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.
Ardmore police responded 9 p.m. Monday to a call about a silver four door car driving recklessly.
Friday was the last day on the job for Ardmore Police Chief Ken Grace, who served for seven years.
After the many grass fires Love County Volunteer Firefighters worked last season, Marietta High School students wanted to give back. They made a competition between grade levels to collect the most water to donate to the fire departments.
The Carter County Health Department says over the past year while the coronavirus pandemic has been going on, they’ve also been working another disease outbreak of syphilis.
Dickson, Lone Grove, and Wilson Public Schools have announced intentions to sue the Oklahoma Board of Education, claiming a funding decision that pushes additional dollars to charter schools was settled unconstitutionally.
A manhunt ended in Murray County just before noon Tuesday.
Wilson police are investigating after a home near Highway 70-A and 10th Street exploded Tuesday afternoon.
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt says the 2020 Supreme Court ruling in McGirt has wreaked havoc in Eastern Oklahoma- leaving the counties less safe, giving law enforcement jurisdiction problems, and stripping counties of budget money.
Thursday night Governor Kevin Stitt met with sheriffs from all over southeastern Oklahoma to talk about the consequences of the McGirt ruling last year.
April is National Safe Digging Month- and now that the freezes are over, homeowners might be thinking of putting in a pool or a garden.
Tuesday was election day for city and school elections in Oklahoma. In Ardmore, the Northeast and Southwest city commissioner seats were voted on.
37-year-old Ronnie Lee Lamb was charged by Pontotoc County last May with 13 sexual crimes to a child under 13.
When Ardmore city commissioner Martin Dyer passed away in January, he left a seat on the council that hadn’t been empty since 1985.
The Ardmore City Commissioner Northeast seat hasn’t been up for election since 2012, and no matter who the residents vote in, every candidate has said they want to bring change, economic growth and a voice to the Northeast side of town.
The inmate who escaped from the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center was found Wednesday afternoon at a Walmart in Wichita Falls, Texas, according to Murray County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Eddy.
Last week two Oklahomans were sent to the hospital after consuming what looked like normal potato chips, but actually had THC in them.
As of Monday morning, any adult or child 16 and older in Oklahoma can get a coronavirus vaccine.
Two people, including the wife of the Ada pastor found shot dead in his home earlier this week, have been arrested in his murder.
Last year the coronavirus pandemic caused Ardmore’s Parks and Recreation department to cancel the “Easter Eggstravaganza”, but this year the event is back.
President Joe Biden addressed the nation Tuesday after Monday’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
Members of Harmony Free Will Baptist Church are heartbroken and shocked after their pastor, David Evans was shot around 1 a.m. on Monday.
This past summer, Oklahoma began charging a fee for anyone visiting state parks.
Dickson police are investigating the attempted abduction of a 12 year old girl who escaped her abductor on Wednesday.
The Callison Ranch Market had a soft opening on Thursday, and the market isn’t just a place to by fresh beef. Owner Nikki Callison said she’s worked for the past few years to make it a Southern Oklahoma road trip destination and a place for customers to learn who’s raising the food on their plates.
Ardmore thief breaks into Simmons Bank ATM, drags machine behind stolen truck for several blocks
52-year-old Joe Lee Christian was summoned to the courthouse instead of arrested for his first hearing on Friday.
A train carrying construction equipment blocked a Gene Autry road for days. Lifelong resident Lyndal Wates has cattle on the other side of the track. He said the train blocking the road made it impossible to feed them.
Last year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that much of Eastern Oklahoma belongs to Indian Reservations.With that decision, they ruled that Oklahoma attorneys can’t criminally prosecute crimes committed on reservations when the victims or the accused criminals are tribal citizens.
A Maysville, Oklahoma man was arrested on Thursday and charged with 20 separate counts of sexual abuse against a teenage girl he was fostering.
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man last Friday after he allegedly tried to coerce a fourteen year old girl over the internet.
Oklahoma moved to phase 2 of vaccinations on Monday, but 3,000 appointments across South Central Oklahoma are still open this week.
Black Mesa Taproom II and Cool Tom Records owner Tracy Edwards says her establishment will have an atmosphere unlike anywhere else in Downtown Ardmore.
The Carter County Junior Livestock Show began Wednesday night at the Hardy Murphy Coliseum. Students in the county have shown sheep, goats, pigs, and cows.
Local legendary artist Jim Baker’s home and studio was consumed in a house fire at 6 p.m. Thursday, but Baker said he’s thankful his oil paintings were not lost.
Ardmore police are investigating after poison was found scattered in a northern Ardmore neighborhood on Sunday.
The city of Lone Grove said Wednesday morning their water system is back at full capacity after shutting down last Tuesday because of overuse during the freeze.
Lone Grove’s water towers are so low the Department of Environmental Quality asked the city to recommend boiling water before using it.
Ardmore was covered in a thick blanket of snow on Monday, and resident Rhonda Gayle Ingle said it felt like the whole city came to buy out winter supplies at Atwood’s.
The Southwest Power Pool, the company in charge of managing the power grid in 14 states including Oklahoma and parts of Texas, announced Tuesday they’ve hit a record for all time highest power use because of the cold as people try to warm their homes.
Ardmore had over 60 pipes burst Wednesday alone, according to public utilities director Shawn Geurin.
The Oklahoma State Department of health is planning to move into Phase 2 for coronavirus vaccinations, but many vaccine events in Southern Oklahoma counties were postponed this week because of weather.
Roads and highways north of the Red River are still paved with ice, and that means cars are still getting into wrecks.
If your check engine light is on, chances are this week’s temperatures will exacerbate any preexisting problem.
Heaters will be working overtime this week for the coldest weather Texoma’s seen in years, which poses a greater risk for house fires.
Last Friday the CDC extended the moratorium on evictions. Families can’t get evicted, but rent is still due.
An Ardmore technology repair store was broken into last week, the latest in what police describe as an increase in burglaries.
The Ardmore Parks and Recreation department won four statewide awards in January.
Kristi Paige, a former employee of the nonprofit, is suspected of embezzling $3,800 from CASA of Southern Oklahoma, a non profit that works to make sure kids don’t get lost in the foster system, and keeps children’s best interests at heart.
Wilson residents have the chance to vote on a 7.735 million dollar bond for Wilson Public Schools next Tuesday.