Caroline Cluiss
Reporter
Ardmore, OK
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Caroline Cluiss is a North Texas native and University of North Texas graduate.
She’s known she wanted to work in news since high school, after she joined yearbook and newspaper, and began learning how to tell stories verbally and visually.
During college, she worked on two campus broadcasts, completed a fellowship with Newsy and interned at KERA. Now she’s enjoying getting to know the beauty and history of Southern Oklahoma.
She’d love to tell a story with you- email her at caroline.cluiss@kxii.com.
A Gene Autry man has been charged with kidnapping his father and threatening to kill him.
A staple of Carter County online culture disappeared this weekend. Members of As Heard on the Scanner in Carter County may have noticed the page was deleted.
A man in Ardmore was shot late last night, leading to a 3 hour long standoff with the suspect taking hostages, including children.
On Tuesday the number of COVID-19 patients at Mercy Ardmore reached a new record of 56 in the hospital and nine in the ICU.
This weekend the social media app Parler was removed from Google and Apple’s app stores.
27 veterans have died of coronavirus at the Ardmore Veterans Center since December 11.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health launched an online portal Wednesday where residents can register for an appointment for a coronavirus vaccine.
The Oklahoma Blood Institute is holding a community blood drive Wednesday in Ardmore in hopes of getting more O-negative blood.
Tuesday hundreds of cars full of people hoping to get their vaccine lined up to the Ardmore Convention Center.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced on Monday they have created an app to help distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in the state.
At the National Guard Armory in Ardmore, the Carter County Health Department administered 642 coronavirus vaccines to first responders, health care workers, and support staff on Thursday.
The Carter County Health Department will distribute coronavirus vaccines to first responders out of a pod in Ardmore on Thursday.
The Noble Research Institute in Ardmore is donating 11 freezers to the Oklahoma State Department of Health to make sure Oklahomans across the state can get vaccinated.
A man drove to the 200 block of 9th Ave NE and fired one shot into another man’s arm before driving away on Wednesday morning around 11:00.
A 9 year old Ardmore girl is collecting food, clothing, and other necessities for homeless people.
On Wednesday, Hunter Super Techs installed several heating and air units to families in need around Oklahoma for free- just in time for Christmas and cold weather.
Since April, the Carter County Sheriff’s Office has arrested eight men on charges related to child sexual abuse- including both acts of abuse and possession of child pornography.
According to Mercy Ardmore president Daryle Voss, the hospital has been operating at capacity for several months now.
Mercy Ardmore healthcare workers lined up to receive the Pfizer COVID vaccine at 7:30 Thursday morning. But not everyone eligible wants it yet.
For the second year, Ardmore High School students asked local nursing homes and the Ardmore Children’s Shelter what they needed for the winter.
A recent study from EMS1 says emergency medical service workers are more likely to die from coronavirus than firefighters, police officers, nurses, or doctors.
An Ardmore man is jail after a a Cyber Tip was sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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Ardmore police arrested 25-year-old Brandon Cryer at the Pecan Creek Apartments after two residents called 911 around 1 a.m. Saturday morning.
To help free up beds, Mercy hospitals launched a program letting patients get doctor care for coronavirus without leaving home.
The Marshall County Emergency Management Offices received a grant to help homeowners purchase a storm shelter.
Ardmore police arrested a man last Wednesday for last Tuesday’s shooting next door to CVS.
Ardmore police responded to a robbery Tuesday evening, but no one was arrested.
In an attempt to try and reduce the number of in person shoppers on Black Friday, many stores began their holiday sales in the weeks before Black Friday.
Just in time for the holidays, the number of Oklahomans filing for unemployment has slowly declined during the past month, even in the midst of the pandemic.
An Ardmore cannabis dispensary decided to give back to the community on Thanksgiving by handing a free meal to anyone who needed it.
A Marshall County woman lost her life and her husband was badly burned during a smoking accident yesterday.
Tishomingo man accused of beating girlfriend to death had history of domestic violence, sheriff says
A Tishomingo man is in jail for first degree murder and several charges of domestic violence after deputies say he beat his girlfriend to death.
The father and aunt previously accused of child abuse in the case of a three-year-old Wilson boy’s death are now being charged with first-degree murder by child abuse.
The flu season officially began on September 1st and so far, no one in Oklahoma has died from influenza this season.
Coronavirus cases have caused 29 out of 56 school districts in Southern Oklahoma Counties to shut down at least one school-for many the whole district- until after Thanksgiving Break.
An Ardmore man was arrested last week while trying to protest the city mask mandate.
Ardmore’s mask mandate went into effect immediately after the city commission passed it just after noon Thursday, requiring a mask or other face covering to be worn in indoor, public places in Ardmore.
Despite restrictions because of COVID-19, the Ardmore Veteran’s Center was still able to celebrate Veteran’s Day.
Tuesday Oklahoma reported a new one-day record high in hospitalizations statewide.
Survival swim focuses on teaching very young kids-from six months to four years-how to problem solve in a water emergency.
Over the weekend Oklahoma reported a new daily record high of 4,507 confirmed cases-more than double the previous one day record.
Ruby Beasley turned one hundred and ten years old on Friday, making her the second oldest person in Oklahoma.
Tuesday was a long shift for the people that volunteer their time working at polls.
The Oklahoma State Election Board said they expect this year’s voter turnout to be unique because of the recent ice storms, the pandemic, and a large increase in registration.
When Lynn Cronemiller began looking, hospitals in southeastern Oklahoma didn’t have room for another COVID-19 patient.
Pontotoc County Sheriff: Latta coach arrested for soliciting minor likely messaged multiple students
A Latta teacher and coach has been arrested after being accused of sending inappropriate photos and messages to a student.
Early voting in Oklahoma begins Thursday.
A new study in the journal of Nature Medicine estimates that if most Americans wore masks in public, more than 100,000 lives could be saved from COVID-19 between now and the end of February.