After an Evacuation Order, residents of Velma have been given the clear to return to the town after a nearby fire threatened ...

As wildfires ravaged multiple parts of the state, Governor Kevin Stitt declared a State of Emergency for 12 Oklahoma counties ...

A quickly-spreading wildfire, fueled by powerful winds, has forced the urgent evacuation of the entire town of Velma, in ...

VELMA, Okla. (KSWO) - The Stephens County Sheriff’s office was notified of a fire around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 14, just west of the town of Velma, and an evacuation order was put into place for ...

VELMA, Okla. (KXII) - A fire has forced an evacuation in Stephens County. The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office stated that ...

Fire crews and Stephens County Emergency Management have ordered the Town of Velma to evacuate now due to a wildfire. This story is developing. The Banner will update as more information becomes ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Houston County school district spent nearly $2 million putting the system in all the schools. Every adult has a wearable panic button for emergencies.

Noah VanBeurden of St. Stephens and Maiden’s Lincoln Frasure landed third-team honors. VanBeurden was the top scorer in the ...

The city of Duncan and the Duncan Area Economic Development Foundation are locked in an ongoing legal battle over the foundation’s use of tax revenue to fund ...

The Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) for Stephens County currently ranges from 24 to 306 with an average of 180. Much of the ...