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Vol. I · No. 50 · The Local Edition

Monday, November 2, 2026

Dark Money Enters Logan County Judicial Race as Anti-Mazzei Group Moves to Support Incumbent Judge Diane Vaughan

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Opening the edition…

In this edition

Good morning, First Capital, and happy Monday. We lead with breaking news: dark money has entered the Logan County judicial race, with an anti-Mazzei group moving to support incumbent Judge Diane Vaughan. Sunday afternoon, fire units were sent to a guardrail crash blocking a lane on southbound I-35 near mile marker 149, and overnight deputies were called to a road hazard on Highway 33 just east of Douglas. The county commissioners meet at 9 a.m., and Oklahoma Watch reports outside groups have spent $5.5 million on the state's midterm races, almost half with no traceable donor. Keep an umbrella handy for scattered storms and a gusty south wind.

GUTHRIE NWS
⚠ SPC OUTLOOK Enhanced Risk for severe storms today, Storm Prediction Center
NOW 70°F Cloudy WIND S 18 mph AIR AQI 52 Moderate · PM2.5 at Oklahoma City TODAY 79°F Showers And Thunderstorms Likely · 60% rain TONIGHT 55°F Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy · 90% rain CIMARRON 5.85 ft steady · floods at 18 ft COTTONWOOD 2.92 ft steady · floods at 30 ft DROUGHT D3 Extreme · 2% of Logan Co. JOBS 3.8% in Logan Co., up from 3.4% a year ago SUN 6:51 am – 5:34 pm
OSC LIVE

ON THE RADIO Deputy clears road hazard from Highway 33 just east of Douglas (Logan County Public Safety Radio) ON THE RADIO Deputies take man into custody after domestic report at OnCue (Logan County Public Safety Radio) ON THE RADIO Deputies respond to reported trespass and disturbance on Barbara Drive (Logan County Public Safety Radio) HAPPENING City of Edmond Launches Interactive Development Tracker Map GRAIN Wheat $5.84 a bushel at the typical Oklahoma elevator, up 1 cent on the day — $4.50 a year ago. HAPPENING Edmond council says massage parlor permit process is not working CATTLE Feeder steers 500-600 lb averaging $414.26 a hundredweight, with 27,000 head through Oklahoma auctions against 19,337 a year ago. HAY Alfalfa hay $208 a ton in central Oklahoma, with 2,030 tons moved against 1,540 in the same week a year ago. HAPPENING Guthrie Democrat Candidate's First Same-Sex Marriage Predates 2015 U.S. Supreme Court Same-Sex Ruling ENERGY Cushing crude stocks 27.0M barrels, down 0.6M on the week (week ending Oct 23)