Outsiders and locals alike can agree Oklahoma has an abundance of town names that are hard to pronounce. Besides the pronunciation, many of these towns leave one wondering how the name came about to ...

When he arrived in 2021 to take charge of the Nowata High School boys basketball program, Nathan Smith took on a titanic task. First, he took the place of an outgoing popular coach that had become the ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Nowata County, an area which may ...

NOWATA, Okla. — The cause of a crash that killed a Nowata man remains under investigation, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Michael Ray Melton, Sr, 75, of Nowata was admitted to St. Francis ...

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said they are no longer looking into a Nowata County death. Agents have concluded Jerry Gering Jr. took his own life, a news release states. Gering’s body ...

A woman was killed on Highway 169 when another vehicle struck a deer, sending it through her windshield Sunday evening, authorities say. Carolyn Howard, 72, died at the scene approximately five miles ...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers are investigating the cause of a deadly crash in Nowata County. Troopers said the crash took place around 10:30 p.m. Thursday on US169 northbound and CR19. The ...

Today, Beagle Freedom Project (BFP) announced they have shut down one third of the flea and tick product testing industry, ending decades of cruel experimentation, and sparing thousands of dogs and ...

Ray Wyant of Davisburg MI and Savanna OK 1957 – 2025. Ray was born in Nowata Oklahoma to Florence (Lewis) Wyant and William Nelson Wyant Jr. Ray Graduated from Waterford Mott High School in Waterford ...