Pioneer abandoning cellular for broadband and internet

KINGFISHER – In a business decision based on financial and technological considerations, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has chosen to discontinue its cellular telephone service by this summer and to concentrate on broadband.

Suspected robbers of OKC bank arrested in Nebraska and Texas

OKLAHOMA CITY — Three out-of-state suspects have been indicted on multiple charges in the armed robbery of a MidFirst bank in Oklahoma City.

Rural fund participants bring $100M in capital to invest in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY — Five certified rural funds participants in the Oklahoma Rural Jobs program have provided documentation that capital has been allocated and is now authorized to be awarded to an eligible business, the state Commerce Department announced.

Nigerian national sentenced for victimizing Oklahoma bank and others via cyber fraud

OKLAHOMA CITY — A foreign national was sentenced to four years and one month in prison for his role in a cybercriminal group operating from Nigeria and Malaysia that executed complex financial fraud scams using the internet.

Passion for aviation keeps Bohn flying high

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Martin Bohn spent 20 years in the German Air Force as a jet fighter pilot helping keep the homeland safe. Now, as founder and owner of AEROSPACE N3XT, his time in the sky is more subdued.

Oklahoma’s jobless claims, unemployment rate still low

OKLAHOMA CITY — Despite another increase in the prime interest rate, Oklahoma’s unemployment rate and the number of first-time claims for jobless benefits remain relatively low.

OSU announces creation of new 4-year nursing degree program

Oklahoma State University will begin offering a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree on the Stillwater campus during the 2023-24 school year.

Latitude Liquids ‘destruction facility’ in Oklahoma has not been identified

4e Brands Northamerica held 7,402 pallets of inventory, including adulterated hand sanitizer that was recalled or refused, in seven warehouses in Laredo, Conroe and Fort Worth, Texas, and in Indianapolis, Indiana, as of February 2022.

Bordwine, companies owe almost $110K in property taxes

CHICKASHA — The owner of multiple properties in Chickasha who owns or leases three sites where large quantities of hand sanitizer and hand lotion were destroyed in fires last year owes more than $100,000 in overdue property taxes, online records of the Grady County Treasurer’s Office show.

Some hand sanitizer destroyed in fires; can or will any of the rest be recycled?

Blumen hand sanitizer which was stored – and caught fire last year – at multiple sites in Grady County owned or leased by Brannan Bordwine, was distributed by a company that is broke. An Aug. 7 fire at 5501 S. Fourth St.