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12/29/2024

Former President Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer whose vision of a "competent and compassionate" government led him to the White House, only to be ousted a few years later in the Reagan revolution, has died. He was 100. https://trib.al/fQnp2pq

12/24/2024

Our gift to you. 36 hours of Christmas music starting at noon tomorrow and going through Christmas Day! Listen live at

Kickin' Country 97.1 is a radio station located in Duncan, OK in the the United States. The station broadcasts on 97.1 FM, and is popularly known as Kickin' Country. The station is owned by Mollman Media and offers a Country format.

11/22/2024

Great News!

Our Public Works team is working hard at Resthaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, with the most recent work done being the asphalting of the driveway around the grounds.

The City of Duncan recently acquired Resthaven and is still finalizing the details to take over all day-to-day operations.

We appreciate your patience with this transition and once all the information is finalized you will find it on our website at duncanok.gov

11/18/2024

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Jefferson County in southern Oklahoma...
Western Garvin County in southern Oklahoma...
Southern Grady County in central Oklahoma...
Cotton County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Stephens County in southern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Carter County in southern Oklahoma...
Southwestern McClain County in central Oklahoma...

* Until 700 AM CST.

* At 611 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Agawam to 4 miles west of Hastings, moving
northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Duncan, Purcell, Marlow, Walters, Waurika, Lindsay, Healdton,
Comanche, Maysville, Rush Springs, Bray, Fletcher, Ringling,
Temple, Ryan, Sterling, Elmore City, Wayne, Velma, and Alex.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect for the warned area.

11/18/2024

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Jefferson County in southern Oklahoma...
Southwestern Grady County in central Oklahoma...
Cotton County in southwestern Oklahoma...
Western Stephens County in southern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Tillman County in southwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 615 AM CST.

* At 526 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles southeast of Boone to 3 miles southwest of
Devol, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Lawton, Duncan, Marlow, Walters, Cache, Elgin, Comanche, Geronimo,
Rush Springs, Fletcher, Grandfield, Temple, Sterling, Alex,
Chattanooga, Randlett, Medicine Park, Devol, Hastings, and Faxon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect for the warned area.

11/04/2024

Field Update 10:40 PM

Power is restored to Louis Ave and the surrounding area.

7:10 PM

Crews continue working this evening and have restored power to:

600 block of N H Street

1200 and 1300 blocks of North 10th Street

1400 block South 10th Street

700 block of North 13th Street

400 block of West Beech Ave

900 blocks of Howard and Harville Streets

Crews will be continuing to work tonight replacing damaged power poles and lines on Louis Ave and the surrounding area.

To date, all Substations and their circuits are on. There are still Tap fuses to replace in several locations. Please note that for homes or businesses that are able to receive power (no damage to their own electrical equipment) power should be restored no later than midnight on Wednesday.



5:00 PM

Power is now restored to the following blocks:

300 blocks of North A, B, C Streets

600 block of North G Street

400 and 500 block of North J Street

500 and 600 block of North K Street

300 block of N 3rd Street

900 block of N 5th Street

700 blocks of N 10th, 12th and 15th Streets

If you live in these blocks and do not have power please call 580-252-0250 before 5:30 PM or, after hours 580-255-2112 to report your continued outage.

Crews are currently working in the area of North H Street and in the area of 10th Street.

Additional updates will be provided as received from the field.

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Our team, including the mutual aide crew, began work this morning, with new outage reports being added to the workload list.

Crews are replacing damaged power poles that were temporarily stabilized yesterday in order to restore power.

Two additional crews are dedicated to the cluster outages list, with all the call in additions received yesterday and this morning. Once completed, the crews will progress to individual outages.

Crews are working as quickly and as safely as possible with the current weather conditions as they are. There is no estimated time for completions as the weather continues to play a factor.

For those without power, we understand your frustration, but please remember that our linemen’s safety is a top priority and your continued understanding is appreciated.

11/04/2024

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
West central Cotton County in southwestern Oklahoma...
East central Tillman County in southwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 445 AM CST.

* At 420 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hollister, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.

* Locations impacted include...
Chattanooga, Faxon, and Hollister.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter, safe room or an interior
room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you
are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.

11/03/2024

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Central Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma...
East central Tillman County in southwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 245 PM CST.

* At 209 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Indiahoma, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.

* Locations impacted include...
Lawton, Cache, Medicine Park, Indiahoma, Fort Sill, southern Lake
Ellsworth, Lake Lawtonka, and southeastern Wichita Mountains
Wildlife Refuge.

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 33 and 52.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter, safe room or an interior
room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you
are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.

11/03/2024

Tornado Watch for our coverage area until 8pm

11/03/2024

UPDATE 6 PM

Crews restored power to the area of Beech to Elk Aves, Highway 81 to the Creek behind the Simmons Center.

If you have not reported your outage, please contact the non emergency number to do so at 580-255-2112. Thank you.

4:15 PM

While our crews continue work to restore power, a Mutual Aide Crew will be coming to Duncan to assist in restoring power tomorrow to those areas still without.

If you have not reported your outage, please contact the non emergency number to do so at 580-255-2112.

2:15 PM

Power was just restored to the following streets:
Green Meadow, Marvin, Glenn, Garden Circle, Riviera, Trey, Dearborn, Cook, most of Lizabeth, and most of Louis.

Crews continue to work to restore power.



11:05 AM

Power is now restored in the area of Main St to Willow Ave and A Ave to 6th Street as well as the area on the North end of Duncan Municipal Airport.

Please be advised that our crews are focused on replacing multiple broken or downed power poles on Main Feeder Lines which will restore the most Customers as quickly as possible.

Please be aware that this means there may be smaller clusters of outages and individual outages that will not be able to be addressed until potentially Monday due to the weather that will be moving in later today.

We appreciate our linemen, who have been working nonstop since the early hours this morning and are doing their best to restore power as soon as possible.

9:00 AM

To assist our dispatchers due to call volume, if you have a storm related outage still to report please call Duncan Power directly at 580-251-7690.
We appreciate your assistance.

7:40 AM

With daylight arrived, additional outage calls are being received. Our crews remain in the field working as quickly and as safely as possible. To report an outage please call the non emergency number 580-255-2112. We appreciate your understanding.



7:03 AM

Power is restored to the area north of Elk Ave between Hwy 81 and Overland, including Elk Plaza.

Crews continue to make repairs and have identified and located additional broken power poles.

3:30 AM

Our Duncan Power linemen are now making repairs to the power lines east of Hwy 81 and north of Elk Ave, as well as doing a replacement of a broken pole on W. Spruce, the cause of the power outage affecting the West side of Hwy 81.

Please do not travel unless absolutely necessary as crews are reporting alot of debris on the roadways that will damage cars-roofing materials, sheet metal and tree limbs are just some of the obstacles in roadways across Duncan.

2:58 AM

Power is restored for the area at the south end of Duncan Municipal Airport. Crews continue to work on power restoration.

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PSA from City of Duncan Emergency Management

Tornado threat is now over for City of Duncan and our area lakes.

Our storm weather alert system is unable to sound the all clear due to power and internet failure for this particular warning.

Power outages are being responded to by our crews. Broken power poles, both Duncan Power and PSO, located in south Duncan are creating issues for one of the substations.

Crews will begin repairs as soon as is safely possible. No estimated time of restoration is known at this time.

If you live in the affected area, your patience is appreciated.

11/03/2024

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
West central Garvin County in southern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Grady County in central Oklahoma...
Northeastern Stephens County in southern Oklahoma...

* Until 200 AM CST.

* At 127 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Velma, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Garvin, southeastern Grady and northeastern Stephens
Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter, safe room or an interior
room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you
are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.

11/03/2024

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Central Stephens County in southern Oklahoma...

* Until 130 AM CST.

* At 107 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Comanche, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.

* Locations impacted include...
Duncan, Comanche, and Velma.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter, safe room or an interior
room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you
are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.

10/31/2024

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10/24/2024

We could all use a good laugh. Tickets for Friday and Saturday shows are still available at Sugar Creek Casino.

10/16/2024

Fun weekend event at Sugar Creek Casino!

10/12/2024

This is great news for the community.

Duncan city councilors heard from concerned residents about the Resthaven Cemetery, just ahead of moving to purchase the property.

09/29/2024

“It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 28 at home. We’re all so blessed for our time with him. Thank you for loving him all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, know he’s smiling down at us all.” – The Family of Kris Kristofferson

The family asks for privacy during this time.