News

Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve

Powell hears bipartisan Senate support for Fed independence

News Staff
Monday, February 17, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican and Democratic senators voiced strong support for an independent Federal Reserve during a hearing with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, one day after President Donald Trump launched another attack directed at Powell on Twitter.
Photos courtesy of Frederick Chamber of Commerce Frederick Lions Club president Julie Garza, center, presents Most Useful Citizens Awards to Felisha and Ben Crawford during an annual Frederick Chamber of Commerce awards banquet Jan. 30.

Photos courtesy of Frederick Chamber of Commerce Frederick Lions Club president Julie Garza, center, presents Most Useful Citizens Awards to Felisha and Ben Crawford during an annual Frederick Chamber of Commerce awards banquet Jan. 30.

Frederick Chamber hosts annual awards

(not verified)
Monday, February 17, 2020
FREDERICK - A Frederick couple was awarded as Most Useful Citizens while another local resident was named Volunteer of the Year during an annual Frederick Chamber of Commerce banquet last month.
Ledger file photo by Curtis Awbrey The City of Lawton currently has six tort claims filed against the municipality due to the alleged actions of former City Attorney Frank Jensen.

Ledger file photo by Curtis Awbrey The City of Lawton currently has six tort claims filed against the municipality due to the alleged actions of former City Attorney Frank Jensen.

City pays six figures in attorney costs – at least – over foul language claim

Jj Francais Associate Publisher
Monday, February 17, 2020
Lawton has spent approximately $160,000, so far, in legal fees investigating and defending a tort claim against the city in reference to the former city attorney who is accused by six women of  “misconduct,” The Ledger has learned.
Picture by Chris Martin Jackson County Bridge

Picture by Chris Martin Jackson County Bridge

Bridge is closed while its replacement is being built

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, February 17, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – A crossing in rural southwestern Jackson County is closed while a replacement bridge is being built on a state highway. The bridge is on SH-6 southwest of Olustee and spans an unnamed creek 2.6 miles northeast of the junction of SH-34.
Photo provided via Facebook A drilling rig burns after an explosion at an oil and gas lease near Quinton in 2018.

Photo provided via Facebook A drilling rig burns after an explosion at an oil and gas lease near Quinton in 2018.

Quinton gas rig explosion

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, February 17, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – A Stephens County man injured in a “catastrophic” gas rig fire in eastern Oklahoma two years ago has sued the companies that owned and operated the rig. Five oilfield workers were killed and several men – including Steven D.
Gaming Compacts

Gaming Compacts

Tribes Must Step Up Against Gaming Compact Dispute

News Staff
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — American Indian tribes face “a direct threat to their sovereignty” if they don’t stand up to Oklahoma state government’s effort to manipulate the state’s gaming compacts with the tribes, an official of the nation’s largest Native American group said recently.
Subscribe to