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Second week of BrainStorm activities begins at Southeastern
DURANT – Week two of Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s “BrainStorm’’ began Monday, and continue through the end of the week. The third annual event includes lectures on such diverse subjects as science, literature, business, and history, along with musical, dance, theatrical performances. BrainStorm began last Monday – activities are held at various venues across the campus and are free and open to the public. Below is a sampling o...
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Trial set for murder suspect
The final suspect in the slaying of a former Denison High School football player in Cartwright was scheduled to go to trial today. Dustin Shawn Metcalf, 29, is charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of Dresean Jaron Jones, 19, in August 2011. Metcalf was one of four people charged following an investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office. According to an affidavit, Wesl...
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Fight over e-cigarettes heats up at Okla. Capitol
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With more people turning to smoke-free, electronic cigarettes to help quit smoking, a new industry is blossoming across Oklahoma: Mom-and-pop stores that sell “vapor” products that use a heating element to convert nicotine into an inhalable water vapor. But many of these small businesses fear big tobacco companies are trying to cut them out of this growing market and have found themselves engaged in a political figh...
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Oklahoma fertilizer plants largely unregulated
TULSA (AP) — Fertilizer manufacturers in Oklahoma are not inspected for general safety and are only regulated if there is a spill or emission, two state agencies said. Oklahoma is home to several fertilizer manufacturing plants, including one of the largest of its type in the nation just northeast of Tulsa in the town of Verdigris. The CF Industries plant there is the “largest UAN (Urea and Ammonium Nitrate) production facility in North...
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US Supreme Court to hear Okla. water rights appeal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A water rights dispute between Oklahoma and Texas will go before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, a case officials say could clear up confusion about the right of one state to claim part of a shared waterway that flows through a neighboring state. The Tarrant Regional Water District, which serves an 11-county area in north central Texas including Fort Worth, Arlington and surrounding areas, wants to purchase more t...
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Earthquake swarm keeps central Okla. all shook up
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — More annoying than threatening, tiny tremors are shaking portions of central Oklahoma with increasing frequency — rattling homes, knocking things over and interrupting sleep. “I feel them every time,” said Luther resident Felicia Bennett. One day last week, “I felt three. It woke me up. The house shaking. Sometimes I hear it popping. Occasionally something will fall. Not often.” No fewer than 16 small earthquakes ...
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St. Williams to host calf fry and cow patty bingo
St. Williams Catholic Church has come up with a unique new fundraiser, being billed as its first-ever calf fry and auction. The event is set for April 28 - next Sunday - from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the church (8th Street and University Blvd.) It promises to include some things not seen in Durant in awhile, and certainly not all in one venue. The event will be a fundraiser for the St. Williams Church building fund, as the church is planning to...
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Some residents allowed back home after Texas blast
WEST, Texas (AP) — After days of waiting, the first group of residents who fled their homes when a fertilizer plant exploded in a blinding fireball were allowed to go home Saturday to find out what remained. The news came after a nervous day where officials told residents packed in a hotel waiting for updates about their neighborhood that leaking gas tanks were causing small fires near the blast site, keeping authorities from lifting bl...
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Boston bomb suspect hospitalized under heavy guard
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday as people around the city breathed easier and investigators tried to piece together the who and why of the deadly plot. Tsarnaev, 19, was reported to be in no condition to be interrogated the morning after he was pulled, wounded and bloody, from a tarp-covered boat in a Watertown backyard. The capture came at ...
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Okla. leaders nearing deal on income tax cut
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A plan to slash Oklahoma’s top personal income tax rate could be unveiled next week, but state leaders acknowledged Thursday that the deal hinges on agreements between the House, Senate and governor’s office on a workers’ compensation overhaul and an eight-year infrastructure improvement plan. The income tax cut has been a top priority of Gov. Mary Fallin, while Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman has championed ...
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Calera Police urge drivers to be cautious in work zones
Calera – Agencies and organizations across the state have been promoting work zone safety as part of National Work Zone Awareness Week that began April 15 and concludes today. In an effort to save lives on Oklahoma’s roadways, Calera Police urges motorists to be aware of work zones and construction areas while driving. According to statistics from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 16 people were killed and 838 people were injured...
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Okla. House passes food stamp fraud proposal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A bill aimed at clamping down on food stamp fraud overwhelmingly passed the Oklahoma House Thursday, despite critics’ concerns that needy children could go hungry and the legislation solved a problem that really doesn’t exist. The bill, passed 78-12, is aimed at people who trade or sell food stamps yet stay on the program’s rolls because they take prosecutor offers of lighter, deferred sentences. Under federal law, ...
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Photo provided by Dean Phillips This is a "pace bracelet" provided to Larry Qualls of Durant during Monday's Boston Marathon. If he had finished, the time of 4:09:59 would have put him at the finish line at the time of the terrorist blasts.
Witnessing evil on Boylston Street
Editor’s note: A group of four people with Bryan County roots were in Boston for the marathon on Monday. One of them, Larry Qualls, participated in the race. His racing partner, Dean Phillips of Bennington, didn’t race but took part to help Qualls keep pace. His official race time was 4:09:59. The first bomb went off at race time 4:09:43, and the second at 4:09:55. These people, like thousands of others, are extremely lucky to not be among t...
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Duncan lawmaker apologizes for anti-Jewish remark
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican lawmaker from Duncan apologized Wednesday for a derogatory remark he made toward Jewish people while debating a bill on the House floor. Rep. Dennis Johnson used the word “Jew” in the context of negotiating a lower price for an item while discussing a bill to modify a current law that requires a minimum 6 percent markup on the retail sale of most goods. After several legislators remarked on his commen...
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Front: Bailee Weger and her mother Kim Weger. In back is superintendent Jarvis Dobbs and father Brad Weger.
Colbert’s Weger signs with Southeastern Cross Country team
Colbert Lady Leopard Bailee Weger signed her letter of intent, Wednesday morning, with Southeastern Savage Storm Cross Country Track team. Weger is the lone cross country runner Colbert has, now she will have something that she has been looking forward to. “I actually get to be on a team and compete as a team runner and not as an individual.” Competing at the next level is what Weger is looking forward to. “It’s a great opportunity and I’...
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US Rep. Markwayne Mullin named to committee
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin says he’s been named to a committee that will study ways to improve the transportation of freight in the U.S. Mullin — a Republican — was named to the 11-member committee that was developed by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. It will be chaired by Republican Rep. John Duncan Jr. of Tennessee. Mullin says the committee will work for six months in an effort...
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Vehicle fire damages Durant home
Durant Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire near a residence at 1420 Houston Street Wednesday. The vehicle was under a carport at the residence when responders arrived on scene. Backup was immediately requested due to the fact that the house and a storage building were involved. Upon arrival, the flames had extended to the attic area of the home and the storage building east of the carport. Firefighters had the flames under control...
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Audit of Okla. veterans agency uncovers problems
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs lacks proper supervision and oversight of its seven facilities across the state, its workers are chronically underpaid and its governing board has done a poor job managing the agency, according to a state audit released Wednesday. The 59-page audit, which involved a five-month review of the agency’s operations, was requested by Gov. Mary Fallin in August after the scalding...
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Woman charged with throwing potted plant at child
A former childcare worker is accused of hurling a potted plant at a child, according to a Durant Police Department affidavit. Lashayla B. Brown, 21, Durant, has been charged with child abuse by injury. She came under investigation earlier this month when Durant Police Officer Travis Dill received information about child abuse at Victory Life Child Development Center. An affidavit states that Kathy Holmes, the director of the center, sai...
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Robert Perry
Third round push nets SE golf fifth at GAC Tourney
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Southeastern fired the lowest third-round score of the day and the second lowest round of the entire tournament, carding a final round 288 as a team to make one final push and finish fifth at the Great American Conference Championship in Hot Springs, Ark., with a three-round score of 907. The Savage Storm were in eighth after the first round and moved up one spot in the second after rounds of 312 and 307, respectively. ...
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