourages all healthy, Chickasha-area residents, age 17 and older, to feel 'fan'tastic by giving blood from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

The Chickasha City Council voted to study the chance of augmenting the Lake Fort Cobb Reservoir on Monday.

LifeLine Hospice will be hosting their annual Memorial Service on November 16, 2009 at 6:00 pm at the USAO Chapel in Chickasha.

October is National Head Start Awareness Month. The Washita Valley Community Action Council is the grantee for the local Head Start program in Grady and Caddo Counties.

Admitted murderer Ronson Kyle Bush received a death sentence on Thursday for killing his friend William Harrington.

After jmore than three hours of deliberation, a jury Tuesay evening found Terry Don Bumpus guilty of raping and maiming a 15-year-old Chickasha girl.

Terry Don Bumpus took the stand Monday in his own defense and told jurors he's is not the kind of person who could harm a young woman or girl.

Witnesses testifying in a Grady County rape and maiming trial said Tuesday that the defendant and accuser own ties to gangs, and one suggested the alleged incident may have happened as part of a gang initiation.

Canadian Valley Technology Center installed inaugural officers for its new Toastmasters club called "CV Tech Toasters" at the Chickasha campus.

Energy crews started repairing a gas pipeline Thursday morning on Country Club Road, where only 10 hours earlier a white Caravan careened off the road and ran over a gas meter.

By KAREN BRADY Staff Writer Ronson Kyle Bush, who has pleaded not guilty in the murder of William Harrington, can be heard on a police recording asking officers, "Did I tell you I killed my friend?" Chickasha Police Officer Cliff Walker testified on Wednesday that he arrested Bush about 1 a.m. on Dec.

With demand growing for ethanol produced from sources other than corn, researchers at Oklahoma State University said Wednesday that state agriculture producers could someday grow sweet sorghum or switchgrass as cash crops.

A Verden man was medi-flighted to an Oklahoma City hospital on Saturday in critical condition after overturning his pickup on Grand Ave.

Something Worthwhile is a delightful and entertaining evening event for all ladies in the area.

Chickasha could have a new early childhood center or elementary school in the near future.

Chickasha police arrested two women who they say stopped at Austin Park to smoke a joint before work Tuesday afternoon.

All reports taken between Oct. 12 and 13, 2009. A* An officer arrested a male subject on municipal warrants in the 800 block of S. 18th Street.

By ELLIS GOODWIN Staff Writer What began as a simple arrest for public intoxication at Friday's Chickasha High School Homecoming football game escalated and ended with a Chickasha man facing felony charges of assault and battery on a correctional officer.

All reports taken between Oct. 9 and 13, 2009. * An officer arrested Austin McNatt for public intoxication and assault and battery on a corrections officer in the 100 block of N. John P. Cowan Drive.

By ELLIS GOODWIN Staff Writer A group of six boys started a fire in a trash-can at Borden Park Sunday evening, and then led the Chickasha fire and police departments on a chase around town.