A Pawnee, OK., business owner says the 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook his house “like a rubber band” and knocked items off cabinets and broke glass. Furniture store owner Lee Wills told The Associated Press he was awake when the quake struck at 7:02 a.m. Saturday and first thought it was a thunderstorm. But then his home, which is about 2½ miles outside of town, started shaking. Wills said buildings in the downtown area are cracked and sandstone facing on some buildings fell and described the scene as “a mess.” The quake was felt as far away as Nebraska and Iowa.

The Pawnee County emergency management director says no injuries have been reported and no buildings have collapsed following a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that ties a 2011 temblor for the strongest in Oklahoma history. Mark Randell said the Saturday morning quake did cause cracks and damages to city buildings, some of which date to the early 1900s.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports the quake struck at 7:02 a.m. about nine miles northwest of Pawnee, a town of about 2,200 about 70 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. The U.S.G.S. also reports a 3.6 magnitude aftershock in the same area at 7:58 a.m.

Red Oak Police early this (Saturday) morning, arrested a man for Driving While Revoked and on an OWI/2nd offense, charge. 47-year old Jeffrey Scott Blackburn, of Red Oak, was arrested following a traffic stop at the intersection of N. 1st and W. Hammond Streets, in Red Oak. Blackburn was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 cash bond.

Police in Red Oak arrested an employee of the Fareway Store in Red Oak, Friday afternoon. 30-year old Sara Sue Batten, of Red Oak, allegedly stole money from the store. She was arrested on a felony 2nd Degree Theft charge, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $5,000.

An incident in Villisca late Friday night resulted in the arrest on a man on a trio of charges. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 57-year old Kirk Allen Black, of Villisca, was arrested at around 10:30-p.m. following an incident in the 400 block of E. 5th Street, in Villisca. Black was charged with Assault on a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct, and Interference with Official Acts. He was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.