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Ischcomber wins longest snake award

Brody Lee Payne, 39, of Mangum, was arrested on Thursday, April 25. As officers approached his residence in the 200 block of W. Franklin Street with an arrest and search warrant, Payne fled into a field through a back bedroom window. Payne exited the field on S. Oklahoma where he was quickly taken into custody by units that were standing by on the roadway.

It couldn’t have happened at a worse time when a major water break occurred around 2 PM on Friday, the first day of the Mangum Rattlesnake Derby. The Grant Street water break drained most of the water from the Mangum water tower leading to the shutting down of water to the city around 7:45 PM.

Morgan White, a Senior at Mangum High School, was crowned the 2024 Miss Derby Princess Saturday as part of the annual Mangum Rattlesnake Derby. Contestants were Callie Griffis, Alexa Kendall, Holly Leamon-Webb, Mila Lara, Brynne Woodress, and Messina Taylor. Second runner-up was Alexa Kendall, and first runnerup was Holly Leamon-Webb. Kendall also received a $300 waiver tuition scholarship from Western Oklahoma State College, and Leamon-Webb received a $400 waiver tuition scholarship from Western Oklahoma State College.