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Man robs bank

Man robs bank to use the money for girlfriend’s bail

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, June 3, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – A week after an Ellis County man was charged with five state crimes, he allegedly used pepper spray to rob a bank in Dewey County, escaped on a four-wheeler, and used the loot to post bond to get his girlfriend out of jail.

Data Source: Oklahoma Resource Board - County Administrators

Sterling has new floodplain administrator

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, June 3, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – Eight counties and 29 municipalities in southwest Oklahoma participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and have floodplain administrators. Deric Carpenter of Sterling became the latest floodplain administrator accredited by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB).

drug charges

Walters man faces new drug charges

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, June 3, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – A man convicted twice in Florida on federal charges of peddling methamphetamine has been indicted in Oklahoma City federal court on two counts of selling the addictive stimulant in Stephens County last year.

PHOTO PROVIDED - Quartz Mountain State Park at Lake Altus

Water data collected in SW Oklahoma

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, June 3, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – A cooperative agreement among three agencies for the collection of data about the volume of water in southwest Oklahoma was renewed recently for state Fiscal Year 2022. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) assists the U.S.

Indigent Defense to set up office in Lawton

News Staff

Thursday, June 3, 2021

LAWTON – Efforts to prevent crowding in the Comanche County Detention Center have frustrated the county commissioners and health officials for quite awhile. But some degree of relief is on the horizon.

Mortgage risk

FHFA publishes dataset on 1990-2019 mortgage risk

News Staff

Thursday, June 3, 2021

WASHINGTON — To improve policymakers’ understanding of how mortgage risk has evolved over time and the role it played in the 2008 recession, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a revised staff working paper, “A Quarter Century of Mortgage Risk.

PHOTO PROVIDED - Charles and Shane Lupi on a job site for Lupi Construction in Lawton.

New technology helps keep Lupi Construction one step ahead

Tim Farley

Thursday, June 3, 2021

LAWTON – Shane Lupi is using technology to take the company his father founded to new heights.

Jobless claims spike

Jobless claims spike; OESC suspects fraud

News Staff

Thursday, June 3, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reported an 80% spike in first-time unemployment claims last month, and fraud is suspected.

LEDGER PHOTO BY KYLETTA RAY

Wreath- laying ceremony

Ledger Staff

Thursday, June 3, 2021

TSGT Kyle Parrish, ALC Youwg Kim and TSGT David Seaman perform the gun salute during the Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Fort Sill National Cemetery Friday.

Prices of Houses are on the rise Oklahoma.

House prices increase in Okla., U.S.

Ledger Staff

Thursday, June 3, 2021

WASHINGTON – Statewide, house prices in Oklahoma rose 10.8% between the first quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI). Nationwide, house prices rose 12.6% during that same period, the FHFA reported.

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