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Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Lone Wolf Housing Authority, its former executive director and its former program assistant have been named in a discrimination lawsuit filed in the Western District federal court here after more than four years of futile negotiations.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Nearly 3,000 opioid lawsuits filed in U.S.
Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY – Pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy chains are the targets of nearly 3,000 lawsuits filed throughout the country by state and local governments and other entities – 90 of them in Oklahoma.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Survey: Most Americans staying home
News Staff
OKLAHOMA CITY – Most Americans are staying home for Christmas this year, but many still plan to travel, according to a recent survey by the Canadian market and social research firm Advanis.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Coda: Last remaining ‘Innocent Man’ defendant ordered released
News Staff
ADA, Okla. — Tommy Ward, the last remaining incarcerated defendant whose prosecution was written about in John Grisham’s only non-fiction book, “The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town,” has been ordered to be released from prison.
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Mountain Park OKs pumping station lease
(not verified)
MOUNTAIN PARK – The Mountain Park Board of Trustees approved on Monday a 99-year lease for the building that houses the town’s water pumping station.
The board voted to lease the building, which is located in Snyder, from the Snyder Public Works Authority.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Apache Tribe taking steps to keep facilities healthy
Andrew W. Griffin
LAWTON – The Fort Sill Apache Tribe – with its Apache Casino Hotel in Lawton – has been working diligently to ensure their facilities are as healthy as possible.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, right, addresses members of the press concerning the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine sent to Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton Wednesday The coronavirus is said to have been the cause of death for 306,000 people across the United States since March. Of those, 2,128 were Oklahomans, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s most recent numbers.
COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Lawton
News Staff
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Pollstar: Live events industry lost $30B due to pandemic
News Staff
NEW YORK (AP) – Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, concert trade publication Pollstar puts the total lost revenue for the live events industry in 2020 at more than $30 billion.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Ledger photo by Andrew W. Griffin A motorist passes by a historic Route 66 sign at an Oklahoma City boundary.
Mother Road will sport new highway signs
Andrew W. Griffin
UNION CITY – Just north of this Canadian County town, in the vicinity of El Reno, Historic Route 66 – which celebrates its centennial in 2026 - will begin getting a bit of an upgrade, in the form of brand spankin’ new historic Route 66 signs.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Spartan buys planes to help with pilot shortage
Tim Farley
Spending $13.6 million on 32 new airplanes by Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology will likely assist the aviation industry in correcting the ongoing pilot shortage, a company executive said.
Thursday, December 17, 2020