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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced last week that Early Willard Woodmore, III, age 34, of Quinton, Oklahoma and Calvin James Woodmore, age 33, of McAlester, Oklahoma were found guilty by a federal jury of Drug Conspiracy, Drug Distribution, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering and Money Laundering. A copy of the original indictment can be found at https://go.usa.gov/xdYg4. All other indicted codefendants previously entered pleas of guilty.
Read morePreliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.
Read moreTeacher education students at OBU hosted an interactive children’s museum March 30 on the University’s campus in Shawnee. Fifth grade students from Grove Elementary in Shawnee attended the event, along with a group of multi-aged students from an area homeschool co-op. The event was held on the second floor of the Geiger Center.
Read moreU.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe joined four other Republicans on Thursday in a vote to advance the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act out of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Read moreTheir faces aren’t new to the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development Program, but their titles and job responsibilities have changed.
Read moreU.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Tommy D. Hilton, a 1966 graduate of Bowlegs High School, has arrived for duty at Otis AF Base, Massachusetts. Sergeant Hilton, a procurement specialist, is assigned to a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command which protects the U.S. against hostile aircraft and missiles. He previously served at Perrin AFB, Texas.
Read moreKonawa voters went to the polls last Tuesday to choose two seats on the Konawa Public Schools Board of Education. The race for Office No. 1 was to fill the unexpired term of Katie Akerman, who had earlier resigned from Office No. 1 but was a candidate on the ballot for Office No. 2. Laressa Thomas has been filling in the Office No. 1 seat since the resignation.
Read moreThe National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced the award of $2.5 million in grants to 80 organizations across 39 states. The grants are awarded through the National Trust’s Telling the Full History Preservation Fund, made possible through a one-time National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant program funded through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021. The grants will help to preserve, interpret, and activate historic places to tell the stories of historically underrepresented groups in our nation, including women, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Black Americans, and Latinx Americans.
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