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Texan pleads guilty in Oklahoma City bank robbery

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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.
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Attorney indicted on federal, state marijuana conspiracy charges

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – An eight-count federal indictment was unsealed recently charging three people, including a metro attorney previously indicted by a multicounty state grand jury and a metro real-estate broker, with facilitating the black-market marijuana industry and establishing several illegal...

Nurse sentenced for tampering with hospital pain meds

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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. White of the U.S.

Warranty company ordered to cease operations

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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. The company was commanded to halt all sales activities in the state immediately.

Utility rate hikes may be key issue in state elections

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – Utility rate hikes in Oklahoma are becoming a “hot button” political issue more often of late. There’s the matter of whether legislators are reluctant about advancing such issues as Right of First Refusal (ROFR) for utility companies in construction of major transmission lines.

U. S. oil, gas rig count dropped while Oklahoma held steady

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The nation’s count of active oil and gas rigs dropped in the past week, falling by 3 and leaving 617 rigs pursuing new energy in the U.S. The rig count provided by Baker Hughes Co. on Friday indicated Oklahoma held steady at 44 rigs, still 14 below the count from a year ago. The U.S.

Drummond files Winter Storm Uri lawsuits

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY – Alleging that Oklahomans are paying for artificially inflated natural gas prices in the wake of Winter Storm Uri, Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed lawsuits April 10 against two intrastate pipeline companies: Enable entities and Symmetry Energy Solutions.
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