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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 1d

Check out more about the locomotive history and the birthday bash in the Friday News & Eagle. ✨ subscribe or digital day pass 📰 #SupportLocalNews 🦅 #hometownENE www.enidnews.com/news/railroa...

Railroad museum to celebrate locomotive's centennial

Admission is free to The Railroad Museum of Oklahoma's celebration of the 100th birthday of the Frisco 1519 Mountain Class steam locomotive. Train engine tours, cake and souvenirs on tap.

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 2d

🚂 The party for the locomotive — which sat north of St. Mary's Hospital off Maine for years before moving to the museum — is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, 702 N. Washington. 🎂🥳

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 3d

❝Our deputies took possession of 3,787 illegal marijuana plants,” he said. “It could easily be the biggest seizure of illegal plants in Garfield County.❞ — Garfield County Sheriff Cory S. Rink
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Sheriff: Bust nets $18 million in illegal marijuana plants

LAHOMA, Okla. — Local law enforcement is seeking the owners of a property where an estimated $18 million in illegal marijuana plants was found earlier this month.

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 4d

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 4d

❝It’s incredibly humbling. There are 600 or so high schools in the state of Oklahoma ... If there are 550-600 coaches out there, and they choose to honor our program, that’s pretty special.❞ — Oklahoma Bible Academy coach Randy Roth
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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 5d

2025 Candy Cane Cash promotion kicks off on Oct. 18.
GET READY TO GET THOSE 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️ 🍬

Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 5d

After 80 years of dog shows in Enid, Sooner State Kennel Club ended its local run this past weekend. The club is pairing with the Seminole club for a longer event next fall in Shawnee.
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Sooner State Kennel Club wraps up its final show in Enid after 80 years

The public can come and enjoy the judging and agility and obedience competitions. There are some concessions and vendors. It runs from 7 a.m. until it closes in the late

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 5d

Woodward, Marshall, and Waynoka among communities to hold ghostly encounters and spooktacular scares in #NWOK this Halloween season. Check out where to go to get your spook fix at EnidNews.com.
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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 6d

To subsidize or not? Contract? Who with?
🚑 Enid Mayor David Mason says it will take time for a decision: ❝The ambulance service is very complicated and won’t happen until after the first of the year.❞
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Discussions continue on future of Enid ambulance service

ENID, Okla. — Enid city officials and a special committee continue to work on answers for the ambulance service in Enid.

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 9d

Garber resident Elmo Castle, 97, will be inducted into Oklahoma State Agriculture Teacher Hall of Fame.
❝I think they could have chosen a lot of other people, but I am honored to get the award.❞
He started teaching at Jet Public Schools in 1955, then went to Garber in 1966 and taught until 1986.

Garber man named to OSU Ag Teacher Hall of Fame

Garber resident Elmo Castle, 97, will be inducted into the Oklahoma State Agriculture Teacher Hall of Fame on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Stillwater.

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 9d

❝It’s not that we’re losing to bad teams. We’ve got to heal up a little bit. We’ve got to rally the troops and get back on track this week.❞ — Chisholm coach Cameron Conder
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Chisholm looks to get back on track against Blackwell

After a 2-3 start this year, Chisholm coach Cameron Conder said it’s about regrouping for the rest of the season.

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 9d

Read about all that is going on this week/weekend in #NWOK
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Movie stops, more on tap across NW Oklahoma

“67 Bombs to Enid” screening in Alva, follow the “Twisters” trail through #NWOK, massive merc sale in Medford, pumpkins in Hennessey and the It’s fall Y’All Agritour are on tap.

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 9d

What's your favorite place to be in #NWOK?
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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 11d

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 11d

In September, Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered Operation Safe, sweeps of homeless encampments in Tulsa. Dozens of encampments were cleared off state-owned land and may have contributed to the situation locally in #EnidOK ...
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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 11d

The city meeting became emotional at times.
❝It’s not from lack of trying. It saddens me that you all want this building gone ...❞ — Rick Simpson
Mayor David Mason said there was no desire by the city to demolish the building.
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City grants Simpson more time for plan to repair building

ENID, Okla. — Enid city commissioners voted to give Rick Simpson more time to come up with a plan to fix deficiencies in his building that houses Simpson’s Old Time

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 12d

Dieter Dorner landed in Middle America nearly 30 years ago armed with an idea: to bring a decent restaurant to duners.
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Café Bahnhof brings Bavarian flavors, biergarten to Waynoka

The mainstays of the menu are five kinds of schnitzel from sweet to savory (for those unfamiliar, schnitzel is similar to chicken fried steak but with pork), beef roulade, oven-baked

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 13d

❝These awards are a true testament to the people and partnerships that make downtown Enid thrive.❞ — Natalie Rapp, executive director of Main Street Enid.
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Main Street Enid receives state recognition

Main Street Enid received top honors in four categories at the 2025 Oklahoma Main Street Awards Banquet in Oklahoma City.

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 15d

LOWEST OF THE LOW
❝Garfield County ranks the lowest for breast cancer screening in the state.❞ — Janet Cordell, community liaison for Great Salt Plains Health Center ** Oklahoma ranks at the bottom tier nationally.
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Early detection key in overcoming breast cancer

❝Garfield County ranks the lowest for breast cancer screening in the state.❞ — Janet Cordell, community liaison for Great Salt Plains Health Center

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 16d

#NWOK teams playing include Pond Creek-Hunter on Thursday and Hennessey, Alva, Kingfisher, Medford, Fairview, Ringwood, Cherokee, Timberlake, Watonga, Kremlin-Hillsdale 📣
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Roundup: several teams look to keep winning streaks alive

ENID, Okla. — Hennessey will be going for its third straight win Friday, when the Eagles (2-2 overall and 1-0 in District 2A-1 II) host Alva (1-3, 1-0) in a

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 17d

TAKE THE POLL 🗳️ at EnidNews.com
The majority of seniors will, its 50-50 other adults will but not the children. Do you plan to get vaccinated?
Comment below ⬇️ and VOTE at EnidNews.com/opinion/poll.

Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 17d

Merlyn Ratzlaff is the third of seven generations involved with Oklahoma Bible Academy, starting with his grandfather, Jacob Ratzlaff, and his father, Norman, who donated land for the school when it was located in Meno.
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OBA honors longtime teacher, supporter

Oklahoma Bible Academy honored a member of a family that has been intertwined with the school since the beginning during a ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. OBA inducted Merlyn Ratzlaff,

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 17d

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EHS class makes logo for Thunder T-shirts

EPS art teacher Andy Swanner contacted Ron Benton, better known as “Spinozi” on WWLS The Sports Animal radio, about a design for a Thunder T-shirt from his Fab Lab class.

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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 17d

Sam Presti, GM of the OKC Thunder, said the team is in a new situation of building another championship, not holding on to the last one, according to Sports Animal's Spinozi. ⛈️ ⚡️
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Enid News & Eagle @enidnews.bsky.social · 18d

❝It was two days later before I knew I had picked up the man who bombed the Murrah center. Fate had a part in catching McVeigh.❞ — retired OHP Trooper Charlie Hanger
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