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Reviewing Mandy Matney’s “Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty”

Reviewing Mandy Matney’s “Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty”

Reviewing Mandy Matney’s “Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty”

News Staff
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
By Michael Stopp Starting as a struggling journalist, Mandy Matney found her way to international fame by creating a podcast focused on smalltown corruption in South Carolina.In her book, “Blood On Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty,” published Nov.
Reviewing “Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business”

Reviewing “Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business”

Reviewing “Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business”

News Staff
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
By Shonna Stewart Roxane Gay’s book “Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business” was a strikingly blunt and overall positive book of essays and a few interviews and some of her own personal experiences as a LGBTQ Black woman trying to make her own way in our...
Reviewing “The Summer of 1876 : Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West”

Reviewing “The Summer of 1876 : Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West”

Reviewing “The Summer of 1876 : Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West”

Mindy Ragan Wood Southwest Ledger
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
“The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West,” a book that often reads like a page turning novel, is a must have for history buffs and any Oklahoman with an interest in the Wild West.Full disclosure, I come from an Old West family.
Curtis W. Awbrey | Southwest Ledger After a forensic audit performed by State Auditor Cindy Byrd’s office found numerous instances of utility underbilling, improperly retained sales tax, improperly documented purchases, missing receipts, payroll overpayments, insufficient documentation of donations and late audits, “The city has made great strides since the end of the audit period” June 30, 2022, Auditors wrote.

Curtis W. Awbrey | Southwest Ledger After a forensic audit performed by State Auditor Cindy Byrd’s office found numerous instances of utility underbilling, improperly retained sales tax, improperly documented purchases, missing receipts, payroll overpayments, insufficient documentation of donations and late audits, “The city has made great strides since the end of the audit period” June 30, 2022, Auditors wrote.

State forensic audit of Lindsay reveals ‘gross mismanagement’

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – A forensic audit of the financial records of the City of Lindsay over a three-year period revealed “countless examples of a lack in oversight, gross mismanagement, and poor decision making” that “shortchanged” local taxpayers “by hundreds of thousands of dollars,” State Auditor and...
The Grady County Courthouse was illuminated in green Nov. 4-11 in observance of Operation Greenlight, a new national initiative to express support for military veterans and to raise awareness about the challenges many of them face. Studies indicate that 44% to 72% of service members experience high levels of stress during their transition from military to civilian life. “Grady County appreciates the sacrifices of our United States military personnel and believes” they should receive specific recognition, th

The Grady County Courthouse was illuminated in green Nov. 4-11 in observance of Operation Greenlight, a new national initiative to express support for military veterans and to raise awareness about the challenges many of them face. Studies indicate that 44% to 72% of service members experience high levels of stress during their transition from military to civilian life. “Grady County appreciates the sacrifices of our United States military personnel and believes” they should receive specific recognition, th

The Grady County Courthouse was illuminated in green Nov. 4-11 in observance of Operation Greenlight

News Staff
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
The Grady County Courthouse was illuminated in green Nov. 4-11 in observance of Operation Greenlight, a new national initiative to express support for military veterans and to raise awareness about the challenges many of them face.

Merritt wins sheriff’s race

Eric Swanson Southwest Ledger
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
LAWTON – Comanche County Undersheriff Michael Merritt will lead the sheriff’s office starting in January.A Republican, Merritt won the race to replace former Sheriff Kenny Stradley, who retired this year after 34 years in the sheriff’s office.
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