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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First lieutenant Jacob Mason’s family said he was smart, humble and he always went the extra mile to serve God and everyone he met.
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The Carter County Court Clerk’s Office posted on Facebook Sept. 9th saying they had bond money to refund.
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A Love County teenage girl has been missing since last Sunday. Her family said they believe she may be in danger.
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Carter County community members have been competing in the Free Fair since Tuesday, showcasing talents from quilting to raising animals.
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A Love County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday for child sexual abuse.
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With over 300 active cases of coronavirus in Carter County, health officials say they’re feeling like they are back in 2020.
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The Oklahoma Highway Patrol was busy Labor Day weekend with crashes all over Southern Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol is asking Texomans to drive extra safely for the holiday weekend.
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The Murray County sheriff’s office said Jay Johnson and Carrie Rashmur were arrested August 17th after they were caught at this storage facility. Deputy Brandon Eddy said they have two more suspects caught on video stealing trailers, guns, four wheelers and more from a facility off of Highway 177.
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Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics busted another illegal weed farm in Southern Oklahoma Wednesday morning, this one in Dickson.
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Shots were fired Wednesday at the 600 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard in Ardmore.
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According to the FDA, Ivermectin doesn’t treat viruses and large doses can cause harm to people.
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Tuesday morning two Oklahoma Salvation Army members left for Louisiana in a van full of food and water to help out with hurricane relief.
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Ardmore police are investigating after a shooting on Sunday sent one teen to the hospital.
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The Dal-Worth Appaloosa Horse Club concluded their summer show in Ardmore Sunday evening.
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health said less than seven percent of COVID patients in Oklahoma hospitals have had the vaccine.
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A few months ago, Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill allowing Oklahoma businesses to resume selling some alcoholic drinks to-go, starting Wednesday.
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Last Friday Carter County sheriff Chris Bryant was pulled over in Wilson near Hewitt street and 10th street for allegedly speeding.
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Zaneis Public School unveiled a $54,000 computer lab for students to explore learning through STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Dickson Schools announced Friday that students will switch to distance learning until after Labor Day, Sept 6th.
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In July an Ardmore man went on a hiking trip in a 337,000 acre desert park in Utah and got lost-for three and a half days.
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Mercy Ardmore began cancelling elective surgeries last week in order to free up beds for COVID patients.
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Chris Munn with the Oklahoma State Health Department said he wasn’t surprised when the CDC announced they’re recommending another dose for some people.
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Carter County STD nurse Rebecca Burton said Syphilis used to be a rarity at the Carter County Health department. So rare, she saw it maybe once every few years.
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A community is grieving after two Lone Grove students died Thursday morning in a head-on collision on the Chickasaw turnpike.
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It still doesn’t quite look like a normal school year at Ardmore city schools. Masks aren’t required but many of the students I saw this morning were wearing them anyway. But some things stay the same- just like any year, kids were a little bit excited and a little bit nervous.
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After a summer of planning, Thursday morning Ardmore teachers will begin a new school year.
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The Garvin County Sheriff’s Office shut down an illegal marijuana grow facility a mile east of Wynnewood Monday, but no arrests were made because the facility had recently been abandoned.
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An Ada woman is wanted for animal cruelty after police say they found her dog dead in her home.
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A Johnston County home burned down Saturday night and the sheriff’s office is calling it suspicious.
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A man is in the hospital and a Murray County attorney is in jail after police say a friendly check-in turned into an near-deadly assault.
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Cases of coronavirus are rising throughout Texoma again, leaving hospitals with a sense of deja vu.
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When MinWoo Park moved to Ardmore with his family, he was shocked to find that the city didn’t have a piano studio.
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Several weeks ago, Mercy Hospitals announced employees will need to be vaccinated before October or be fired.
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The Ardmore Police Department is holding a party for members of the city to get to know officers on Friday at the Ardmore Community Water Park.
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An Ardmore history buff found century-old newspapers after prying up the floorboards of her historic downtown Ardmore building.
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The state of Oklahoma has dropped its murder case against a man charged in the 2019 beating death of an Ada man due to the McGirt supreme court ruling. Both the murder victim and the man accused of killing him are native.
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With high temperatures during the summer, kids are searching for places to get out energy and meet new friends while still staying in the air conditioning.
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A dog tag lost nearly 80 years ago in Italy during World War II has made its way back home to Ardmore.
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James Daren Smith is the second family member to be convicted in the case; his sister-in-law Shannon Smith pleaded guilty to 1st degree manslaughter in April.
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A fire in Coleman Tuesday morning damaged part of one of Johnston County’s largest employers.
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An Oklahoma City restaurant opened a new location in Ardmore Monday morning.
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A Garvin County man and his girlfriend were arrested after he shot a man in Maysville.
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A 19-year-old Maysville woman was arrested for 2nd degree rape in Garvin County.
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A Wilson man was taken to an Oklahoma City hospital early Sunday morning after his car hit a Texas truck.
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A man was flown to a Texas hospital after an accident in Ardmore Sunday morning.
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A crane operator was taken by helicopter out of the Martin Marietta Mill Creek Limestone Quarry Thursday after an approximately 200,000 pound crane turned over.
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The Johnston County deputy sheriffs were sworn in as federal officers for the Bureau of Indian Affairs last week after a lengthy application process.
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Another of Ardmore’s historic downtown buildings collapsed on Saturday after a car drove into the storefront at 1 a.m.