Jarred Burk
Assistant News Director
Lawton, Oklahoma
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Jarred was born and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma. He attended MacArthur High School and graduated in 2004 then went on to Cameron University where he graduated with a degree in Communications and a minor in Journalism.
He first came to work at 7News in 2010 and worked here until 2012 when he left to become an EMT for Comanche County Memorial Hospital's ambulance service.
He returned to 7News in 2016 as the Digital Content Manager. He now serves multiple roles for 7News including his favorite, storm hunter.
In his free time Jarred serves his community as a firefighter/EMT at Valley View Volunteer Fire Department.
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Education
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 11:15 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Devon Ray McDonald, 20, and Sean Christopher Traywick, 26, were discovered missing during a facility check around 12:30 Wednesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 5:32 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
No other details were released about the situation.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:36 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
According to KOSA, a Gray TV affiliate, Border Patrol Officers at the port of Presidio, Texas took the man into custody on August 2.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 6:34 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
The courthouse has been evacuated out of an abundance of caution.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 3:34 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk and Haley Wilson
Police say the court was spray-painted some time Sunday night or early Monday morning.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 4:20 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk and Marilyn Cater
Charges against Larry Cornelius and Katherine Anderson were filed on Thursday by the Comanche County District Attorney’s office.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 10:30 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
On Saturday night, officials say a silver or gray Ford pickup was seen leaving an incident in the 1100 block of North Spurgeon around 10:30 p.m.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 10:37 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Altus police say a second person was arrested in connection to the apprehension of a fugitive on Tuesday.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2021 at 11:17 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Law enforcement officials say U.S. Marshals have picked up a murder suspect from the weekend.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:27 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Police say they were alerted by authorities in Granite where the teen is a student.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 3:25 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
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.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 10:45 AM CST
|By Jarred Burk
The new policy went into effect on Monday morning. Visitation hours are from 8am to 6pm.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 10:09 AM CST
|By Jarred Burk
According to a press release, the soldier was a member of the 75th Field Artillery Brigade.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 10:51 AM CST
|By Jarred Burk
“We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of one of our Fort Sill teammates."
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 6:16 PM CST
|By Jarred Burk
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.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:58 PM CST
|By Jarred Burk
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.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2020 at 11:56 AM CST
|By Jarred Burk
State officials say 54 new deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2020 at 11:47 AM CST
|By Jarred Burk
Lawton is reporting 384 active cases, Altus has 170 and Duncan shows 165.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2020 at 1:45 PM CST
|By Jarred Burk
Commissioner Frye said the increase was due in part to a backlog of cases being added to the system.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 1:01 PM CST
|By Jarred Burk
Officials say the new restrictions will go into effect on Thursday, November 5.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 2:49 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
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.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Two southeast Oklahoma men are facing several charges after allegedly performing an illegal gender reassignment surgery in Le Flore County.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 2:07 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Active cases in Comanche County have crossed over 300 for the first time.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2020 at 12:17 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Over 1,300 new cases were reported across the state and the number of active cases rose by 57 to 13,872.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 11:19 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Overall, the state reported 1,006 new cases and nine new deaths.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 11:16 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Actives cases grew by 289 across the state.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 11:28 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Comanche County shows the most active cases in Southwest Oklahoma with 240. Grady County is a close second with 238.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 1:47 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Lawton is showing to have 187 of those active cases.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 5:03 PM CDT
|By Tyler Boydston and Jarred Burk
Lawton police say they managed to arrest 15 people during a prostitution sting operation at a local hotel.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 11:31 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
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.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Police have left the scene after confirming there were no injuries and no hostages inside the home.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 12:06 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Since last week, Jackson and Comanche counties showed the biggest increase in actives cases with 19 and 16.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 10:53 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Fort Sill has released the name of a soldier who was found dead on post earlier this week.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 11:25 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Most SWOK counties increased their number of active cases as the state reported an increase of 609 actives.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 11:19 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
On Monday, two new deaths and 1,101 new cases were reported bring the totals in the state to 948 and 77,908.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 11:27 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Oklahoma officials reported 12 new COVID-related deaths on Wednesday morning, one of those here in Southwest Oklahoma.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 11:37 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Stephens County now shows to have 90 active cases after adding 15 from Monday. The city of Duncan is reporting 61 active cases.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 11:43 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
The state says there are currently 10,311 active cases.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2020 at 11:30 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Two Southwest Oklahoma counties reported new COVID-related deaths on Wednesday morning according to state health officials.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
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.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 12:16 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Labs will begin reporting “probable” to the health department on Tuesday and numbers should be reflected in the Wednesday morning report.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
The total number of COVID cases reported in the state has crossed over 61,000.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 11:18 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Active cases in the state currently stands at 8,651 according to the state.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 6:47 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
The storm took the lives of four Americans along with the destruction of homes and businesses.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 11:15 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
State health officials say the new number now stands at 59,399 with 666 new cases on Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 11:26 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Comanche County cases now stands at 92 after showing 235 on Friday.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 11:23 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Active cases across the state number 7,712 with 458 of those showing up in Southwest Oklahoma.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 11:19 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Southwest Oklahoma only showed small increases and decreases in active cases across the area.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 11:23 AM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Wednesday’s death brings Jackson County’s total to eight.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 2:22 PM CDT
|By Jarred Burk
Duncan Public Schools says a group of students at the middle school have been “potentially quarantined” by state health officials.
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