McALESTER — According to local police radio broadcasts, police officers and firefighters have been dispatched to the highway near Tandy Town, near U.S. Highway 69 and U.S. Highway 270, to a spill of salt water containing oil where several accidents have already been reported.
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The U.S, Supreme Court has rebuffed a decades-long attempt by Texas to seize water from Southeastern Oklahoma, primarily from the Kiamichi River Basin.
The 2013 Jr. Sunbelt ended last week, with Arizona beating Colorado in the championship Wednesday at Mike Deak Field. Here’s a look at each team’s final record, plus a look back on how the team did last year.
Official report released in Stuart manslaughter case
The January shooting death of a Stuart man has been ruled a homicide, according to an official autopsy report
An increasing number of lawsuits have been filed across Japan against department stores that allowed unusual purchases to be made by elderly people with dementia.
The deadly tornado that ripped through Oklahoma on Friday was the biggest twister in U.S. history, a record two-and-a-half miles wide, with winds up to 295 miles per hour. The tornado traveled 16 miles on the ground. At least 18 people were killed in the storm.
An increasing number of lawsuits have been filed across Japan against department stores that allowed unusual purchases to be made by elderly people with dementia.
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