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A semi reportedly struck this pole at a former convenience store on Rock Island, just south of Wade last weekend. Security video from Rock Island Credit Union shows the truck striking the pole around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. Calls to the number posted on the vacant building were not returned.

A fight injured a half dozen inmates early Monday at the Canadian County Jail after a power outage, Sheriff Chris West said. Shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6, members of the Canadian County Special Operations Team were activated to assist with an altercation in the county jail.

Etta Dale Junior High teacher Chip Whitworth discusses with his students a video shot in 2001 of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center Towers in New York City.

Blades of wheat, identified by a local farmer as tall stocks of Johnson grass, seem to hug the setting sun next to empty farmland just southwest of Calumet High School’s baseball field.

It’s happening at big box chain stores and locally-owned markets. After the rush of panic buying a year ago, a few empty shelves still haunt grocery stores, and food costs continue to climb.   

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Nicole Miller, R-Edmond, hosted an interim study to examine Oklahoma’s existing expungement system and potential avenues to further reform in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Gross Receipts to the Treasury in August grew by almost 20 percent over the year with a rebounding fossil fuel industry leading the way, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said last week.

LAWSUITS Bank of America N.A. vs. Diane L. Welch for $7,529.02 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Kay Jewelers vs. Jason Fox for $1,448.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Could the partnership that created the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center at Fort Reno have imagined how sweet of an education experience the program would become for area students? Now in its sixth year, BlueSTEM has grown from its original class of three students to 31 this school year.

A race has developed for the El Reno City Council Ward 2 seat. Incumbent Bob Ballhorn will be challenged by Peter Stapperfend for the position that will be decided in the Nov. 9 election. The candidate winning the most votes will be elected to serve a four-year term.