Good morning from KTJS News ITS CLEAR IN HOBART. 40 DEGREES WITH SW WIND AT 9. The Kiowa County Sheriffs Department is investigating a cattle theft in eastern Kiowa county and has made three recent drug related arrests, one of which included a case of concealing a stolen vehicle charge. Sheriff Bill Lancaster says the cattle theft was reported yesterday from property about 8 miles south of Mt View. The cattle are branded with a backward letter S with a bar on the top. They are branded on the right hip. The drug related arrests started last Thursday when deputies conducted a search warrant on a residence in Cooperton. The warrant revealed the occupants of the house possessed methamphetamine, but only one person was at home during the raid. Stephanie Johnson was arrested for possession of meth and drug parapheneralia. Deputies requested and received a warrant for the arrest of Coby Berry who had lived at the home. Friday morning, Mt View Police Chief, Eddie Williams apprehended Berry at a convenience store. Berry was transport to and booked into the Kiowa County Jail. Friday afternoon, deputies conducted a traffic stop in Roosevelt and recovered more methamphetamine. The driver, Mert Owen Buchannan was arrested for possession of the drug and parahenalia. Buchannan was also charged with concealing stolen property. The case stems from a vehicle which was taken from a pasture in the Mt View area, then sold at Hodges Recycling in Lawton. Sheriff Lancaster said he and his deputies are currently working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Comanche County Sheriffs Department to close additional cases involving thefts in Kiowa County. The sheriff said, I expect there will be more arrests...out deputies are working hard to get the last pieces of the puzzle together. The Kiowa County Industrial Development Authority had a meeting scheduled Tuesday, but did not attain a quorem. No official business was conducted, but there was some informal discussion. Chairman Tom Talley reported on the upcoming Celebration of Freedom event in Hobart. Jimmy Teepee of Lone wolf announced the Lone Wolf Independence Day Celebration will be held Saturay June 28th. He said the parade will be moved to the evening to avoid some of the heat. Live entertainment will be provided by Roy Lee Scott of Altus and by the Quicksilver Band. Talley noted that the IESI company is moving part of its activities from the red warehouse on Washington Sreet to the former 183 recyclers location in Hobarts Industrial Park. He said SESACO is expanding its operations after having been acquired by a multinational company and will be adding some use of the former IESI warehouse. Talley said he expcts SESACO will increase its employment in Hobart. Filing period for state and county elective offices begins today. County candidates file with your county election board and state office seekers file in Oklahoma City. About 500 candidats are expected to file across the state. The Hobart Church of Christ will have a garage sale type event in which the items will be completely free. The event will be at the old fellowship hall of the church at 202 South Washington this Saturday form 8am till noon. Look for the signs and come see what you can find. There will be Christmas trees, clothing, toys, dishes, almost anything you can think of. --Jennifer Jimeson. The Kiowa County OSU Extension Office invites producers to attend the Canola Field Tour Monda April 14th beginning at 9am. The test plot is located four miles west of Sunnys Deli on Highway 9 west of Hobart. --Travis Tacker. At Hobart Schools...Cameron University Interscholastics meet at Lawton; Kindergarten zoo trip sonsored by the Hobart Educational Enrichment Foundation; Progress repoerts are due. The Hobart Main Street program will host a reception for Kathy Carlisle, Executive Director of the Midwesterrn Oklahoma Development Authority Thursday, April 10th at the Creamery Building south of the General Franks Museum. She will be here to present a twenty five thousand dollar check to the Hobart Main Street Program. --Stephen Boyd. Revival services continue nightly thru Thursday at the Lighthouse Assembly Of God Church 820 South Lincoln in Hobart. The evangelist will be Brother Gary White from Birmingham, Alabama. Everyone is invited. --Pastor James Lankford. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Political hopefuls from across Oklahoma are expected to descend on the state Capitol for the first day of filing paperwork to have their names placed on the 2014 election ballot and one person is already in line. The three-day filing period runs from 8 a.m. Wednesday until 5 p.m. Friday. More than 300 elective positions are up for grabs, including both U.S. Senate seats, all of the five congressional seats, and statewide offices, including governor and lieutenant governor. STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will speak at Oklahoma State University next week. The five-time NFL Most Valuable Player is scheduled to talk about his personal and family life, his work ethic and his success during a speech April 16 at 7 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Zoo officials say a 6-month-old female giraffe with a terminal heart defect has died during surgery. Kyah had an extra blood vessel wrapped around her esophagus that prevented her from holding down solid food. Kyah was euthanized during surgery when surgeons realized she would not overcome complications of the hourslong surgery. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For the second year in a row, the Oklahoma state Capitol has made a list of the most endangered places in the state. The nonprofit organization Preservation Oklahoma list of Oklahomas most endangered places recognizes historic sites across Oklahoma at risk of demolition or deterioration and raises awareness about the need to preserve them.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:18:03 +0000
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