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Retired troops gain career in Oklahoma classrooms
9/7/2008 7:45 PM
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Money might hold key to solving Oklahoma County jail's problems
9/7/2008 7:41 PM
By the end of the year, a citizen's committee appointed to solve problems at the Oklahoma County jail should have some answers — and a price tag to go with them. District 3 Commissioner Ray Vaughn formed the committee after a U.S. Justice Department report released last month ripped the jail for lacking supervision of inmates, a prevalence of v......

Heavy rains bring up questions about Oklahoma's highway drainage systems
9/7/2008 7:40 PM
Rainwater can be a blessing or a big problem. When the runoff builds so quickly — as it does after a typical Oklahoma rain — it can play havoc with traffic. Here is one area where the reader says an even bigger problem may be in the future. There has been a serious storm water runoff drainage problem for decades in the southbound lane o......

Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, aims at Cuba
9/7/2008 8:57 AM
CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) -- Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old buildings. Forecasters said it could enter the Gulf of Mexico next, with Louisiana among the likely targets. More than 77......

Oklahoma City clubs, police work to root out violence
9/7/2008 7:38 PM
Brett Garcia, manager of southwest Oklahoma City event center Rick's Party House, said he knows certain concert acts or parties he books at his venue can attract troublemakers and trouble seekers. But sometimes unruly gives way to dangerous, as evidenced by an incident near Rick's on July 12 as a late-night, weekend concert let out. Police shot......

State briefs
9/7/2008 7:37 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY Lawmen lack clues in drive-byA man was killed after a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning in southeast Oklahoma City, police Sgt. Charles Phillips said. The victim's identity was not released. Phillips said the victim is a man in his 30s. About 2:25 a.m., the victim was stopped in his car on S Bryant Avenue near SE 44 when ......

Are your events on wimgo?
9/7/2008 7:35 PM
With the start of school, and as fall nears, it's important that your events are included in wimgo.com, the Web site for all Oklahoma activities. If you are a representative of your school, communications chairman of an organization, a coach or team manager, it's easy to enter your events: •Go to wimgo.com and log in using your NewsOK.co......

Oklahoma colleges offer programs to train linemen, technicians - careers in demand
9/7/2008 7:34 PM
Oklahoma colleges are drawing students who want jobs that involve power — and lots of it — high-level work spaces and good pay. Power companies such as Oklahoma Gas and Electric are scrambling for utility linemen and power plant technicians to keep up with new projects, Mother Nature and a retiring baby boomer work force. "Nationwide, 50 pe......

Representative, former senator squaring off in Oklahoma
9/7/2008 7:27 PM
Voters in House District 50 will choose between a House member and a former state senator when they go to the polls in the fall. Dennis Johnson, the Republican incumbent and a long-time business owner in Duncan, is challenged by Democrat Daisy Lawler of Comanche, who served in the state Senate from 2002 to 2006. Dennis Johnson, 55, Duncan R......

Tulsa police say 2 people shot during woman's search for dog
9/7/2008 7:25 PM
TULSA — A woman who said she was searching for her missing Chihuahua fired a gun into a crowd of people early Sunday morning, wounding two outside of a northeast Tulsa home, police Capt. Shawn King said. The two victims did not suffer life-threatening wounds, King said. One bullet struck a victim in the leg, and another grazed a second vic......