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OU Named Oklahoma’s Top University by U.S. News & World Report

OU Named Oklahoma’s Top University by U.S. News & World Report   NORMAN, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma is again the state’s No. 1 university, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Colleges list. This year, OU rose to No. 124 overall, placing No. 64 among public universities nationwide. Among all public…

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Helen Louis Jackson

Helen Louis Jackson Helen Louis Jackson, 94, of Ardmore, OK, passed from this life on August 29, 2023. Helen was born on March 4, 1929, to Dorotha and Ollie Brown in Okemah, OK. She graduated from Okemah High School. She attended the First Christian Church of Okemah.  Helen and George Fowler Jackson were married April…

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Game Notes: Oklahoma State Opens Big 12 Play at Iowa State

Game Notes: Oklahoma State Opens Big 12 Play at Iowa State Complete Notes (PDF)   The Basics The Oklahoma State football team (2-1 overall; 0-0 Big 12) opens Big 12 play this week as it travels to face Iowa State (1-2 overall; 0-0 Big 12) in Ames with kickoff set for 3 p.m. CT on…

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Okemah City Council to hold special meeting

Okemah City Council to hold special meeting The city of Okemah will conduct a special meeting of the City Council for the purpose of conducting a workshop session for the upcoming Water System Improvements. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 18 at 5:30 p.m.  at the Okemah City Hall located at 502 West Broadway…

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OML Annual Conference

OML Annual Conference The Oklahoma Municipal League will host the 108th Annual Conference and Expo on Tuesday, September 19 through Thursday, September 21 in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. The conference brings together a statewide audience of over 600 mayors, councilmembers, trustees, city managers, clerks, and other municipal professionals representing communities from…

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CAPTURED. Notification of walkaway: Adrian Sample, #596268

Captured: Adrian Sample, #596268 UPDATE:  Adrain Sample captured near Clara Waters Community Corrections Center and now in DOC Custody. Notification of walkaway: Adrian Sample, #596268 OKLAHOMA CITY – Adrian Sample (ODOC #596268), an inmate at Clara Waters Community Corrections Center in Oklahoma City unlawfully walked away at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2023. Inmate…

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Wanda Sue Barnes

Wanda Sue Barnes Funeral services for Wanda Sue Barnes will be held Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 10:00 AM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment will follow at the Schoolton Cemetery of Okemah. Wanda Sue Barnes was born June 24, 1948 in Bakersfield, California to Herman and Lois (Morphis) Williams. She…

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Thinking Out Loud: Bewildered!

Thinking Out Loud: Bewildered!    Love and life are funny things that often bewilder us, creating feelings within our body that are not really caused by any physical injury.  Heartbreak is a good example. Heartbreak is not a pain caused by a physical injury, but is an emotionally generated pain to the heart.  The pain we…

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