Law enforcement officials say U.S. Marshals have picked up a murder suspect from the weekend.
Police say they were alerted by authorities in Granite where the teen is a student.
According to the complaint, the investigation began after a concerned citizen contacted the FBI on Jan. 8 about alarming statements posted on a forum dedicated to organizing militia groups.
The new policy went into effect on Monday morning. Visitation hours are from 8am to 6pm.
According to a press release, the soldier was a member of the 75th Field Artillery Brigade.
“We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of one of our Fort Sill teammates."
Lawton Police Chief James Smith released a statement on Friday morning concerning the ongoing investigation into an officer involved shooting which occurred early Sunday morning.
The Altus Police Department has released more information about a murder suspect from mid-November and are asking for the public’s help in locating him.
State officials say 54 new deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning.
Lawton is reporting 384 active cases, Altus has 170 and Duncan shows 165.
Commissioner Frye said the increase was due in part to a backlog of cases being added to the system.
Officials say the new restrictions will go into effect on Thursday, November 5.
Officers with the Special Operations Unit conducted the traffic stop around 7:15 Thursday night on a vehicle where the passenger was reportedly a known methamphetamine distributor.
Two southeast Oklahoma men are facing several charges after allegedly performing an illegal gender reassignment surgery in Le Flore County.
Active cases in Comanche County have crossed over 300 for the first time.
Over 1,300 new cases were reported across the state and the number of active cases rose by 57 to 13,872.
Overall, the state reported 1,006 new cases and nine new deaths.
Comanche County shows the most active cases in Southwest Oklahoma with 240. Grady County is a close second with 238.
Lawton is showing to have 187 of those active cases.
Lawton police say they managed to arrest 15 people during a prostitution sting operation at a local hotel.
According to the state, 13,068 people are actively dealing with COVID-19 across the state. The total number of cases grew by 980 to 87,199 in Wednesday’s report.
Police have left the scene after confirming there were no injuries and no hostages inside the home.
Since last week, Jackson and Comanche counties showed the biggest increase in actives cases with 19 and 16.
Fort Sill has released the name of a soldier who was found dead on post earlier this week.
Most SWOK counties increased their number of active cases as the state reported an increase of 609 actives.
On Monday, two new deaths and 1,101 new cases were reported bring the totals in the state to 948 and 77,908.
Oklahoma officials reported 12 new COVID-related deaths on Wednesday morning, one of those here in Southwest Oklahoma.
Stephens County now shows to have 90 active cases after adding 15 from Monday. The city of Duncan is reporting 61 active cases.
The state says there are currently 10,311 active cases.
Two Southwest Oklahoma counties reported new COVID-related deaths on Wednesday morning according to state health officials.
A wanted fugitive who allegedly committed child sex crimes in Lawton in 1987, and became one of the U.S. Army’s Top 10 Most Wanted, has reportedly been found dead in a Maltese jail cell on the eve of his extradition to the United States.
Labs will begin reporting “probable” to the health department on Tuesday and numbers should be reflected in the Wednesday morning report.
The total number of COVID cases reported in the state has crossed over 61,000.
Active cases in the state currently stands at 8,651 according to the state.
The storm took the lives of four Americans along with the destruction of homes and businesses.
State health officials say the new number now stands at 59,399 with 666 new cases on Tuesday.
Comanche County cases now stands at 92 after showing 235 on Friday.
Active cases across the state number 7,712 with 458 of those showing up in Southwest Oklahoma.
Southwest Oklahoma only showed small increases and decreases in active cases across the area.
Wednesday’s death brings Jackson County’s total to eight.
Duncan Public Schools says a group of students at the middle school have been “potentially quarantined” by state health officials.
Total numbers of cases in the state is currently 54,172 and 744 deaths.
The majority of the spike can be attributed to Fort Sill who has had “a number” of new cases reported according to a statement released on Friday.
On Friday morning, state health officials reported an increase of 64 cases in Comanche County, nearly doubling the number of reported active cases.
We have reached out to health department officials to learn more about the spike and from where it might have originated.
The new deaths bring the total since March to 709.
The new deaths bring the total number to 699. Total cases stand at just under 50,000.
None of the new deaths were reported in Southwest Oklahoma.
The 11 new deaths bring the state’s total since March to 638.