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2 former ex-Okla. lawmakers face trial for bribery
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered two former Oklahoma lawmakers to stand trial on charges alleging that one offered to set the other up with a job in exchange for promising not to seek re-election. Oklahoma County Special Judge Stephen Alcorn entered not guilty pleas for former Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, and former Sen. Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City, and scheduled a March 20 date for them to appear before District Judge...
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Man deputies said shot two men has been charged with making methamphetamine
A Bennington man authorities said shot two people to death at his home Thursday afternoon has been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine. Rodney Steven Andrews, 55, was also charged with unlawful use of a police radio, plus misdemeanor charges of posession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $100,000. Authorites are still investigating whether Andrews was justified in shooting Gary Michael Robison 66, and Bradley...
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Child injured in rollover crash
A four-year-old child was flown to a Plano, Texas, hospital after being injured early Friday evening in a rollover crash north of Achille, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The driver lost control of the vehicle on Highway 78 and a medical helicopter was dispatched to transport the child to the hospital. The child went into surgery Friday evening, according to OHP, and no one else was injured. Additional details of the accident we...
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Man charged with sexually abusing toddler
A Calera man has been arrested for suspicion of sexually abusing a two-year-old child. Cody Dean Green, 34, was charged Thursday. Calera Assistant Police Chief T.J. White began investigating after receiving information from a nurse that a child appeared to have been sexually assaulted. An affidavit states that a forensic examination revealed the victim had a vaginal tear. The victim’s mother told authorities that the girl had been havin...
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Gun rally to be held Saturday
A group calling itself Guns Across America Bryan County Oklahoma is having pro-Second Amendment rally at 10 a.m. Saturday the the Bryan County Courthouse. Kenneth Inman, organizer of the event, said state and local leaders are expected to speak about Constitutional rights including the right to bear arms. Numerous timely related topics will be discussed including women’s issues and gun control, religion the Constitution, taxation...
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Rodney Steven Andrews
Two killed in Bennington shooting
Authorities released the names of two men who were gunned down after entering a home east of Bennington Thursday afternoon. Gary Michael Robinson, 66, was dead at the scene and Bradley Wayne Rader, 35, was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office. The shooter, identified as Rodney Steven Andrews, 55, was not arrested for the shootings, however, he was booked into jail for suspicion of manufacturing m...
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Okla. Senate committee approves DNA testing bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Anyone arrested in Oklahoma for a felony crime and some misdemeanors would be forced to submit a DNA sample to authorities under a bill approved Thursday by a Senate committee, despite concerns from civil libertarians that the measure goes too far. The Senate Public Safety Committee unanimously approved the bill by Sen. Clark Jolley, who said it was requested by a woman whose daughter’s 2004 rape and murder in Tulsa...
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Firefighters respond to attempted arson
Someone poured an accelerant through a window and caused a small fire at a Durant home, according to the Durant Fire Department. Firefighters were dispatched Wednesday morning to a home at 1023 Grand Ave. where James Manley told them that someone broke out a window and poured some type of accelerant into the window and onto himself and a female companion. The accelerant caused a small fire at the window, according to the report, and the o...
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Bill would exempt Okla. guns from federal rules
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Guns and ammunition manufactured and kept in Oklahoma would not be subject to federal laws or regulations under a bill that a House panel approved Wednesday. The so-called Firearms Freedom Act was one of two gun bills that the House Public Safety Committee passed. Another bill that sailed through the committee would allow private schools to develop their own rules and regulations on whether teachers and school visit...
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Okla. court stops conspiracy count in bribery case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday rejected Oklahoma County prosecutors’ attempt to add a conspiracy count against two former state lawmakers already charged with bribery. The five-member court voted 4-1 to uphold Special Judge Stephen Alcorn’s November 2011 decision disallowing conspiracy charges against former Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, and former Sen. Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City. Following ...
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Bryan County to celebrate National Nutrition Month
DURANT – March is National Nutrition Month, making it an opportune time for communities, families and individuals to eat better for improved health. “The first step toward creating a healthier Bryan County is having families right here – our friends, neighbors and ourselves – choosing to eat better and become more active,” said Renee Wyrick Nutrition & Fitness Coordinator of Bryan County. Created 40 years ago by the Academy of Nutrition...
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Okla. panel to consider gun liability immunity
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma Senate panel is to consider a proposal to make businesses and places of worship immune from liability if they don’t ban firearms from their premises. The bill Republican Sen. AJ Griffin of Guthrie is scheduled to go before the Senate Public Safety Committee Thursday. It also shields employers from legal liability if they don’t ban employees from bringing guns onto the business’s property. Griffin’s p...
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