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Oklahoma Department of Transportation Deputy Director Dawn Sullivan reads the names of ODOT’s 61 fallen workers during a Moment of Silence ceremony for workers at the end of National Work Zone Awareness Week. She was joined by Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz, right; ODOT Director of Operations Shawn Davis, left; and Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Deputy Director Joe Echelle, far left; along with OTA maintenance workers Kenny Baker and Jeremy Smart. Echelle read the names of OTA’s 11 fallen workers. Photo

Oklahoma Department of Transportation Deputy Director Dawn Sullivan reads the names of ODOT’s 61 fallen workers during a Moment of Silence ceremony for workers at the end of National Work Zone Awareness Week. She was joined by Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz, right; ODOT Director of Operations Shawn Davis, left; and Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Deputy Director Joe Echelle, far left; along with OTA maintenance workers Kenny Baker and Jeremy Smart. Echelle read the names of OTA’s 11 fallen workers. Photo

Motorists urged to pay attention while driving through work zones

News Staff
Friday, April 22, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – A nighttime crash earlier this year on the Turner Turnpike nearly cost two Oklahoma Turnpike Authority employees their lives.
Processed marijuana was found in duffel bags at the rear of a marijuana dispensary in Midwest City during a raid by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Photo courtesy OBNDD

Processed marijuana was found in duffel bags at the rear of a marijuana dispensary in Midwest City during a raid by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Photo courtesy OBNDD

Marijuana plants, cocaine, cash, firearms seized at Midwest City dispensary-grower

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Friday, April 22, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – A medical marijuana operation in the OKC metro area suspected of selling its product out-of-state was raided by Oklahoma law enforcement officers “tipped off” by investigators in Kansas.

Lawtonian sentenced for robbing credit union

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Friday, April 22, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – A Lawton man well-known to southwest Oklahoma law enforcement officers was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison recently for using a fake bomb to rob a Lawton financial institution two years ago. John Scott Brooks, 39, was convicted a year ago after a two-day trial.
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Physician treated victims of Vietnam War

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Friday, April 22, 2022
Many books have been written about the Vietnam War. Most are the experiences and recollections of infantrymen or combat pilots, or are biographies of officers such as Gen. William Westmoreland or then-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.
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