Laverne News

When it comes to Oklahoma's second annual sales tax holiday, several local retailers are hoping business goes as well as it did during the first statewide sales tax holiday last year.

Harper County officials are still investigating a stabbing case that took place in Laverne at the beginning of July.

With gasoline and diesel prices at record highs, area schools are feeling the pinch and preparing to tighten their belts for the upcoming school year.

Last week marked an unusual spike in violence in a small Western Oklahoma town known to be somewhere one can generally count on getting peace of mind along with a piece of pie.

A Texas couple was critically injured after a motorcycle crash in rural Harper County Saturday morning, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

"My heart yearned to go to the place where my Lord had walked and He made a way for me," said Susan Pinley, Ada.

' Not many letters begin this way: "To the Openers of this Time Capsule." But such a letter was among the things found on Tuesday as a 50-year-old time capsule was unearthed in front of the old administration ...

“And with fuel costs so high and feed costs so high, if we don't get any rain either, it just makes it all that much harder.”

The last precipitation that graced the region was...well no one can remember, said Woodward County rancher Dick Lodes. via Woodward News

Fires again gave Northwest Oklahoma firefighters a workout Thursday, as flames broke out in at least three different areas in the afternoon and an apartment fire threatened residents there. via Woodward News

Whitney Johnson and Anthony Torix of Muskogee announce the birth of their first son, Austen Lee Torix, on Thursday, Nov. via Muskogee Phoenix

Oklahoma Food Cooperative, who only sells food and non-food products that are made in Oklahoma, now arrives to the Oklahoma Panhandle, adding a stop to Guymon. via Guymon Daily Herald

For those who get a little twinge of excitement when it comes time for Oklahoma's spring storms, a storm spotting class is coming your way. via Woodward News

“Obviously, more money allocated statewide is going to serve the whole state, including us”

For those who live, work and drive in Northwest Oklahoma, discussions about the roads and the weather are almost certain. via Woodward News

“But I am so heartened by what I am seeing now.”

Arnett teens whose parents allow them to host parties at home could find their guardians and adult friends less willing to take that chance. via Woodward News

A wildfire that consumed approximately 5,000 acres in parts of Beaver and Harper Counties Sunday was re-ignited by Monday's strong winds to consume more acres just west of Laverne. via Woodward News

“Everybody coming in the store said it's the largest fire they have ever seen”

Firefighters across the state battled numerous grass fires Sunday, including a major fire in northwest Oklahoma that destroyed three structures on a 12-mile march before being contained. via NewsOK.com

“I guess looking back over our Centennial year it's not been the best of years considering city operations, but it's been a good year overall”

As 2007 draws to a close many area towns can look back on a successful year. The city of Fairview has had both ups and downs according to City Manager David Sides. via Woodward News

“To keep in constant knowledge of contributions made to American society, by black writers and creative writers.”

I never minded the reviews - ' it was the final exams themselves that always caused me great distress. via NewsOK.com

“It's such a fine line, with a lot of this you don't know exactly what's going to happen until it's happening”

Winter weather in northern Oklahoma on Thursday morning caused only limited problems, but forecasters warned that a system approaching the state could bring with it snow, ice and freezing rain by the weekend. via NewsOK.com