In response to the current outbreak of the Coronavirus, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), in collaboration with county public health officials, is monitoring travelers returning to Oklahoma from China. But with yet more individuals hospitalized this week in Custer County because of the flu, the 2019- 2020 influenza season still remains the biggest threat to folks here.

Troop 361 Scouts show support

Past and Present Troop 361 Scouts support Dillon Collins at his Eagle Scout Ceremony. Pictured are, front row from left, Xadrian Hernandez, Owen Lavigne and Kendrick Fletcher; middle row, Joseph Nelson, Collins and Aiden Hall; and back row, Blake Brewer, Dakota Brewer, Cody Nelson, J Badillo and Jacob Nelson.

Scouts enjoy down time

Boy Scout Troop 361 members, from left, Owen Lavigne, Aiden Hall, Xadrian Hernandez and Kendrick Fletcher enjoy some down time during a campout.

In 1861, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Alabama.

WOCS students inspired by kindness

Western Oklahoma Christian School students, from left, Greta Geisler, August Dobrinski, Joshua Valencia, Makarah Foster, Cruze Bittle and Erica King hold scriptures based on acts of kindness.

Here's a peak at what's in the February 15th edition of the CDN

- Weatherford man dies in US 183 wreck

- ‘Our Town’ auditions Monday at SWPH

- Bowman Vowell new pastor at Cumberland Presbyterian

- Faren Old Crow

- State Deaths

Vehicles involved in fatality accident

This was the car in which Bailey Thomason of Weatherford died late Thursday afternoon a short distance south of Arapaho. Inset is the other vehicle involved in the crash. That driver was treated and released at AllianceHealth hospital in Clinton. 

A young man from Weatherford was killed late Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle auto crash on U.S. Highway 183 just south of Arapaho.

The deceased was Bailey Thomason, 20. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Medical Examiner Kathy Valentine.

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