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.
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The Air Race Classic started Tuesday morning. 41 all-female flying teams took off from Lakeland, Florida.
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A woman was hospitalized after a shooting Monday evening in Ardmore.
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An Ada man is in jail after around 20 people say they saw him trying to kidnap a child at a rodeo event on Saturday.
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In a special session, Oklahoma House Republicans began introducing several bills designed to help Oklahomans deal with inflation on Monday.
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The Garvin County Sheriff’s Office announced they’ve uncovered a ring of pedophiles, but it extends far beyond state lines, possibly even US borders.
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The Oklahoma Department of Transportation said if something doesn’t change soon, drivers will see more and more frustrating traffic along I-35 in the coming decades.
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Madill’s annual National Sand Bass festival is in full swing this week.
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An Ardmore man was arrested on for animal cruelty after police found two kittens inside his backpack on Tuesday.
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With bright eyes and a boyish smile, Ardmore’s Billy Turner joined the Navy as soon as he was old enough.
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Memorial Day is for mourning those who died while serving our country, but that’s sometimes forgotten.
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Ardmore resident Dava Jump captured footage on her home security camera Monday evening of a gel blaster shooting towards cats in her yard.
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A family was rescued at Lake Texoma after parents fell off a boat on Sunday.
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A group of abortion providers in Oklahoma have filed a legal challenge to a bill Governor Stitt signed Wednesday that bans nearly all abortions in the state.
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STDS are on the rise in Oklahomans 50 and older, according to data from the health department.
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When disaster strikes, police and fire often run into the chaos., but few do so on four legs.
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The Southern Oklahoma Ambulance Service is celebrating 60 years of serving the community.
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The Madill police department announced it’s Facebook page was hacked.
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Grocery store employees in Durant had to throw away shelves full of food after this weekend’s storms left the building without power.
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Violent winds, hail, and lightning shoot Texoma as severe storms rolled through Sunday evening.
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After years of advocating for veterans, a Southern Oklahoma state senator was surprised last week with an award from the National Guard.
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Ardmore has a hundred and fifty condemned houses as of Monday. They cost money to tear down, but they’re not safe to live in.
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Looking for a home in Ardmore? You'll soon have a few more options.
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This weekend a Texoma music festival is raising money for the victims of the March tornados.
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Emergency managers recommend that you know where you can shelter and have a plan in place before severe weather hits.
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A man was arrested in Allen, Oklahoma this weekend with over a hundred pounds of illegal marijuana.
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Ardmore city commissioners will vote on a mutual aid agreement with the Chickasaw Nation Monday evening.
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A Southern Oklahoma yoga studio is getting out of the studio, and into the sunshine.
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Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives announced they’ve now formed an investigative committee to join the state’s investigation of a well-known restaurateur’s ties to the tourism department.
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Oklahoma state superintendent Joy Hofmeister visited several Texoma schools on Wednesday.
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An Oklahoma restaurant took over food service at state parks a couple years back, but now the state tourism department wants to cut ties.
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Community members gathered at Regional Park in Ardmore for a celebration for families with autism on Saturday.
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A Murray county man was recently arrested for sharing a woman’s nude photos.
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Tuesday’s thunderstorm started a fire when a bolt of lightning struck at an oil drill site in Overbrook.
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Tuesday marks 27 years since168 people were killed during a domestic terrorism attack on the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Downtown Oklahoma City.
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The deadline to file to run for state or U.S. legislator was on Friday.
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It’s National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: when the unthinkable happens, 911 dispatchers are always there.
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A Marshall County woman is frustrated because Little City doesn’t have a tornado siren.
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Police have investigated at least 10 shootings so far this year in Ardmore.
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A high-speed car chase on southbound I-35 sputtered to an end Monday afternoon when the driver ran out of gas, according to the Love County Sheriff’s Office.
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An Oklahoma woman pleaded guilty yesterday to murdering her husband.
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A male body found in a Garvin County field on Sunday is most likely a homicide victim, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Garvin County Sheriff’s Office.
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Sulphur residents voted to pass a $35 million dollar school bond on Tuesday.
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A car hit a traffic light control box in Ardmore on Saturday and took out an entire intersection.
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Carter County municipal and school board elections are on Tuesday.
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Texoma amateur blacksmith Justin White is raising money for his family by auctioning off handmade knives.
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After being cancelled two years in a row because of coronavirus, the Fort Washita Rendezvous historical reenactment event is back open.