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A Choctaw family evacuated their home Thursday after floodwaters caused the North Canadian River to change its course and eat the shoreline through their backyard, taking two barns and threatening to wash two houses on the property into the river.

Edmond North senior-to-be Hayden Wood got his summer started with a bang.

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When he signed on to be the head football coach at Choctaw last week, Todd Dilbeck compared the Yellowjackets’ situation to what he walked into as the Mustang coach 10 years ago. On Friday, Dilbeck took one more step down that path, hiring Mustang head coach Ty Prestidge — previously Dilbeck’s assistant with the Broncos — as his offensive coordinator at Choctaw, pending school board approval. “It’s still board-pending, but when I came back to Oklahoma, I knew there was one piece I wanted to get back with us,” Dilbeck said. “Ty and I have worked at three places together before. He hired me at Plainview and Westmoore, and now I’ve hired him at Mustang and Choctaw.

After seven seasons, Todd Dilbeck is returning to Oklahoma, where he is expected to be named the football coach and athletic director at Choctaw, pending school board approval. Dilbeck has coached at multiple programs in the state, including Tahlequah and Mustang. He was one of the first high school coaches in the state to implement and succeed with a multiple-receiver, spread offense that gained popularity in the mid-2000s. He coached Mustang to the Class 6A state championship game in 2005, losing 33-7 to Tulsa Union. He left after that season to join Todd Graham’s coaching staff at Rice University for one year, then went to Alma (Ark.) High School for six years.

The Native American Student Services Program in Oklahoma City Public Schools offers dance instruction, mentoring and an art camp.

A woman arrested in the shooting death of a Choctaw man told police she shot him after he got out of the shower Monday morning because he didn't want her to leave the trailer where they were staying.

A woman has been arrested on a homicide complaint and booked into the Oklahoma County jail.

Officers found a man fatally shot about 8 a.m. Monday at the 15000 block of SE 29 in Choctaw. Authorities are searching for a vehicle believed to be connected with the homicide, deputies said.

CHOCTAW (AP) — Oklahoma authorities are investigating the apparent shooting death of a man whose body was found in Choctaw. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office says Choctaw police asked the department to help with the investigation of the death of the man whose body was found about 8 a.m. Monday in a yard on the southeast side of the Oklahoma City suburb. The man's name has not been released. The sheriff's department says the man appeared to be in his mid-40s and had been shot several times. Authorities say they have no suspects or a motive for the shooting.

30 singers from 16 different cities move to the semi-finals of the OK City Star competition. The selected singers compete from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at State Fair Park.

Easter egg hunts and other Easter-themed events are planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday across the state.

Oklahoma crime briefs for Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013.

David Griggs, 24, a substitute teacher and coach at Choctaw Middle School, has been charged with lewd acts with a child under 16. According to an affidavit filed by sheriff's deputies, Griggs had inappropriate online conversations with at least two students and exchanged lewd photographs with a 15-year-old girl.

U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.5 earthquake in Oklahoma County, the second of two reported Wednesday. The first was a 2.5 magnitude earthquake four miles southeast of Choctaw.

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Power is out to thousands of homes and businesses in Oklahoma. Thursday morning storms are to blame, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. reports.

Choctaw High School's performances of “Beauty and the Beast” open Thursday.

James Bittle, 66, of Choctaw, died Sunday after a wreck in Midwest City. Temperance Aimsworth, 4, of Sapulpa, died late Saturday from her injuries suffered in a wreck in Creek County on Friday.