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Get on the road again
More Oklahomans are planning to hit the road for the Independence Day holiday next week. The increase may be from the Fourth of July falling on a Friday. It makes for an easy long weekend or a short work week....
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Some peace of mind
The earthquakes that have awakened many residents of north central Oklahoma in recent months are getting lots of attention. Reports of the dozens of tremors so far this year are becoming routine news....
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Consumers confident
Economists seem to be shrugging off the latest numbers about business in the first quarter of the year. They’re blaming the weather and a drop in health care spending for the 2.9 percent drop. The numbers apparently don’t mean much if the ...
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Coffee with our cops
The calls started coming just after 7 a.m. June 9. Lots of police cars at Old School Bagel on Main Street. Something bad must be going down there. Maybe a drug deal gone bad? Shooting? Hostage situation? Yes, something was going on there, ...
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Not even close
The election that most observers thought would surely go to a runoff wasn’t even that close Tuesday night. U.S. Rep. James Lankford polled more than 57 percent of the vote with T.W. Shannon, his closest competitor, at 34 percent in the ...
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Kids boost economy
The influx of hundreds of immigrant children at Fort Sill has an economic benefit for the community, too....
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More time to talk
There are lots of opinions about e-cigarettes — so many that the Food and Drug Administration is extending the amount of time it set aside to take public comments....
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Our local choices
A couple of the statewide races in Tuesday’s primary election have generated some excitement. Contests for the unexpired U.S. Senate term, Corporation Commission and Superintendent of Schools posts have engaged and enraged voters....
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Keeping their promise
With help from the Attorney General, Oklahoma really is keeping its promise to college-bound students. The legislature’s attempt to use $8 million from a nearly 25-year old college scholarship program was ruled illegal this week by AG ...
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Feeling pain at the pump
Just in time for the first official day of summer, gasoline prices are beginning to inch upward. AAA this week said the Iraqi civil war is fueling higher pump prices in the U.S. The average Oklahoma price for self-serve gasoline is $3.484, ...
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Get on the road again