From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY– Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Greg Slavonic announced Wednesday he is stepping down as executive director of the state Veterans Affairs Department.

Duncan officials are asking the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics to include an upgrade to the Halliburton Field Airport Runway in the agency’s airport construction program for fiscal year 2028.

CHICKASHA – Five lots owned by the city were sold recently to a developer who announced plans to build houses on the property. Builders Investment Group bought lots at 810 Illinois, 617 N.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Committee work is still progressing and policy bills are still being heard in the Senate despite a budget standoff with the state House of Representatives. Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat (R-Oklahoma City) said in his weekly press conference last Thursday that there may be some misunderstanding about the Appropriations Committee not hearing House bills until both chambers’ budgets are open and available.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Speaker Charles McCall (R-Atoka) and Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat (R-Oklahoma City) announced April 11 proposed joint legislation pertaining to illegal immigration. It will be filed this week, according to a House press release, and will create the crime of impermissible occupation.

From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY – The federal government continues to “claw back” money stolen in fraudulent loans that were inadvertently approved during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY– A Texan pleaded guilty in federal district court here April 3 to aiding and abetting an armed bank robbery in Oklahoma City 14 months ago, U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester announced.

MUSKOGEE – A former nurse at a hospital in Ardmore was sentenced to one year in federal prison for tampering with pain medications reserved for intensive care patients. Rebecca Elaine Holloway, 33, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced by Chief Judge Ronald A.

From staff reports The Oklahoma Insurance Department issued a cease-and-desist order against First Premier Home Warranty Corp. for unauthorized sale of home warranty contracts in this state.