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Workers in the food and service industries have to work the most hours to earn $1,200, according to research by LendingTree.

Workers in the food and service industries have to work the most hours to earn $1,200, according to research by LendingTree.

How long does it take workers to earn the equivalent of $1,200?

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, June 4, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The federal government has distributed economic stimulus checks to millions of Americans via the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. But some people have to work much longer than others do to earn that $1,200.
Background of The Fort Sill Apache Tribe

Background of The Fort Sill Apache Tribe

Background of The Fort Sill Apache Tribe

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, June 4, 2020
The Chiricahua Apache were taken as prisoners of war in 1886. The tribe’s original territory covered much of what is now the American Southwest, including eastern Arizona and western New Mexico, along the United States border with Mexico.
Vehicles are parked outside the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant. The Choctaw Nation is one of nine tribes involved in a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma over the model state-tribal gaming compact.

Vehicles are parked outside the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant. The Choctaw Nation is one of nine tribes involved in a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma over the model state-tribal gaming compact.

State, tribes file motions on gaming compact renewal

Lenzy Krehbiel-burton Staff Writer
Thursday, June 4, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY — In dueling motions for summary judgment filed Friday afternoon, attorneys for the state of Oklahoma and nine tribes laid out why their clients’ interpretation of the model state-tribal gaming compact is the correct one.
Inside Terry’s Bicycles, 2102 W. Gore Blvd. in Lawton.

Inside Terry’s Bicycles, 2102 W. Gore Blvd. in Lawton.

Bike shop thrives in time of coronavirus

Michael Kinney
Thursday, June 4, 2020
LAWTON – Teddy Hopkins needed to get exercise. A man in his mid-40s, going days without being able to work out was not doing him any good. But that was the situation Hopkins found himself when his gym in Lawton was shut down along with other nonessential businesses due to the spread of COVID-19.
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