On Wednesday, November 22 just after 12:30 p.m., Ofahoma Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call reporting a grass fire out of control on Willis Rd. Firefighters worked to get the blaze under control and extinguished.
Marydell Volunteers were dispatched to a brush fire on Hwy 25 N near Mars Hill Rd. at 2:43 p.m. Firefighters extinguished the flames.
Carthage Police Department received a call from Baptist Hospital Leake Emergency department stating that there was a patient there with a gunshot wound. The patient claimed they were riding around with another person and accidentally shot themselves with their gun. Carthage Police Department is investigating this matter.
Carthage Police responded to a call requesting extra patrol on Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. just before 10 p.m. The caller stated that her friend’s ex-boyfriend had come to the residence harassing them and causing a disturbance multiple times already.
