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(Editor’s note: This is part one of a series that examines the June 16 elections in Oklahoma, which includes primaries for state and federal offices, a referendum to raise the state’s minimum wage and two Seminole County Commissioner races.

—Photo courtesy Roy Boydstun Two Seminole residents were in the parade of classic cars on Rt. 66 in Tulsa on Saturday. Roy and Mary Boydstun were riding in a 1961 VW convertible driven by Mary’s brother, Brad McDonald. The car was purchased new by Mary and Brad’s grandfather.

Legislation aimed at strengthening public safety and modernizing courts’ tools to identify potentially dangerous offenders before trial has been signed into law.

It was another late night for Carson Holmes on the third floor of Legacy Hall on Oklahoma State University’s campus. Holmes, a sophomore landscape architecture student at OSU, was surrounded by crumpled-up piles of scratch paper.

DEAR ABBY: I was in an abusive relationship for 15 years that affected my children badly. I have had emotional problems since I was a child, which caused me to stay in the relationship long past the point I should have left. My two daughters left home at 16 and 13 to live with their fathers.

OKLAHOMA CITY-The state Supreme Court has granted the suspended Seminole County commissioners their request for a change of judge to preside over upcoming legal proceedings concerning them. Chief Justice Ben T.

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB), in a news release, said it is pleased to announce the passage and signing of a historic suite of water policy legislation during the 60th Oklahoma Legislature.

Dear Dave, I’m 25, and I work as a property manager making $65,000 a year. I’m in the middle of paying off my debts, but I’m struggling to stay intense about it. I’m in a long-distance relationship that forces me to spend a lot of money to see my boyfriend.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Tuesday that eleven co-defendants pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and related charges arising from a Homeland Security Task Force Investigation.

Eight-year-old Petronila Ramos-Mejia didn’t want to go to her babysitter that evening. She wanted to stay with her grandfather, Juan Mejia-Garcia.