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5 Things to Know in Oklahoma for Monday
The deaths of two lawmakers and the departure of two others for jobs in the private sector forced open two Senate seats and two House seats ...

February 13, 2012 5 Stories
AG asks Okla. high court to decide tribal water case
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to decide the rights of two Oklahoma-based American Indian tribes to water in major streams in their historic territories in southeastern Oklahoma.

February 11, 2012
5 Things to Know in Oklahoma for Friday
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has announced the resignation of a state employee who sent an official email to hundreds of people that contained an off-color term for breasts. ...

February 10, 2012 5 Stories
McAlester New-Capital's junior reporters tell all
Globe-trotting, from McAlester to Japan

On Feb. 6, I had the pleasure of meeting two of the Harlem Globetrotters. Handles, who is 6’ 1,” wasn’t very tall compared to Stretch, who is 7’ 2”. ...

Living the dream

On Monday, the Harlem Globetrotters came to McAlester to play some basketball. Before the game, I had the honor to interview center “Stretch” Middleton and guard “Handles” Franklin. ...

February 10, 2012 6 Photos 1 Story
5 Things to Know in Oklahoma for Thursday
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum plans stops in Oklahoma City and Tulsa ...

February 10, 2012 5 Stories
5 Things to Know in Oklahoma for Wednesday
Hundreds of anti-abortion activists are expected to descend on the Capitol to urge state lawmakers to support further restrictions to abortion in Oklahoma. ...

February 8, 2012 5 Stories
Schools to start high school basketball district playoffs
Districts have been set by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association for the approaching high school basketball playoffs in classes B through 4A, which includes several area schools.

February 7, 2012 5 Stories
5 Things to Know in Oklahoma for Tuesday
Gov. Mary Fallin signed an executive order this week banning smoking on all state property and in state vehicles. ...

February 7, 2012 1 Photo 5 Stories
5 Things to Know in Oklahoma for Monday
Tulsa police accidentally destroyed the alleged murder weapon in the case of an Oklahoma man accused of fatally shooting a Tulsa couple, police said. ...

February 6, 2012 5 Stories
Newspaper sues Bartlesville for surveillance video
A Bartlesville newspaper sued the city and a local prosecutor Friday, seeking a videotape that the newspaper believes shows two police officers assaulting a handcuffed man at a hospital.

February 3, 2012
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