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11 people, including 8 Chinese nationals, convicted of black-market marijuana operation in Oklahoma

News Staff

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – Eleven individuals, including eight Chinese nationals, were convicted in a black-market marijuana trafficking operation based in Ada with stash houses in Oklahoma City.

Charges filed in 2 armed robberies of marijuana operations

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City man implicated in multiple crimes in the past four years was indicted by the state’s Multi-County Grand Jury earlier this month on multiple felony counts related to an armed robbery of a marijuana grow operation in Elmore City last summer.Geane JW Johnson, Jr.

Stacy O’Neal and her robotics students at Chickasha High School receive a check for $1,700 from Mike Hixson

News Staff

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Stacy O’Neal and her robotics students at Chickasha High School receive a check for $1,700 from Mike Hixson, external affairs manager with Public Service Co. of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma now home to ‘Behind the Meter’ law

Jerry Bohnen Ok Energy Today

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – A so-called “Behind the Meter” bill is becoming law after it was signed last week by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt.Sen. Grant Green (R-Wellston) authored Senate Bill 480 which he contends will increase economic development in the state.

Kalley Hurt, a Carnegie High School science teacher, receives a $150 check from representative Mike Hixson

News Staff

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Kalley Hurt, a Carnegie High School science teacher, receives a $150 check from representative Mike Hixson, external affairs manager in Lawton.

Rig Report: Oklahoma rig count steady; U.S. declines

News Staff

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

From staff reports As the United States recorded a decline in the number of active oil and gas rigs, Oklahoma’s count in the past week was unchanged at 55 rigs. This was a second week for the national count to show a loss.The Baker Hughes rig count released on Friday showed the U.S.

Farm Credit Advocates for Strong Farm Bill, Tax Relief, and Farmer Well-being

Maci Carter Okla. Farm Report

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Christy Seyfert, president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council, recently discussed Farm Credit’s top legislative priorities.Since 1916, Farm Credit has served rural communities and agriculture. The company has supported rural America’s farmers and ranchers, the company’s website states.

BFI Now Accepting Applications

From Staff Reports

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

National Farmers Union’s Beginning Farmer Institute, a free farm business management program structured around The Resilerator, a comprehensive 10-week course designed to improve farm and ranch business resiliency, is accepting applications.

Oklahoma sees little rain in mid-May

From Staff Reports

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 0.40 inches for the week of May 12-18, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.The NASS said the May 13 U.S.

Grady County Sheriff’s Office Grady County Deputy Matt Wallace is shown with some of the 900-plus pounds of marijuana confiscated last week after a traffic stop he made north of Chickasha and a subsequent raid on a rural marijuana farm.

Rural stop leads to 900+ pounds of marijuana, 8 taken into ICE custody

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

CHICKASHA – A traffic stop near here last week led to the arrest of a suspect transporting illegal marijuana, and then to the seizure of several hundred pounds of marijuana and the detention of eight Chinese nationals who were in the U.S. illegally.

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