Grant County News

A Ponca City man was injured in a motorcycle crash at 9:30 p.m. Saturday three miles east of Pond Creek in Grant County.

A 24-year-old Wakita man has died in what the Oklahoma Highway Patrol says was an alcohol-related crash in far northwestern Oklahoma.

Deer Creek-Lamont National Honor Society held its induction of new members and installation of officers Aug.

The city of Wakita wants to build a faith-based prison in town. If Oklahoma approved the plan, it would be the first of its kind.

Staff and wire reports Battered by drought, a late freeze and flooding rain, Oklahoma's winter wheat harvest may produce only half of what was yielded last year, officials said.

Hog roast, auction slated Saturday Pioneer Skeleton Creek Volunteer Fire Department will have its annual hog roast and auction Saturday to raise money for an expansion project.

A Medford woman was hospitalized following a one-car wreck Monday night two miles north and one mile east of Medford on a Grant County road.

Wheat in parts of Grant County suffered significant damage from large hail dumped on the area during storms April 25-26. "The southeast quarter of the county got quite a bit of hail damage," said Kevin Owen, Grant County Farm Service Agency director.

Three sections of highway remain closed in northwest Oklahoma due to flooding resulting from heavy rains overnight.

Oklahoma Department Transportation reports some roads are closed due to high water.

Some roads remainclosed in Garfield and Grant counties due to high water on the roadway, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.