Laverne News

NOVEMBER 20 Grady County Opry A* When: Saturday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m. A* Where: Grady Co.

Members of the May community have come together to form the town's first volunteer fire department.

Cherri Fike of Fort Supply focused on reading a magazine while a technician pricked her finger for a blood test.

Several business and city parks in Northwest Oklahoma have been selected to receive with a fresh coat of paint as part of the 2009 Fresh Paint Days project.

Ten people have been arrested and face charges in what Harper County authorities are describing as the largest drug ring sweep in the county's history.

Remember those old time, aluminum drinking fountains? They were the tall ones that kept the water oh-so-cold. Who drinks out of a water fountain anymore? Bottled water seems to have all but ushered the drinking fountain to the curb.

The Northwest Oklahoma Literacy Council is having a hotdog fundraiser Saturday in the Atwoods parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "Fifty cents will get you a hotdog and a can of coke," said Jan Nelson, Literacy Council coordinator.

LAVERNE, Okla. - A Guymon man was hurt Saturday in a 1-vehicle rollover in Harper County.

Staff reports Two people were injured in separate one-car accidents Saturday. A Waukomis man was injured about 11:10 p.m. Saturday on 66th Street, north of Lucien Road.

Spring 2009's legacy will be a record-breaking blizzard and record-breaking rain, according to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.

The Buffalo Emergency Ambulance Rescue Squad and Buffalo Emergency Service are putting on a poker run and luau this Saturday as a fundraiser for new hydraulic ambulance cots.

Her tool to gain the attention and help raise awareness over this problem was a 10-foot replica of the state on a trailer, being pulled around.