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Bobbie Walker has announced her candidacy for Wheeler County Clerk, citing long-standing ties to the county and extensive experience in county government.

Wheeler County’s March primary ballot is continuing to take shape as another candidate has stepped forward to run for county judge.

A man wanted out of Elk City was arrested Wednesday in Shamrock, Texas after deputies found him hiding underneath a house and used a K-9 to take him into custody, according to law enforcement.

Wheeler County Judge Pat McDowell said he will not seek a second term as the filing period opens for the March primaries.

The Beckham County Sheriff’s Department provided aerial support to Wheeler County, Texas, during a search for a fleeing suspect.

The SBA is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Beckham County, Oklahoma, and Collingsworth and Wheeler Counties in Texas of the June 9 deadline to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans due to economic losses from the drought that began on August 13.

A single-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on Interstate 40 claimed one life and left two others injured, according to the Texas Highway Patrol.

A two-vehicle collision on US Highway 83, approximately six miles north of Shamrock, Texas, resulted in the death of a Kansas man.