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Gaylord News photo Bipartisan group Unite Norman stood in favor of electing Sean Boyd as an interim council member in place of David Perry. The group loudly protested the outcome of the vote against Boyd, calling council members cowards, tyrants and gutless.

Gaylord News photo Bipartisan group Unite Norman stood in favor of electing Sean Boyd as an interim council member in place of David Perry. The group loudly protested the outcome of the vote against Boyd, calling council members cowards, tyrants and gutless.

Unite Norman group storms city council, demands vote for Boyd

News Staff
Thursday, September 24, 2020
NORMAN – Citizens rallied Tuesday in the lobby of the Norman Municipal Court in support of City Council candidate Sean Boyd. But events quickly escalated during the meeting when council members unexpectedly began opposing his candidacy.
Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey -Carnegie Municipal Airport logged an estimated 1,000 operations, during a 12-month period ending June 4, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.

Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey -Carnegie Municipal Airport logged an estimated 1,000 operations, during a 12-month period ending June 4, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.

Carnegie airport gets FAA grant

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, September 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – A $266,666 federal grant will pay for installation of taxiway lighting and perimeter fencing at Carnegie Municipal Airport, longtime Manager Robert Pettit said. The grant was one of 14 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that totaled $15.
Vaccines stops the spread of rabies

Vaccines stops the spread of rabies

Rabid bat found in Lincoln County

Andrew W. Griffin
Thursday, September 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – For the second time in six weeks, a rabies-infected bat has been discovered in Lincoln County, northeast of Oklahoma City, prompting state epidemiologists to remind citizens of the dangers of rabies exposure.
Oklahoma Energy Index

Oklahoma Energy Index

Energy Index points to lengthy economic uncertainty

News Staff
Thursday, September 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The downturn in Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industry may be reaching its lowest point, but the Oklahoma Energy Index (OEI) raises concerns for prolonged economic uncertainty for the state and its defining industry.
Casino

Casino

Former casino executive sentenced for tax evasion

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, September 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The former chief executive officer of Lucky Star Casinos in Oklahoma was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in federal prison for tax evasion. Brian Lee Foster, 51, of Norman, pleaded guilty in October 2019 to willfully failing to file federal tax returns for 2012 and 2013.
A satellite view of Lawton Correctional Facility. This week, seven inmates at the facility have been reported positive for coronavirus, with seven in isolation and five of 54 in quarantine. Additionally, 11 inmates have reportedly recovered.

A satellite view of Lawton Correctional Facility. This week, seven inmates at the facility have been reported positive for coronavirus, with seven in isolation and five of 54 in quarantine. Additionally, 11 inmates have reportedly recovered.

Oklahoma in top 5 of U.S. COVID-19 cases

Andrew W. Griffin
Thursday, September 24, 2020
LAWTON – COVID-19 numbers in Oklahoma have been spiking and the reasons are not entirely clear. However, one thing is clear: Oklahoma now ranks as fifth in the U.S. for COVID-19 cases. According to the state Health Department, for the week of September 11, Oklahoma had 6,618 cases reported, a 16.
Angela Chaddlesone McCarthy

Angela Chaddlesone McCarthy

Kiowa Tribe remembers late speaker McCarthy

Lenzy Krehbiel-burton Staff Writer
Thursday, September 24, 2020
ANADARKO — Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Indian City for the speaker of the Kiowa Tribe’s legislature. Angela Chaddlesone McCarthy died of COVID-19 Thursday afternoon at Oklahoma City’s Deaconess Integris Hospital after more than a month in the facility’s intensive care unit.
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