Oklahoma panhandle

An eight-year-old girl lay undiscovered for six hours after a Guymon crash that killed her and her grandfather when a drug task force officer's vehicle, traveling 85 mph in a 70 mph zone, struck their car. Records show a haphazard investigation, no photos taken, no interviews conducted and an incomplete collision report.

About 49,000 acres are burning in the Oklahoma panhandle. Teams have been fighting the fires and much of western Oklahoma remains under heavy drought conditions.

The medical condition can cause symptoms that confuse first-responders and others, leading to arrests and possible violence during specific types of seizures.

Guymon's Mesa Water Project is expected to deliver its first drops to the city in October of next year.

The only tribal casino in the Panhandle, the Golden Mesa Casino, is expanding. Leaders involved in the project said this $78 million investment will boost not only the city of Guymon's economy, but the welfare of Shawnee tribal citizens.

The bird dwells west of Lubbock, and in the tip of the Panhandle, north of Amarillo.

Conflicts of interest and high bond amounts can lead to increased self-representation

Ninety years this week, Oklahomans were met with a large wall of rolling black dust and sand, a day now known as "Black Sunday."

Oklahoma has nearly $800 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to expand broadband access across the state. It’s part of a $42.5 billion federal program called Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) — a component of the Biden-Harris administration’s “Internet for All” initiative.

Oklahoma has seen significant drought relief over the last few weeks thanks to recent storms.