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CVS relents on 90-day prescriptions

News Staff
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Insurance Department has received an assurance from CVS/Caremark that “they have a plan in place to allow 90-day and mail-order options” for prescriptions, Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready announced.
A Virginia man was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for trafficking in eastern box turtles such as this one. FILE

A Virginia man was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for trafficking in eastern box turtles such as this one. FILE

Virginian sentenced for turtle trafficking

News Staff
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia man who pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking turtles in violation of a federal law was sentenced July 26 to six months’ incarceration. Stanlee Fazi, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria earlier this year to disregarding the Lacey Act.

S&P upgrades state's economic outlook

News Staff
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings has issued a revised outlook for the State of Oklahoma, elevating its status from stable to positive, and affirmed the state’s ‘AA’ long-term issuer credit rating, State Treasurer Todd Russ announced.
Peggy Castleberry is visibly stunned when Oklahoma CattleWomen announced her as this year’s recipient of the “CattleWoman of the Year” award. OKLAHOMA CATTLEWOMEN

Peggy Castleberry is visibly stunned when Oklahoma CattleWomen announced her as this year’s recipient of the “CattleWoman of the Year” award. OKLAHOMA CATTLEWOMEN

Ninnekah resident claims ‘CattleWoman of the Year’

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Peggy Castleberry, co-owner of Castleberry’s Hilltop C Charolais in Ninnekah, was recognized recently as the “CattleWoman of the Year.
University of Oklahoma Prof. Keith Gaddie leans against the entrance to the Gaylord College of Mass Communication. Gaddie is retiring from OU and heading to Texas Christian University. M SCOTT CARTER | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

University of Oklahoma Prof. Keith Gaddie leans against the entrance to the Gaylord College of Mass Communication. Gaddie is retiring from OU and heading to Texas Christian University. M SCOTT CARTER | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Gaddie Out: Prominent political scientist leaves OU after 25 years

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
NORMAN — He is, arguably, one of Oklahoma’s best known political scientists.  A faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, he has taught and written about American democracy, Southern politics, voting rights, political  polling, journalism, architecture and heck, even sports.

Gas marketer sued for price manipulation

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — A wholesaler that supplied millions of dollars of high-priced natural gas to Oklahoma utilities during a bitter mid-February 2021 winter storm has been sued by the State of Kansas, alleging fraud and market manipulation.
A 21-year-old Elvis Presley swings his hips during a 1956 performance in Oklahoma City. The photo of Elvis, captured by photographer Mandell Matheson has only been published once before. PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN MATHESON

A 21-year-old Elvis Presley swings his hips during a 1956 performance in Oklahoma City. The photo of Elvis, captured by photographer Mandell Matheson has only been published once before. PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN MATHESON

From Photographer to Lobbyist: The Story of Mandell Matheson’s Iconic Photograph of Elvis

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
TULSA — The picture is black and white. Taken 67 years ago in Oklahoma City, it’s a photo of young Elvis. Slim. Hair in a pompadour. Standing on tiptoes. Elvis had just turned 21. His guitar is swung to the right side. His left hand is thrust toward the audience.
Neil Vitale, owner of the G.I Joe Museum and Repair Shop, in Lone Wolf, tells the story of his operation and how the venture started 11 years ago. HUGH SCOTT JR. | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Neil Vitale, owner of the G.I Joe Museum and Repair Shop, in Lone Wolf, tells the story of his operation and how the venture started 11 years ago. HUGH SCOTT JR. | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

G.I. Joe Museum and Repair Shop among the few in U.S.

Tim Farley
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
LONE WOLF — Neil Vitale never played with G.I. Joe action figures as a boy, but a hobby turned passion 11 years ago has him operating one of the few repair shops in the U.S. He also has the only known G.I. Joe Museum in the country in two converted buildings along Lone Wolf’s Main Street.
Shown is a field of 100% dryland cotton last November on SW 82nd Street just north of Woodlawn Road at the southwest edge of Lawton. DAVID B. HALE | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Shown is a field of 100% dryland cotton last November on SW 82nd Street just north of Woodlawn Road at the southwest edge of Lawton. DAVID B. HALE | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Oklahoma cotton growers better off than Texans

News Staff
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Despite whatever difficulties Oklahoma cotton growers may be experiencing, apparently circumstances are worse in Texas.
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