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The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office confiscated drugs worth more than $6 million Tuesday morning during a raid of an alleged illegal marijuana grow.

AG’s office agents were joined by Oklahoma City police officers and Canadian County sheriff’s deputies at the scene in the 4100 block of North Gregory Road just north of Highway 66.

The AG’s office has undercover task force agents with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority.

Canadian County District 1 personnel hauled off some 12,172 marijuana plants and clones with an estimated Oklahoma value exceeding $5.5 million.

LAWSUITS

LVNV Funding vs. Rebekah Hull for $3,723.98 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding vs. Guadalupe Cerbu for $1,354.39 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Brian Haines for $7,130.43 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Steaven Sheffield for $1,716.05 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Jeffrey Rice for $3,542.42 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bison research and efforts to help Native Americans live a healthier life are both in a holding pattern after the Trump administration ordered a pause to federal grant funding. 

No one has lost a job, coordinators of both the research and the health outreach program said. But there’s also work that needs to be tended to, and hopefully soon. 

Aaron Hirsh is a scientist, science writer and an entrepreneur who is involved with Collaborative Earth, a nonprofit that helps organize and guide agriculture research, especially in areas of regenerative applications.

Youth & Family Services will celebrate 50 years of service during an anniversary gala set for Friday, March 7 at the Palace Event Center, 2310 N. Banner Road.

“A Black and Gold Affair” will benefit the charitable organization’s capital campaign, which is funding an expansion project at the Donald W. Reynolds Caring Center.

Youth & Family Services provides counseling, independent living, homeless assistance, foster care support and an emergency children’s shelter.

Redlands Community College had a significant enrollment increase for the spring 2025 semester, with total head count exceeding 2,100 students.

This represents a 16.1 percent increase compared to spring 2024 enrollment figures, college officials said. 

“We are thrilled to see this continued growth in our enrollment numbers,” said Redlands President Jena Marr.

An inmate has been convicted of a felony for having drugs at the Canadian County Jail.

Yukon’s Megan Elizabeth White, 37, pleaded guilty Feb. 26 in Canadian County District Court to bringing contraband into a jail or penal institution.

She received a two-year suspended sentence except for the first 90 days to serve in the county’s detention center.

It was at the county lockup where White in May 2024 dropped a small glass vial containing methamphetamine while being booked into custody.

Champions were honored at the Canadian County Junior Livestock Show’s inaugural ag mechanics competition.

The event was held at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East.

More than 20 projects were exhibited at the inaugural event that helped kick off the 53rd annual weeklong youth livestock show.

The purpose of ag mechanics is to give FFA and 4-H members the opportunity to display their projects, promote the development of skills in ag mechanics and recognize accomplishments in the area of ag mechanics.

LAWSUITS

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Valerie Parker for $1,249.17 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Zachary Worrell for $1,169.28 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Justin Cole for $930.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Teressa Black for $5,604.14 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Dennis Purifoy knows there is both good and evil living in the world around us every day.

He’s seen it, lived it firsthand and now is telling his story to make sure that the next generation of Oklahomans never forget the events of April 19, 1995.

Purifoy is one of the more than 600 people to survive the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. One hundred and sixty-eight people, including 19 children, died from the explosion and building collapse.

A 24-hour holding center is being established that will benefit police officers in their interactions with Canadian County juvenile offenders.

Commissioners, at their weekly meeting Feb. 24, approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will allow the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center (CCCJC) to provide a Community Intervention Center for local law enforcement agencies.