Covington News

Kevin Everley is going to Iraq in a few months to fight for his country, and Sunday the whole town turned out to see him off.

Pop! Pop! "Firemen down! Firemen down! Shooter in the building!" Firefighters and law enforcement officers from Garfield County Sheriff's Office, Marshall, Fairmont, Covington, Douglas and Pioneer-Skeleton ...

The Muskogee IBC branch, 2401 E. Chandler Road, closed at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, 45 minutes earlier than usual, so employees could go to a quarterly "Sellebration" in Tulsa.

The possibility of a lake being built near Enid is back in consideration after presentations during Tuesday night's Enid City Commission study session.

Hale, 90 Joseph C. Hale will celebrate his 90th birthday with a reception for family and friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Garland Road Baptist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Bowling will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a reception for family and friends from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Covington Community Center.

Wheatheart Wheatheart Nutrition Project serves a hot noon meal each weekday. Meal sites are Southern Heights, 5th and Wabash, and Open Door Community Center, 125 S. Main, Waukomis.

Boys State is best described by what it is not, according to Jim Yeager, local Boys State director.

Edwards-60th Mr. and Mrs. Bill Edwards will celebrate their 60th anni-versary with a family dinner.

Mitchell concert slated The Rev. Alfred Baldwin Jr. Ministries and Western District Congress of Christian Education will present an evening with world-renowned opera singer Leona Mitchell and the Enid Community ...

Covington resident Ted Pope recently won $8,188 and Enid resident Walt McAlister won $500 as contestants on "The Oklahoma Lottery Game Show." Pope purchased his winning entry ticket at Miller's General Store in ...

The Northwest Domestic Crisis Center is still selling tickets for those who would like to enter to win the 2008 Covington's customized Harley Davidson.

Covington-Douglas swimming pool is open 1-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 6-9 p.m. Thursday.

While things are not as bad as they were last year, Garfield County wheat may begin to weaken if rain continues, said Oklahoma State University Extension educator Jeff Bedwell.

Benson A boy, Darien Zade, 7 pounds, 8.2 ounces, was born at 8:27 a.m. May 29 at St.

Wheatheart Wheatheart Nutrition Project serves a hot noon meal each weekday. Meal sites are Southern Heights, 5th and Wabash, and Open Door Community Center, 125 S. Main, Waukomis.

Staff reports A tornado that destroyed a church and killed 30 head of cattle in eastern Garfield County May 24 was the strongest of an estimated 10 tornadoes touching down in the Enid area that day, according ...

At least four tornadoes touched down in north-central Oklahoma Saturday afternoon, causing isolated damage in mostly rural areas.

Emergency officials were assessing damage after a slow-moving storm system dropped several tornadoes Saturday in rural parts of north-central Oklahoma.