It doesn't get much better than this Enid. An awesome singer coming to Enid just to perform in a cozy atmosphere and the fee for admission... free. Gather a group of friends and plan on a fun evening at DaVinci's Coffee House.

Kinsey Charles is a rising star with a cool sound wrapped around some very strong lyrics. I would describe her sound as a mix of Shawn Colvin and Cheryl Crow. The Oklahoma native attended Washington High School and Oklahoma Baptist University.

Get to the Coffee House early as seating is limited. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, DaVinci's Coffee House, 2315 W. Willow.

Copies of Charles' CD will be available at DaVinci's. Visit her site for sound clips or to order a CD. Website.

The Public Library of Enid & Garfield County Presents Traveling Spanish

Planning a trip south of the border? Want a taste of Mexican culture?

Join Judy Ortiz at the Library for a free 7-week course in useful Spanish basics perfect for the Mexican tourist.

Beginning March 4th through April 15th, learn the basics of the Spanish language, including phrases useful in ordering food, shopping, and staying in a resort or hotel.

Classes will be meeting Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Plains Room of the Public Library of Enid & Garfield County. Registration is recommended.

Please call the Library at 234-6313 to register or for more information.

Enid, Oklahoma was hit by a tornado on June 6, 1966. We will post information about the event including scans from the Enid Morning News. Thanks to Jo for getting these to us. More to come...

Use the comment section to let us know if you have a story from the 1966 tornado.

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Updated list on stations going digital:

In Oklahoma City, KWTV, KAUT and OETA will end analog broadcasts at 1 p.m. Tuesday, while KOKH and KOCB will do so at midnight. In Tulsa, KOTV, KOED and KWHB are also making the switch Tuesday as is Lawton station KSWO.

Congress has given television stations permission to continue broadcasting in analog until June 12, but more than 400 stations nationally are opting for the original Tuesday deadline to go all digital. Another 191 stations have already switched.

Major Oklahoma stations that are waiting to make the switch include Tulsa's KJRH and KTUL, and Oklahoma City's KFOR and KOCO.

Abounding Grace Ministries will be in town on Saturday to help anyone who may have been at Evans Drug Friday during the shooting.

The church is hosting a critical incident debriefing workshop 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Emmanuel Baptist Church fellowship hall.

The workshop is open to the public but is especially set up for the customers and any emergency personnel that were involved in the tragedy.

The workshop will be presented by a team from Oklahoma City trained to deal with this type of situation, including Jack Poe, chaplain of Oklahoma City police department. The workshop will be informational for witnesses of the suicide.

A favorite annual event is scheduled for tonight. The Enid High Big Blue Band is hosting their Chili Supper beginning at 5 p.m. in the Enid High School food court.

Entertainment is provided by the jazz bands and a good time is guaranteed for all.

Help the Band, enjoy the music and fellowship and get a great meal to boot!!

Our old Video Twin is getting a big makeover. The original dual movie theatre now has a brand new front and the insides are being renovated.

Riffel and Riffel are building offices at 3517 W. Garriott in the old movie building. Craig Riffel said the plan is to use 6,000 square feet of the 16,000 available footage in the building for a law office, and extend the east side of the building with a new front. The remainder of the building also will be remodeled for office space.

We want to give you some great ideas for Valentine's Day. Check out these specials below. We will update this page through Valentine's so please email us with any special offers you have.

Door Step Diner - Sweetheart Dinner Special... call 237-4900 for details.

Port Lugano - Valentine Dinner Special for Two. Call 233-6012 for details. 1813 S. Van Buren.

Evans Drug - Free stamp with every American Greetings Valentine card. Candy heart boxes and Russell Stover candies. 1110 W. Willow.

Gifts by L.T. -
Valentine Gift Baskets.
Only four days left!
Call 580-548-3390 for delivery in Enid.

Severe storms, hail and tornadoes began to fire up along a line that formed in the middle of the state. These large storm clouds began to form just west of Enid and continued to build all the way back to OKC.

Tornadoes touched down in Edmond and severe storms continue to build. Enid residents should stay tuned to their local weather information sources. Storms may continue throughout the evening.

An old Enid favorite is back again! Door Step Diner, the delivery only diner, has reopened in a new location with a new twist!

Door Step is now open for delivery but will soon be open for dine-in meals also! The new location is 204B S. Van Buren, at Van Buren and Maine next to Family Video.

Call for delivery or carry out . . . 237-4900. Also call and ask about their Valentine Special going on this weekend.

We're glad to see them back!!

Notice the trolley heading west? Enid once had a great trolley system that ran from the east side to the west side of town.

A man stabbed his wife to death in their home before shooting himself in the head inside the Evans Drug store Friday afternoon.

Donald Gene Lovely, 38, shot himself inside the store about 3 p.m. Investigators think Lovely fatally stabbed his wife, Sherry Susan Lovely, 35, inside the couple's home in the 5200 block of N Washington Street before shooting himself inside the store.

The Evans store will try to reopen on Saturday morning.

Enid, Oklahoma, resident and author Brenda Salladay has written a new children's story, titled "Jungle Friends: Leo the Lion and the Big Bug Dilemma." Published by Tate Publishing and Enterprises, the book was released nationwide Sept. 30th.

Salladay's book tells the story of Leo the Lion who is feeling badly and doesn't know what to do. All of Leo's friends gather together to come up with a solution. Zack the Zebra, Ted the Tiger, Gary the Giraffe and Earl the Elephant all try to help, but Mack the Monkey is the one with the idea.

The book is available at any bookstore nationwide or can be ordered through the publisher at www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore, or by visiting barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com or target.com. "Jungle Friends" is also an eLIVE title, meaning each copy contains a code redeemable for a free audio download of the book from TatePublishing.com. eLIVE - Listen, Imagine, View, and Experience!

Brenda earned her degree in early childhood education and is an active member in her church teaching Sunday school.

Brenda was born and raised in Oklahoma, moving to Enid in 1990. She is married with four children, 3 boys and 1 girl. She also has 1 granddaughter. The three boys all went military right from high school and she is a blue star mom. Her daughter is in 4th grade at Lahoma.

Brenda has always liked to write and make up stories, but in high school she began to dream of being published. The dream stayed there but she let other things push it to the back burner.

Since being in Enid, she has been in the child care field and worked for Dr. Sloat, where she is currently employed. For five years she had a daycare in her home and during that time she attended school at Northern, Enid. One of the classes was a class for early childhood literature and she had to do project using childrens book. Brenda asked the teacher if she could get extra credit if she wrote her own childrens story. She wrote the story Jungle Friends for that class and presented it as a felt board story. The teacher encouraged Brenda to get the story published. It took several years but finally her dream became reality, when Tate Publishing, published her book.