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SET underwrites health programs, projects

SET underwrites health programs, projects

SET underwrites health programs, projects

News Staff
Thursday, December 3, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – November marked the 20th anniversary of voters’ creation of Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), a grant-making state agency devoted to preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease, Oklahoma’s leading causes of death.
Ledger file photo by Curtis Awbrey Yvonne and Jim Landmark at UPS Store No. 6690 at 341 NW 2nd St. in Lawton.

Ledger file photo by Curtis Awbrey Yvonne and Jim Landmark at UPS Store No. 6690 at 341 NW 2nd St. in Lawton.

UPS book drive benefits Boys & Girls Club

Tim Farley
Thursday, December 3, 2020
LAWTON – Children’s eyes lit up and their excitement soared when they received new books to take home earlier this year. The books were part of the Toys for Tots Literacy program sponsored by The UPS Store network and the U.S. Marines.
COVID shuts down OU athletics; Stoops returns

COVID shuts down OU athletics; Stoops returns

COVID shuts down OU athletics; Stoops returns

Michael Kinney
Thursday, December 3, 2020
After skating through the first couple of months of the semester without having any major COVID-19 outbreaks, the University of Oklahoma Athletic Department got hit hard last week.
Hundreds of cases affected by McGirt ruling

Hundreds of cases affected by McGirt ruling

Hundreds of cases affected by McGirt ruling

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, December 3, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – In its McGirt ruling earlier this year, the majority of the U.S. Supreme Court “ridiculed the ‘speculative’ concern of ‘Oklahoma and the dissent’ that ‘thousands of Native Americans like Mr.
Class-action lawsuit filed against K12

Class-action lawsuit filed against K12

Class-action lawsuit filed against K12

News Staff
Thursday, December 3, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Philadelphia-based Kehoe Law Firm, P.C., is investigating potential securities claims on behalf of investors of K12 Inc. to determine whether the company engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices, Kehoe said in a news release.
Jackson County

Jackson County

Altus issues emergency measures

Michael Kinney
Thursday, December 3, 2020
ALTUS – On Thanksgiving, with the increasing spread of COVID-19 throughout the city, county and state, officials took precautions to stem the tide by issuing emergency orders during the holiday. Municipal Judge John M.
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division This 1892 Rand McNally and Co. map retrieved from the Library of Congress shows the Indian and Oklahoma territories of the time.

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division This 1892 Rand McNally and Co. map retrieved from the Library of Congress shows the Indian and Oklahoma territories of the time.

KCA Reservation status in question

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, December 3, 2020
LAWTON – The U.S. Supreme Court, in its landmark McGirt decision announced in July, declared that Congress never disestablished the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation which encompasses portions or all of 11 eastern Oklahoma counties.
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