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School, city, and county leaders gather to break ground on the Calera Multipurpose Facility Tuesday morning.
School, city, and county leaders gather to break ground on the Calera Multipurpose Facility Tuesday morning.
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Calera Schools broke ground on the new Multipurpose Faculty that was approved in a recent bond election for the school.

The building will contain a new gymnasium and four classrooms. Superintendent Aaron Newcomb said that they hope to be able to have Calera’s 2014 graduation in the building.

“We’re all excited. We can’t wait,” said Newcomb.

Work on the building began directly following the ground breaking ceremony Tuesday morning.

Among those present for the ceremony were school board members, school administration, city representatives, County Commissioner Monty Montgomery, fire department representatives, police representatives and sponsors of the bond.

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Two charged in Bokchito drug bust
by Jessica Breger
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Jun 19, 2013 | 6661 views | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Two people have now been charged in a Bokchito drug bust that happened in May. Edward Grig Jordan and Karona Gayle Thomas are both being charged with making methamphetamines.

Jordan is also being charged with the unlawful use of a police radio. The bust occurred when the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office received a call advising them that Jordan and two other men were cooking the drugs in and RV on Jordan’s property.

When authorities arrived to question the men, nobody answered the door but police spotted bottles from a chemical used to make the drug.

Sheriff’s Investigator John Haislip obtained a search warrant for the RV and house on the property. Jordan and Thomas had come out of the residence and were being held in a police car at the time of the search.

While searching the premises police found multiple vials of what appeared to be methamphetamine, several cell phones, incriminating text messages, a pipe, a crock pot containing red liquid and supplies for cooking drugs in the bathroom of the trailer house.

All items were seized for evidence.

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Man drowns in Red River
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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Dale Alan Myers
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Dale Alan Myers, 64, of Pottsboro, Texas was born June 2, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to Walter and Dorothy Myers and passed away peacefully at home Saturday June 15,2013. He married Helen Summers January 11, 1986 in Carrollton, Texas.

He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years Helen Myers, four sons and daughter in-laws Jerry and Jessi of Savannah, TX., Chris and Casie of Carrollton, TX. Eric and Kelly of The Colony, TX., Johnny and Nikki of Pottsboro, TX. Two brothers and Dean and wife Tommie of Grand Prairie, TX. and Gary Myers of Huntington West Virginia. and twelve grandchildren. Dale is proceeded in death by his parents and one brother.

Dale was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Even though he had a long hard journey with heart trouble, he had a heart of gold. He always looked forward to playing poker with his friends on Sunday’s, all Helen had to say was Choctaw and Dale was ready. Dale was a long standing member of the Elks Lakeside Lodge #238 Denison. He will be truly missed, rest in peace sweetheart.

The register book may be signed and online condolences be made at cunninghamfuneralhomesok.com.

A memorial service will be held at Cunningham Funeral Home on Monday June 17, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., 120 Burney Colbert, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Cunningham Funeral Home in Colbert, Oklahoma.

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by Jessica Breger
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Jun 19, 2013 | 6661 views | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Two people have now been charged in a Bokchito drug bust that happened in May. Edward Grig Jordan and Karona Gayle Thomas are both being charged with making methamphetamines.

Jordan is also being charged with the unlawful use of a police radio. The bust occurred when the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office received a call advising them that Jordan and two other men were cooking the drugs in and RV on Jordan’s property.

When authorities arrived to question the men, nobody answered the door but police spotted bottles from a chemical used to make the drug.

Sheriff’s Investigator John Haislip obtained a search warrant for the RV and house on the property. Jordan and Thomas had come out of the residence and were being held in a police car at the time of the search.

While searching the premises police found multiple vials of what appeared to be methamphetamine, several cell phones, incriminating text messages, a pipe, a crock pot containing red liquid and supplies for cooking drugs in the bathroom of the trailer house.

All items were seized for evidence.

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Man drowns in Red River
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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Jun 18, 2013 | 216 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Dale Alan Myers, 64, of Pottsboro, Texas was born June 2, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to Walter and Dorothy Myers and passed away peacefully at home Saturday June 15,2013. He married Helen Summers January 11, 1986 in Carrollton, Texas.

He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years Helen Myers, four sons and daughter in-laws Jerry and Jessi of Savannah, TX., Chris and Casie of Carrollton, TX. Eric and Kelly of The Colony, TX., Johnny and Nikki of Pottsboro, TX. Two brothers and Dean and wife Tommie of Grand Prairie, TX. and Gary Myers of Huntington West Virginia. and twelve grandchildren. Dale is proceeded in death by his parents and one brother.

Dale was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Even though he had a long hard journey with heart trouble, he had a heart of gold. He always looked forward to playing poker with his friends on Sunday’s, all Helen had to say was Choctaw and Dale was ready. Dale was a long standing member of the Elks Lakeside Lodge #238 Denison. He will be truly missed, rest in peace sweetheart.

The register book may be signed and online condolences be made at cunninghamfuneralhomesok.com.

A memorial service will be held at Cunningham Funeral Home on Monday June 17, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., 120 Burney Colbert, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Cunningham Funeral Home in Colbert, Oklahoma.

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by Jessica Breger
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Jun 19, 2013 | 6661 views | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Two people have now been charged in a Bokchito drug bust that happened in May. Edward Grig Jordan and Karona Gayle Thomas are both being charged with making methamphetamines.

Jordan is also being charged with the unlawful use of a police radio. The bust occurred when the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office received a call advising them that Jordan and two other men were cooking the drugs in and RV on Jordan’s property.

When authorities arrived to question the men, nobody answered the door but police spotted bottles from a chemical used to make the drug.

Sheriff’s Investigator John Haislip obtained a search warrant for the RV and house on the property. Jordan and Thomas had come out of the residence and were being held in a police car at the time of the search.

While searching the premises police found multiple vials of what appeared to be methamphetamine, several cell phones, incriminating text messages, a pipe, a crock pot containing red liquid and supplies for cooking drugs in the bathroom of the trailer house.

All items were seized for evidence.

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Man drowns in Red River
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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Jun 18, 2013 | 216 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Dale Alan Myers, 64, of Pottsboro, Texas was born June 2, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to Walter and Dorothy Myers and passed away peacefully at home Saturday June 15,2013. He married Helen Summers January 11, 1986 in Carrollton, Texas.

He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years Helen Myers, four sons and daughter in-laws Jerry and Jessi of Savannah, TX., Chris and Casie of Carrollton, TX. Eric and Kelly of The Colony, TX., Johnny and Nikki of Pottsboro, TX. Two brothers and Dean and wife Tommie of Grand Prairie, TX. and Gary Myers of Huntington West Virginia. and twelve grandchildren. Dale is proceeded in death by his parents and one brother.

Dale was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Even though he had a long hard journey with heart trouble, he had a heart of gold. He always looked forward to playing poker with his friends on Sunday’s, all Helen had to say was Choctaw and Dale was ready. Dale was a long standing member of the Elks Lakeside Lodge #238 Denison. He will be truly missed, rest in peace sweetheart.

The register book may be signed and online condolences be made at cunninghamfuneralhomesok.com.

A memorial service will be held at Cunningham Funeral Home on Monday June 17, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., 120 Burney Colbert, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Cunningham Funeral Home in Colbert, Oklahoma.

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Two charged in Bokchito drug bust
by Jessica Breger
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Jun 19, 2013 | 6661 views | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Two people have now been charged in a Bokchito drug bust that happened in May. Edward Grig Jordan and Karona Gayle Thomas are both being charged with making methamphetamines.

Jordan is also being charged with the unlawful use of a police radio. The bust occurred when the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office received a call advising them that Jordan and two other men were cooking the drugs in and RV on Jordan’s property.

When authorities arrived to question the men, nobody answered the door but police spotted bottles from a chemical used to make the drug.

Sheriff’s Investigator John Haislip obtained a search warrant for the RV and house on the property. Jordan and Thomas had come out of the residence and were being held in a police car at the time of the search.

While searching the premises police found multiple vials of what appeared to be methamphetamine, several cell phones, incriminating text messages, a pipe, a crock pot containing red liquid and supplies for cooking drugs in the bathroom of the trailer house.

All items were seized for evidence.

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Man drowns in Red River
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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Jun 18, 2013 | 216 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Dale Alan Myers, 64, of Pottsboro, Texas was born June 2, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to Walter and Dorothy Myers and passed away peacefully at home Saturday June 15,2013. He married Helen Summers January 11, 1986 in Carrollton, Texas.

He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years Helen Myers, four sons and daughter in-laws Jerry and Jessi of Savannah, TX., Chris and Casie of Carrollton, TX. Eric and Kelly of The Colony, TX., Johnny and Nikki of Pottsboro, TX. Two brothers and Dean and wife Tommie of Grand Prairie, TX. and Gary Myers of Huntington West Virginia. and twelve grandchildren. Dale is proceeded in death by his parents and one brother.

Dale was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Even though he had a long hard journey with heart trouble, he had a heart of gold. He always looked forward to playing poker with his friends on Sunday’s, all Helen had to say was Choctaw and Dale was ready. Dale was a long standing member of the Elks Lakeside Lodge #238 Denison. He will be truly missed, rest in peace sweetheart.

The register book may be signed and online condolences be made at cunninghamfuneralhomesok.com.

A memorial service will be held at Cunningham Funeral Home on Monday June 17, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., 120 Burney Colbert, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Cunningham Funeral Home in Colbert, Oklahoma.

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Two charged in Bokchito drug bust
by Jessica Breger
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Jun 19, 2013 | 6661 views | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Two people have now been charged in a Bokchito drug bust that happened in May. Edward Grig Jordan and Karona Gayle Thomas are both being charged with making methamphetamines.

Jordan is also being charged with the unlawful use of a police radio. The bust occurred when the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office received a call advising them that Jordan and two other men were cooking the drugs in and RV on Jordan’s property.

When authorities arrived to question the men, nobody answered the door but police spotted bottles from a chemical used to make the drug.

Sheriff’s Investigator John Haislip obtained a search warrant for the RV and house on the property. Jordan and Thomas had come out of the residence and were being held in a police car at the time of the search.

While searching the premises police found multiple vials of what appeared to be methamphetamine, several cell phones, incriminating text messages, a pipe, a crock pot containing red liquid and supplies for cooking drugs in the bathroom of the trailer house.

All items were seized for evidence.

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Man drowns in Red River
Jun 18, 2013 | 5914 views | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend | print

A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Jun 18, 2013 | 216 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Dale Alan Myers, 64, of Pottsboro, Texas was born June 2, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to Walter and Dorothy Myers and passed away peacefully at home Saturday June 15,2013. He married Helen Summers January 11, 1986 in Carrollton, Texas.

He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years Helen Myers, four sons and daughter in-laws Jerry and Jessi of Savannah, TX., Chris and Casie of Carrollton, TX. Eric and Kelly of The Colony, TX., Johnny and Nikki of Pottsboro, TX. Two brothers and Dean and wife Tommie of Grand Prairie, TX. and Gary Myers of Huntington West Virginia. and twelve grandchildren. Dale is proceeded in death by his parents and one brother.

Dale was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Even though he had a long hard journey with heart trouble, he had a heart of gold. He always looked forward to playing poker with his friends on Sunday’s, all Helen had to say was Choctaw and Dale was ready. Dale was a long standing member of the Elks Lakeside Lodge #238 Denison. He will be truly missed, rest in peace sweetheart.

The register book may be signed and online condolences be made at cunninghamfuneralhomesok.com.

A memorial service will be held at Cunningham Funeral Home on Monday June 17, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., 120 Burney Colbert, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Cunningham Funeral Home in Colbert, Oklahoma.

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Two charged in Bokchito drug bust
by Jessica Breger
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Jun 19, 2013 | 6661 views | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Two people have now been charged in a Bokchito drug bust that happened in May. Edward Grig Jordan and Karona Gayle Thomas are both being charged with making methamphetamines.

Jordan is also being charged with the unlawful use of a police radio. The bust occurred when the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office received a call advising them that Jordan and two other men were cooking the drugs in and RV on Jordan’s property.

When authorities arrived to question the men, nobody answered the door but police spotted bottles from a chemical used to make the drug.

Sheriff’s Investigator John Haislip obtained a search warrant for the RV and house on the property. Jordan and Thomas had come out of the residence and were being held in a police car at the time of the search.

While searching the premises police found multiple vials of what appeared to be methamphetamine, several cell phones, incriminating text messages, a pipe, a crock pot containing red liquid and supplies for cooking drugs in the bathroom of the trailer house.

All items were seized for evidence.

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Man drowns in Red River
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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Dale Alan Myers
Jun 18, 2013 | 216 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Dale Alan Myers, 64, of Pottsboro, Texas was born June 2, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to Walter and Dorothy Myers and passed away peacefully at home Saturday June 15,2013. He married Helen Summers January 11, 1986 in Carrollton, Texas.

He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years Helen Myers, four sons and daughter in-laws Jerry and Jessi of Savannah, TX., Chris and Casie of Carrollton, TX. Eric and Kelly of The Colony, TX., Johnny and Nikki of Pottsboro, TX. Two brothers and Dean and wife Tommie of Grand Prairie, TX. and Gary Myers of Huntington West Virginia. and twelve grandchildren. Dale is proceeded in death by his parents and one brother.

Dale was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Even though he had a long hard journey with heart trouble, he had a heart of gold. He always looked forward to playing poker with his friends on Sunday’s, all Helen had to say was Choctaw and Dale was ready. Dale was a long standing member of the Elks Lakeside Lodge #238 Denison. He will be truly missed, rest in peace sweetheart.

The register book may be signed and online condolences be made at cunninghamfuneralhomesok.com.

A memorial service will be held at Cunningham Funeral Home on Monday June 17, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., 120 Burney Colbert, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Cunningham Funeral Home in Colbert, Oklahoma.

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Two charged in Bokchito drug bust
by Jessica Breger
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Jun 19, 2013 | 6661 views | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Two people have now been charged in a Bokchito drug bust that happened in May. Edward Grig Jordan and Karona Gayle Thomas are both being charged with making methamphetamines.

Jordan is also being charged with the unlawful use of a police radio. The bust occurred when the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office received a call advising them that Jordan and two other men were cooking the drugs in and RV on Jordan’s property.

When authorities arrived to question the men, nobody answered the door but police spotted bottles from a chemical used to make the drug.

Sheriff’s Investigator John Haislip obtained a search warrant for the RV and house on the property. Jordan and Thomas had come out of the residence and were being held in a police car at the time of the search.

While searching the premises police found multiple vials of what appeared to be methamphetamine, several cell phones, incriminating text messages, a pipe, a crock pot containing red liquid and supplies for cooking drugs in the bathroom of the trailer house.

All items were seized for evidence.

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Man drowns in Red River
Jun 18, 2013 | 5914 views | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend | print

A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Dale Alan Myers, 64, of Pottsboro, Texas was born June 2, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to Walter and Dorothy Myers and passed away peacefully at home Saturday June 15,2013. He married Helen Summers January 11, 1986 in Carrollton, Texas.

He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years Helen Myers, four sons and daughter in-laws Jerry and Jessi of Savannah, TX., Chris and Casie of Carrollton, TX. Eric and Kelly of The Colony, TX., Johnny and Nikki of Pottsboro, TX. Two brothers and Dean and wife Tommie of Grand Prairie, TX. and Gary Myers of Huntington West Virginia. and twelve grandchildren. Dale is proceeded in death by his parents and one brother.

Dale was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Even though he had a long hard journey with heart trouble, he had a heart of gold. He always looked forward to playing poker with his friends on Sunday’s, all Helen had to say was Choctaw and Dale was ready. Dale was a long standing member of the Elks Lakeside Lodge #238 Denison. He will be truly missed, rest in peace sweetheart.

The register book may be signed and online condolences be made at cunninghamfuneralhomesok.com.

A memorial service will be held at Cunningham Funeral Home on Monday June 17, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., 120 Burney Colbert, OK. Arrangements have been entrusted to Cunningham Funeral Home in Colbert, Oklahoma.

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