Canadian County News

A crumbling strip of a $1.5 million asphalt overlay undertaken by District 2 Commissioner Don Young grew to about 100 feet last week, and two road construction experts say it is only the beginning.

County officials Monday announced changes to the county's floodplain areas and urged residents to make sure their homes have not been included in the new maps.

A former Cedar Lake volunteer firefighter has been charged with intentionally starting two fires in southwest Canadian County.

More than 20 years after the murder of a 95-year-old El Reno man, a suspect has been charged in the case.

A metro man has been charged with stabbing a 95-year-old man to death more than 23 years ago.

High water and flooding has the caused the closure of several roads and highways in Oklahoma.

Two men who filed earlier this month to unseat District 41 state Rep. John Enns won't get that chance.

' After 18 years in office, Canadian County Commissioner Don Young has decided he wants out of county government.

Extremely strong and damaging south winds that fueled a dangerous wildfire earlier in the day continue to cause bring damage and power outages.

A state prison inmate has been charged with robbing a Weatherford pawn shop at knifepoint.

A recent rash of traffic accidents - none of which were the fault of county employees - were the topic of conversation at the County Commissioners meeting Tuesday.

A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing in a wheat field in Canadian County, and the pilot and the co-pilot escaped injury, authorities said.

' The jail in the fastest growing county in the state has been cited for health violations by state inspectors who found numerous water leaks and overcrowded conditions, officials said.

A Hinton woman is dead and her husband seriously injured following a two-car collision at State Highway 37 and a county road in Canadian County. via KOCO-TV Oklahoma City

“I heard what the people said, and I know we need to come up with a tastier plan for the voters and hopefully we can”

' The rising cost of gasoline and a debate over financing options doomed a plan for a new Canadian County jail, its proponents said. via NewsOK.com

A Mustang man is facing 10 counts of child pornography in an indictment unsealed in federal court in Oklahoma City. via Tulsa World

Oklahoma City police are looking for the person believed to have been driving a car that crashed into a tree and left another person dead. via KAUZ

Canadian County Sheriff Lewis Hawkins says a 9-year-old boy was killed when a sand pile he was tunneling through collapsed on him. via KSWO

“The final man recommended for parole to a consecutive sentence shocked me because of the length of his sentence and the small percentage of that sentence he has served”

District Attorney Cathy Stocker said the April meeting of the state's Pardon and Parole Board saw a higher than usual number of offenders passed to the second of a two-stage docket for violent offenders. via The Enid News

“I think it is a health hazard.”

' Sheriff Lewis Hawkins doesn't have to walk far from his office to find problems in his jail. via NewsOK.com