Beaver, OK News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/ Beaver, OK News Valuable federally owned pelts stolen from Comanche County Fair http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/content/af5d666e11dbb7b1c45ab0f3b086cb54.html A thief struck at the heart of the Comanche County Fair this week and thousands of dollars worth of animal fur pelts skins and hides are missing They were taken from a Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge exhibit at the fairgrounds While the thief didn39;t still every item on display the individual did get away with endangered species pelts including a jaguar E coli outbreak in Okla largest of its kind in US history http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/content/6a15e4cecc779cca4ff3872ac74bd355.html An E coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person making it the largest outbreak of this strain of E coli in US history according to health officials The Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove has been closed voluntarily for more than a week but an exact source of the contamination has not been pinpointed state epidemiologist Dr Kristy Bradley said in a statement Waurika sees 12 inches of rain but suffers no major damage http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/content/29814130040464663fee3e7a6e3e1eb9.html Folks in Waurika saw 12 inches of rainfall overnight Monday into Tuesday seven inches in only three hours City officials were assessing the damage at about 1:30 am and say they are lucky the damage isn39;t really bad They say the water receded quickly There are currently reports of three homes flooding and two businesses but there are some areas that remain under water Falls officials advise caution to citizens in low lying areas http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/content/91e607ae276e0213975a961dd5492b5f.html Wichita Falls Mayor Lanham Lyne and City Manager Darron Leiker have established a Severe Weather Response Unit at the City39;s training facility in preparation for possible rising waters due to heavy rains in and around the city Heavy rain leads to flooding in parts of Oklahoma http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/content/5ac9ccd8059da4302924eeefcc973340.html Associated Press August 19 2008 12:25 AM ET BEAVER Okla AP Several days of rain have left some county roads impassable in the Oklahoma Panhandle and southwestern Oklahoma Emergency haying now allowed in most counties http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/content/0b82a0080301d429dcd143f8befca81f.html The US Department of Agriculture USDA has announced it would allow emergency haying on Conservation Reserve Program CRP lands in most Oklahoma counties including Jackson Last month USDA released CRP lands for haying and grazing in Cimarron Texas and Beaver however only allowed grazing in all remaining Oklahoma counties except three which were completely excluded Oklahoma Aquarium exhibits innovation in scrounging http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/content/1e2bbba3a201b3db2ed154c4753c751b.html Kenny Alexopoulos leaned onto the Oklahoma Aquariumrsquo;s coastal marsh exhibit stretching his arms to point past a weathered dock extension to a rising clump of grass Do you see that he said with all the passion of a proud parent ldquo;Therersquo;s a dragonfly on that blade of grass That came from the grill of my Toyota 4Runnerrdquo; Future vision http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/oklahoma/beaver/content/bb53bd3d95fe5c74dd58394e6a476e1a.html James targets role of county chief