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This photo of a pre-owned Glock 19X pistol is from the Facebook page of Firearms Solutions in Duncan. Photo provided by Firearms Solutions via Facebook

This photo of a pre-owned Glock 19X pistol is from the Facebook page of Firearms Solutions in Duncan. Photo provided by Firearms Solutions via Facebook

Gun sales shoot up with coronavirus

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Sales of firearms and ammunition have shot up in tandem with the increased threat from the coronavirus pandemic. Fear of the unknown and a government that’s ineffective at protecting its people appear to be the motivation for the surge in gun ownership.
Several states where marijuana is legal, such as California and Washington, deemed pot shops and workers in the market’s supply chain essential. The emphasis has been on the drug’s medicinal uses. Ledger photo by Chris Martin

Several states where marijuana is legal, such as California and Washington, deemed pot shops and workers in the market’s supply chain essential. The emphasis has been on the drug’s medicinal uses. Ledger photo by Chris Martin

What’s ‘essential’? Exempted activities raise eyebrows

News Staff
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is defining for the globe what’s “essential’’ and what things we really can’t do without, even though we might not need them for survival. Attempting to slow the spread of the virus, authorities in many places are determining what shops and services can remain open.
Price-gouging allegation leaves 750K face masks in limbo

Price-gouging allegation leaves 750K face masks in limbo

Price-gouging allegation leaves 750K face masks in limbo

News Staff
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
HOUSTON (AP) – The state of Texas sued a Houston auctioneer on Thursday after halting an auction of 750,000 medical-grade and N95 facemasks, alleging price gouging in the sale of the masks commonly used by health professionals who are on the front lines battling against COVID-19.
Disposable wipes get clogged in sewer lines and in valves in the sewage lift stations, say Mike Johnson, who assists the City of Elgin with its infrastructure issues. Photo provided by Mike W. Ray

Disposable wipes get clogged in sewer lines and in valves in the sewage lift stations, say Mike Johnson, who assists the City of Elgin with its infrastructure issues. Photo provided by Mike W. Ray

Disposable wipes clogging sewer system

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Sewer systems throughout Oklahoma are getting clogged with disposable disinfectant wipes flushed down toilets in increasing numbers because of the coronavirus health threat. “They’ve cost us thousands of dollars in damages,” said Lawton Public Works Director Rusty Whisenhunt.
Hand Sanitizer

Hand Sanitizer

Ethanol plants seek rule changes to help resupply hand sanitizer

News Staff
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - As hospitals and nursing homes desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are preventing ethanol producers from providing millions of gallons of alcohol that could be transformed into the germ-killing mixture. The U.S.
With viruses, what's in a name?

With viruses, what's in a name?

With viruses, what's in a name?

News Staff
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
There has been a lot of criticism over the President’s use of the term “Chinese virus” and rightfully so. Names have not always been an accurate way of identifying ground zero for any disease. Health leaders have named this current virus COVID-19.
Serious Delinquency Rates* Enterprises versus Mortgage Industry

Serious Delinquency Rates* Enterprises versus Mortgage Industry

4.4M homeowners avoid foreclosure

News Staff
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its fourth quarter 2019 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 25,930 foreclosure prevention actions during that 90-day period.
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