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Courtesy of Chet Hitt This is an artistic rendering of the proposed pedestrian bridge that would connect the Grady County Fairgrounds with Old Town Chickasha.

Courtesy of Chet Hitt This is an artistic rendering of the proposed pedestrian bridge that would connect the Grady County Fairgrounds with Old Town Chickasha.

Grant awarded for design of Chickasha pedestrian railroad bridge

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
A $600,000 grant to underwrite the design of a pedestrian bridge connecting Chickasha’s “Old Town District” to the Grady County Fairgrounds was approved by the state Transportation Commission.
Four checks that were processed through the bank in May 2024 had board members DeRoin and Tohee’s signature. The signatures on these checks appeared different than their signatures other checks. When shown to DeRoin and Tohee, they agreed that the signatures did not appear to be theirs and they did not recall signing those four checks. Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector Office

Four checks that were processed through the bank in May 2024 had board members DeRoin and Tohee’s signature. The signatures on these checks appeared different than their signatures other checks. When shown to DeRoin and Tohee, they agreed that the signatures did not appear to be theirs and they did not recall signing those four checks. Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector Office

Three Red Rock town employees overpaid, state auditors discover

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Shortly after Cory DeRoin was appointed mayor of Red Rock in September or October 2022 – the previous mayor, Jim Potter, died in July 2022 – DeRoin began requesting bank statements from Jolavon Childs, then the clerk-treasurer of the Noble County town.

Energy/Business Briefs

News Staff
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
National• Hurricane Helene flooding could push Appalachia utilities to rethink the region’s power grid. The grid was described by one official as a “really far-flung set of distribution lines going up into the hills and serving different communities.
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