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Sunoco ordered to pay $155M in damages

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Sunoco has been ordered to pay $155 million in interest and punitive damages to 53,000 royalty owners in wells throughout Oklahoma, because of nearly 1.6 million late payments the company made over a span of seven-and-a-half years.

Timothy J. Downing

U.S. attorney in OKC collects nearly $12 million

News Staff

Thursday, January 7, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma collected $11.9 million in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year that ended on September 30, U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing announced. That sum consisted of $8.

Boeing Max returns to passenger service

News Staff

Thursday, January 7, 2021

MIAMI (AP) – A Boeing 737 Max departed Miami International Airport with 100 passengers aboard Tuesday for the aircraft’s first U.S. commercial flight since faulty sensor readings contributed to two deadly crashes in 2019.

Chicago Tribune Publishing Co.

IN THE KNOW

News Staff

Thursday, January 7, 2021

CHICAGO – Tribune Publishing Co., which owns the Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers across the country, has designated a special committee of its board of directors to act on the company’s behalf concerning Alden Global Capital’s recent acquisition proposal.

Comanche County Memorial Hospital is refusing to pay exorbitant hourly rates for travel nurses.

CCMH: We won’t give in to ‘price gouging’ for nurses

Tim Farley

Thursday, January 7, 2021

LAWTON – Comanche County Memorial Hospital is refusing to pay exorbitant hourly rates for travel nurses who would care for COVID-19 patients, a hospital administrator said.

Nurses

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News Staff

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Nurses across Texas are alarmed at the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, and hospitals in several major cities were at capacity in November, according to the Texas Nurses Association. Texas had close to a million COVID-19 cases as of Nov.

Restaurant organization: Industry in freefall

Staff Reports

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

WASHINGTON – The National Restaurant Association recently sent a letter to congressional leaders about new survey findings that illustrate that restaurants are continuing to struggle amid the pandemic and offering support for the moderate com-promise proposal as a “down payment” toward a larger...

Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch Amanda Flores moved from Duncan to Oklahoma City in April to take advan- tage of more housing and job opportunities offered in the city. But without unemployment benefits, Flores can’t afford a car or a cell phone, which is making it difficult to work.

Oklahoma Watch: Many still waiting on jobless benefit decisions

News Staff

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

After nearly five months, Amanda Flores is tired of waiting. The Oklahoma City resident quit her job at Crest in July to take care of an ailing relative who she didn’t want to move into a nursing home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Congress OK's more jobless benefits.

Congress OKs more jobless benefits

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – President Trump’s signature Sunday on a $900 billion economic stimulus package will provide relief for many jobless Oklahomans, but there will be a temporary lapse in unemployment benefits.

Love’s Travel Stops

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News Staff

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Love’s Travel Stops is boosting its employees’ pay through the first quarter of next year. Love’s is extending a $2-per-hour pay increase and temporary sick pay related to COVID-19 through March 31, 2021, the company said in a recent news release.

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