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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Ardmore is growing again-the city has several new retail and restaurants on the way.
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Residents in Gene Autry and Springer are working together to find the person who knocked down at least 12 road signs.
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A Marshall County man was arrested for shooting a woman’s ducks.
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A Ringling man is accused of pointing his rifle at another man.
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A man was recently arrested for multiple rapes in Carter County.
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Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt signed an executive order on Tuesday to help out the teacher shortage that has been causing schools around the state to close down and go virtual.
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Ardmore employers from major companies like Dollar General to small mom and pop shops are all saying the same thing, according to Ardmore’s chamber of commerce president Bill Murphy. New workers are hard to find.
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An Overbrook family lost everything in a fire yesterday, including expensive cancer medication.
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Oklahoma saw more cases reported in a single day this weekend than any day since the pandemic started.
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A grassfire that burned 25 acres in Carter County Wednesday evening was caused by welding, according to the Springer Volunteer Fire Department.
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The city of Ardmore recently decided to take a closer look at the city’s drain system-they’re looking for anything that could cause flooding.
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Ardmore’s homeless day shelter will be closed for the next two months, starting Wednesday.
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Owners of Hideaway Grill by Lake Murray say they were caught in the crossfire of a shooter after giving him directions on Saturday.
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After 18 years of serving Ardmore, Mita Bates is retiring from her positions as the president and CEO of the Ardmore Development Authority, the Ardmore Tourism Authority and the Ardmore Chamber of Commerce.
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A Marshall county woman died in a house fire Monday night.
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Family and friends of the pregnant woman killed in a car accident outside of Kingston last week will gather for her funeral Tuesday afternoon.
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Love County Commissioners voted to begin a burn ban Monday morning, citing high fire danger and weather conditions.
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Between Thanksgiving and New Years, 1,200 people will be killed in accidents caused by drunk drivers, according to the CDC.
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A group of Texomans dedicated to improving the community held a bake sale outside the Sulphur Sooner Foods to raise money for two Oklahoma senior centers on Thursday.
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Ardmore police laid Christmas wreaths on the headstones of their fallen officers on Saturday.
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A driver hit two pedestrians with his 1999 Buick Century on Snell road in Marshall County last Tuesday evening.
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An online charter school in Oklahoma has agreed to pay back over 9 million dollars to the state.
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A century-old safe in Downtown Ardmore was finally opened after being locked and rusted shut for 30 years.
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According to court documents, Reynolds-wearing a red wig-walked up to the teller and handed her a note with a frowny face on it, which stated “This is a robbery."
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Out of thousands across the nation, a local Texoma hospital was recently recognized as one of the safest.
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Ardmore is embracing the future by welcoming a renewable energy producer from Australia.
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Smoke was visible for several miles after a fire burned down an Ardmore home on S Street Southeast Tuesday morning.
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The Oklahoma Sooners have a new head football coach.
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Ardmore police are investigating after several businesses in the city have had catalytic converters stolen.
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A man who was released from prison halfway through his sentence because of the Bosse ruling is headed back to prison.
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A 15-year-old girl from Ardmore has been missing since Sunday, and her family is asking the community to help find her.
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A man who had been working at a marijuana grow near Elmore City told law enforcement he was being held against his will for three months, according to the Garvin County Sheriff’s office
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Sooner Nation is reeling this week after head football coach Lincoln Riley left OU for the same job at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
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Packages are disappearing off of porches in Northwest Ardmore, and doorbell footage suggests it’s the same person.
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A Dallas man is in the Love County Jail after a car chase this weekend in Marietta.
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One of the Ardmore Police Department’s furrier members just completed training in Ohio, making him one of two therapy k-9s on patrol in the country.
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Just in time for Native American Heritage month, the Chickasaw Nation has two feature films on Netflix available to watch today.
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The Pointe Vista development-the billion dollar master-planned community on Lake Texoma-broke ground this morning after 14 years of waiting.
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One man is in custody after Monday evening’s bank robbery in Ada.
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An Ardmore landlord told police a tenant wasn’t paying rent, so he took matters- and a pistol- into his own hands.
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A local volunteer fire chief was taken to a Texas hospital with third-degree burns on Thursday.
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The Ardmore Veterans Center honored America's uniformed services with music, prayer, and a 21 gun salute on Thursday morning.
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An iconic Ardmore western wear store is retiring after 42 years.
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A new Ardmore restaurant is almost ready to open, serving traditional Vietnamese noodle soup.
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An Orr, Oklahoma family lost everything in a house fire on Friday.
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A Caney teen was named the senior Miniature Bull Riding world champion this weekend in Las Vegas.
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The trial for two former Wilson police officers charged with murder in Jared Lakey’s death began on Tuesday.