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Jail keeps funding but commissioner chair to step down
A meeting between Bryan County Sheriff Ken Golden and Bryan County Commissioners Monty Montgomery, Tony Simmons and Jay Perry, left some tension with one commissioner who said that the board did not make good on promises made to the county. Commissioner Monty Montgomery announced that he will be stepping down as chair of the board during the regular County Commissioners meeting on Monday, April 1. This decision is following a two-to-one v...
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Gun control backers struggle to win some Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — It would seem a lobbyist’s dream: rounding up votes for a proposal backed by more than 8 in 10 people in polls. Yet, gun control supporters are struggling to win over moderate Democrats in their drive to push expanded background checks for firearms purchasers through the Senate next month. Backed by a $12 million TV advertising campaign financed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, gun control groups scheduled rallies ...
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Budget panel OKs new Oklahoma teacher-bonus plan
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A plan to tie bonus pay to a new teacher evaluation program cleared a House committee on Wednesday despite concern the proposal will replace a separate incentive for teachers who receive National Board Certification. The House Appropriations Committee voted 13-10 for the bill to provide a $1,000 bonus for “superior” rated teachers under the new Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System, or TLE. Tea...
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OSBI investigating threats to Okla. legislator
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is looking into threats made against a state representative who authored a bill to allow the slaughter of horses in Oklahoma. The OSBI confirmed Wednesday it’s investigating threats targeting Republican Rep. Skye McNiel of Bristow. McNiel says the threats have been troubling but says she refuses to “play into their hands.” She says she has turned over emails, Facebook mes...
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Oklahoma House Dems attack proposed education changes
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Proposed changes in the Oklahoma Department of Education’s rules certainly look alarming, apparently revoking standards for every subject, be it high school art or first-grade history. The department told The Associated Press on Wednesday that looks were deceiving and the changes a harmless, bureaucratic quirk, but members of the House vehemently condemned the proposed changes during a press conference at the Capito...
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Moran Woodwind Quartet to be held April 2
Musical Arts Series concludes with DURANT – Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Musical Arts Series will present the Moran Woodwind Quintet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. This will be the final event of the 2012-13 season. It is free of charge and open to the public. The quintet will also perform that afternoon at a local school. The Musical Arts Series is sponsored by Southeastern, the Red River Ar...
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SE Theatre to present Escape from Kerfuffle Castle
Theatre at Southeastern and the American Association of University Women is excited to present Escape from Kerfuffle Castle on April 11 at 7:30 pm in Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s historic Montgomery Auditorium. An original children’s theatre piece written by SOSU Chair of Art, Communication and Theatre Dell McLain, Kerfuffle Castle tells the story of an English prep school on the verge of bankruptcy. Now, the students must solve...
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Local school districts receive ACE Award
Four Bryan County school districts went on Spring Break with pride this year. These districts received a new academic award given in Oklahoma. Achille, Boswell, Colbert and Rock Creek School Districts were four of 188 districts in Oklahoma to receive the Governor’s Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Award that was given out on March 4. This award is given to schools whose 2012 graduating class met all graduation requirements including p...
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Ex-Okla. lawmaker seeks to dismiss bribery charge
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former state senator charged with felony bribery has asked a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that lawmakers are granted immunity from prosecution for official actions by the Oklahoma Constitution. Former Democratic Sen. Debbe Leftwich is accused of scheming with former Republican Rep. Randy Terrill to get set up with an $80,000-a-year job at the state Medical Examiner’s Office so another Republican could run fo...
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Oklahoma House panel passes school intruder bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Legislation requiring Oklahoma public schools to conduct drills to prepare students and teachers for possible intruders was approved by a state House committee Tuesday. The measure, passed by the House Education Committee 16-0, is among recommendations submitted to lawmakers earlier this month by the Oklahoma Commission on School Security, a task force created after last year’s deadly shooting at a Connecticut eleme...
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Okla. House sends death penalty changes to Fallin
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lawmakers on Tuesday sent Gov. Mary Fallin proposed changes to how Oklahoma courts apply the death penalty in first-degree murder cases, a measure sponsored by a freshman representative and former county prosecutor. Under the proposal from Republican Rep. Scott Biggs of Chickasha, a former Grady County prosecutor, the death penalty would only be an option in first-degree murder cases if it is sought by the state, po...
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Study: Health law will raise claim costs in Okla.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A study by the Society of Actuaries estimates that the new federal health care law will raise medical claims costs in Oklahoma by 29.3 percent, an increase that critics of the measure said comes as no surprise. “From day one, I was saying it could not be a savings in health care,” said Sen. Bill Brown, R-Broken Arrow, a longtime critic of the Affordable Care Act championed by President Barack Obama. Rep. Mike Ritz...
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Oklahoma Senate panel OKs DNA testing proposal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma would no longer be the only state without a program allowing convicted criminals to request DNA testing in their cases under a measure approved by a Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-0 for the Postconviction DNA Act, which establishes an application process for certain convicted criminals to request testing of evidence in their case. Republican Sen. Jim Halligan of Stillwate...
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Charges filed 10 months after Durant woman’s death
Nearly one year has passed since the accident that took a young Durant woman’s life and charges have now been filed against the driver of the car because authorities said he was intoxicated at the time of the crash. On May 25, 2012, Cleo Daniel and two other passengers were in the car with driver William Garner at 2 a.m. when the car ran off the roadway and struck a tree, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Daniel, 19, died at the sce...
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County Commissioners compromise with sheriff
County Commissioners met with Bryan County Sheriff Ken Golden during a special meeting on Monday, March 25 to discuss the budget of the sheriff’s office and the county jail budget. County Commissioners planned to reduce the number of staff in the county jail, due to the upcoming change from two jails to one. They also planned to provide the sheriff’s office with funding for a new patrol car and salary for two more deputies to patrol the s...
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Okla. AG asks US high court to review abortion law
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The nation’s highest court is being asked to review a decision by Oklahoma’s Supreme Court that invalidated a state anti-abortion law. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said Monday that he filed papers on Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set aside a ruling that struck down a state law requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them while they hear a description of th...
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Okla. workers’ comp reform to go before committee
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican proposal to shift Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system from a court system to an administrative system is scheduled to be heard in a House committee. The bill sponsored by Republican House Speaker T.W. Shannon and GOP Senate President Pro Gem Brian Bingman is to be heard Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee today. Republicans say the court system has pushed Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation cost...
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Stewart Hoffman
Hoffman announces his candidacy for Ward 2 Durant City Council seat
After encouragement from residents of the community, deep consideration and many prayers, Stewart Hoffman announces his candidacy for the Ward 2 Durant City Council seat. Both originally from Bryan County, Hoffman and wife of 12 years Sarah, returned to Durant in 2007 after living in the Plano/McKinney, Texas, area for five years. The Hoffmans share a deep fondness for Durant and felt when they started their family, that Durant was by far the...
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Grey Blevins
Blevins leads, Southeastern in fifth
FORT SMITH, Ark. – Southeastern’s Greyden Blevins shook off the cold temperatures at the Lions Classic in Fort Smith, Ark., and sits as the overall leader while the Savage Storm currently sit in fifth after firing a 311 in the opening round of the tournament. The cold had little effect on Blevins who went out with a 36 and returned on the back nine with a 34 to fire a 70 and lead the tournament individually by one stroke on the par-72, 6,57...
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New Development planned for Lake Texoma
On Friday March 22, The City of Denison announced the transference of 600 acres of lakeside property on Lake Texoma from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to the city. The land will be used to build Preston Harbour Development, a 3,000 acre lakeside development on Lake Texoma by Schuler Development. The development will be placed along nine miles of Lake Texoma shoreline on the east side of the Little Mineral Arm. Accord...
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