The German Free Will Baptist Church, originally built in 1901, and long described as a landmark to the Butler community, found its final resting place Thursday. After hours trying to contain the blaze, fire crews from across Custer County watched as the historic building was engulfed by flames.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Clinton man accused of sexual battery, stemming from an alleged incident Feb. 17 involving a 16-year-old girl.

An Arizona woman was transported to the hospital Thursday morning as the result of injuries suffered from a vehicular accident on Interstate 40, two miles west of Elk City.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Holden Ray Doucet and Mayral De La Cruz Gonzalez Devon Scott Kershner and Laura Elise Kershner Joshua Anthony Ramber and Tena Marie Johnson Kenneth George Wright and April Dawn Foster Lopez Dalton Lehman Westover and Sydney Marie Powers

STINNETT, Texas (AP) — A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in their desperate efforts to corral a blaze that has grown into the largest in state history.

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