Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger

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Two houses in Chickasha marked for demolition

ODOT contract to inventory billboards and junkyards

Chickasha City Council approves crematorium, 2 plats, selling water for energy production

Bid opening on Chickasha water plant scheduled Jan. 6

USAO receives 2 State Regents grants for workforce development programs

East Lawton water lines to be replaced

City Council approves bridge, burn pit, road design, rate schedules at Lawton lakes

Duncan, Walters receive loans from Water Resources Board to finance renovations

$78.7M contract awarded for phase 1 of US-81 bypass in Chickasha

Of 5 Oklahoma banks FDIC evaluated on CRA, 1 rated superior

Townhouse development near Cameron University approved

Higher Ed reviews low-producing degree programs, retains those at CU, USAO, and WOSC

Former Lindsay bank executive indicted on 18 federal counts of bank fraud

Town of Bradley vote in 2021 ‘turned into a riot’; trustee meetings attracted armed attendees

Chickasha LPN seeking details about cancer cases in Grady County for state research project

10 individuals plead guilty to bank fraud involving forged checks stolen from mail

Former Carnegie bank president sentenced to prison for fraud

Attorney described Bradley as ‘a mess’; resident filed petition to dissolve the town

Shawn Black named executive director of OETA

With loss of federal funding for CPB, OETA depends even more on donors, pledges

Chickasha council approves plat for subdivision phase 1

Fraud, financial-crime prosecutions continued during federal funding lapse

Hearing set for McCurtain County employees

State boards reduce 2026 assessments for banks, credit unions

Economic picture murky because of mixed signals from state, regional, and national levels

Numerous troubling issues discovered in state forensic audit of Bradley’s town records

PSO customers to receive monthly bill reduction

A.G. says game wardens subject to ‘personal liability’ for issuing tickets to tribal hunters

OCC seeks reimbursement from Nject Disposal for expenses incurred in controlling ‘purge’

Audit of Spencer city books reveals ‘shoddy’ and disorganized recordkeeping

State audits uncover multiple instances of financial mismanagement in Konawa

Rep. Forrest Bennett elected new state president of AFL-CIO

Turnpike Authority adopts $330M budget for CY 2026

Diamond grind projects make Oklahoma turnpikes more comfortable

AEP to replace more than 350 miles of aging power lines in 17 upcoming Oklahoma projects

State Regents authorize new degree programs

Chickasha ‘thriving, united,’ mayor says; business reps invited to visit

‘No Native Americans will be prosecuted for hunting in Indian Country’

Two McCurtain County Solid Waste employees charged with embezzlement

State Regents authorize new degree programs