Police investigate reported bomb threat involving Purcell High School
TOMORROW FOR YOUR SATURDAY. WE’LL TALK STORMS HERE SOON. KAYLA. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN. BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 11:00. A MULTI COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS JUST RELEASED A REPORT ON THE STATE’S GPS MONITORING PROGRAM AND ALSO ALLEGED FAVORITISM FROM THE PART OF GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT. IT’S ALL IN RELATION TO SARAH PAULSON, WHO WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON TO A GPS PROGRAM AFTER SERVING 73 DAYS OF AN EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE. SHE WAS SENTENCED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT THAT SEVERELY INJURED MIKAELA BORREGO IN 2023. THE JURY REPORTED THAT GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON POSTON’S BEHALF. THE REPORT ALSO QUESTIONS THE WAY THE STATE’S GPS PROGRAM WORKS. PART OF THE JURY STATEMENT HERE WHERE THEY SAY THE GPS PROGRAM IS ONE SIDED AND UNPRINCIPLED. SO THERE’S A LOT TO UNPACK FROM THIS TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING IT HERE AT KOCO 5. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, HOPING TO GET A COMMENT. ALSO NEW HERE AT 11, SENATE PRO TEM LONNIE PAXTON RESPONDING TO FRUSTRATION THIS MORNING AFTER SOME SENATE LEADERS DECIDED NOT TO SHOW UP FOR SESSION THE PAST COUPLE DAYS, THIS WEEK, PRO TEM PAXTON DEFENDED THEIR DECISION. THERE WAS A REPORTER THAT MENTIONED IN AN ARTICLE THAT I SAW THIS MORNING THAT REFERRED TO THE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A ROOM FULL OF BLEARY AND WEARY LAWMAKERS. I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT IS A POSITIVE THING FOR OKLAHOMA. WHEN PEOPLE THAT ARE DECIDING LAWS THAT AFFECT EVERYDAY LIVES ARE BLEARY AND WEARY, WE TRY TO GET OUR WORK DONE SPREAD OUT OVER TIME SO WE ARE NOT BLEARY AND WEARY, BUT WE’RE ALERT AND ABLE TO TO LOOK AT WHAT WE’RE DOING AND LOOK AT IT IN A VERY PRODUCTIVE WAY. HE SAID EVEN THOUGH THE SENATE WASN’T IN SESSION WEDNESDAY, THERE WERE A LOT OF SENATORS STILL THERE WORKING ON BILLS. PRO TEM PAXTON SAID THE SENATE WILL BE BACK IN SESSION NEXT WEEK. ALSO NEW AT 11 HERE. A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF TRYING TO CARRY OUT A SHOOTING AT PAULS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WAS JUST BACK IN COURT THIS MORNING. WE GOT NEW VIDEO OF VICTOR HAWKINS INSIDE THE COURTROOM. THIS WAS A PRELIMINARY HEARING HAPPENING THIS MORNING. OUR CREW WAS THERE AT THE GARVIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, SAW HIM WALK IN, TALK TO HIS ATTORNEYS. IT DIDN’T SOUND LIKE ANY MAJOR ACTION WAS TAKEN TODAY. THE NEXT HEARING WE DID LEARN IS SET FOR JULY 23RD. WE’LL FOLLOW UP. HAWKINS IS ACCUSED OF GOING INTO PAULS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN APRIL WITH THE INTENTION OF KILLING PEOPLE. HE WAS STOPPED IN THE LOBBY, REMEMBER, BY PRINCIPAL KIRK MOORE. IN THIS VIDEO, YOU SEE WHO DID GET SHOT IN THE LEG IN THE PROCESS. SO WHILE HAWKINS IS IN CUSTODY, PRINCIPAL MOORE IS BEING CELEBRATED. LOOK AT THIS. HOW GREAT IS THIS? THE PAULS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WAS AT LAST NIGHT’S THUNDER GAME WEARING HIS PLAYOFF T SHIRT, ALSO WEARING A BIG SMILE THERE. THE THUNDER POSTED THIS PICTURE AND SAID THEY WERE HONORED TO HAVE HIM AS A SPECIAL GUEST. LOVE TO SEE THAT THAT HE’S GETTING THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES. HE GOT TO SEE A WINNING GAME. THE THUNDER CAME OUT ON TOP OVER THE LAKERS AT THE PAYCOM CENTER. LET’S GO TO LAST NIGHT. KOCO SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING WAS THERE AND HAS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. WE ARE FINALLY IN THE PLAYOFFS NOW. IT TOOK FOUR GAMES, BUT THE POSTSEASON REALLY HAS STARTED IN OKLAHOMA CITY. IT FELT EVERY BIT LIKE A PLAYOFF GAME. THERE WAS NOTHING EASY ABOUT IT AND THE SCOREBOARD IS GOING TO READ 125 TO 107 THE THUNDER WIN, BUT IT WAS MUCH CLOSER THAN THAT. THE LAKERS GAVE OKLAHOMA CITY EVERYTHING THEY WANTED. THEY MADE IT TOUGH ON SGA SHEA GILDAS. ALEXANDER HAD 22 POINTS, BUT IT WAS THE THUNDER BENCH THAT REALLY GOT THIS DONE. JARED MCCANN WAS AWESOME. HE HAD FOUR BIG THREES, SCORED 18 POINTS. CASON WALLACE HAD 12 POINTS OFF THE BENCH. AND FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT BALL GAME. CHET HOLMGREN WAS JUST DYNAMITE. HE HAD 22 POINTS AND NINE REBOUNDS. OKLAHOMA CITY WINS A TOUGH, HARD FOUGHT BASKETBALL GAME AGAINST THE L.A. LAKERS. AGAIN, THE SCOREBOARD READS THEY WON BY 18. IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND VERY TIGHT, AND THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN ON THE ROAD NOW. GAME THREE SATURDAY NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES. BUT A GOOD GAME TWO AND THE THUNDER LEAD THE SERIES TWO GAMES TO NONE FROM THE PAYCOM CENTER. I’M BRYAN KEATING KOCO 5 SPORTS. UP TWO ZERO NOW THE TEAM GOES TO LA. LET’S KEEP IT CLOSE TO THE PAYCOM CENTER. THERE’S SOME IMPORTANT TRAFFIC NEWS FOR ANYBODY WHO’S GOING TO BE DRIVING IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY. LANE CLOSURES START TODAY. PART OF THE PROGRESS ON THE NEW THUNDER ARENA, THE CONTINENTAL COLISEUM. SO FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, PARTS OF E.K. GAYLORD BOULEVARD ARE GOING TO NARROW DOWN BETWEEN SHERIDAN AND RENO. THIS IS FOR UTILITY WORK FOR THE CONTINENTAL COLISEUM. LOTS OF CENTERS. THERE’S LOTS OF ARENAS. THEY’LL BE ONE COLISEUM IN THE CONTINENTAL COLISEUM STANDS ALONE. THE NEW ARENA IS GOING TO REPLACE THE PAYCOM CENTER.
Police investigate reported bomb threat involving Purcell High School
Updated: 2:07 PM CDT May 8, 2026
Police are investigating a reported bomb threat involving Purcell High School on Friday. >> Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following. Officials with the Purcell Police Department said they are aware of the reported bomb threat involving the high school. Officers are at the scene, securing the area and investigating. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning NewsletterPolice ask the public to avoid the area and allow emergency personnel to operate safely. KOCO 5 will provide more details as they become available. Top Headlines TIMELINE: Storms with a hail and low tornado risk expected Friday Pentagon releases new files on UFOs, says the public can draw its own conclusions Video shows wrong-way vehicle seconds before crash that killed Massachusetts state trooper Multi-county grand jury alleges Gov. Kevin Stitt showed favoritism in Sara Polston case Bonnie Tyler, ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ singer, in medically induced coma after emergency surgery
PURCELL, Okla. —
Police are investigating a reported bomb threat involving Purcell High School on Friday.
>> Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.
Officials with the Purcell Police Department said they are aware of the reported bomb threat involving the high school. Officers are at the scene, securing the area and investigating.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning Newsletter
Police ask the public to avoid the area and allow emergency personnel to operate safely.
KOCO 5 will provide more details as they become available.
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