Sarkeys grant boosts CU fund drive for 2008 09 centennial
The Sarkeys Foundation of Norman Oklahoma announced a 300000 donation, boosting CU’s Changing Lives Campaign past 5.78 million raised toward an 8.5 million goal for the Student Activities Complex and related projects. The SAC will sit east of the sciences complex, with a 400 seat ballroom, and construction is planned around Cameron’s centennial year.
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Sarkeys Foundation
Norman
Oklahoma
Guilty Pleas Dominate Comanche County Court Sentences
Meghan McCormick reports in Comanche County District Court this week. Robin Reed 23 pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pretenses and received three years in the DOC with two suspended. Others including Earnest Williamson 52 and Pedro Chaguya 23 faced similar five year DOC terms for inmate contraband. Christopher Savary 38 received five years with three to serve and two suspended. Jennifer Judd 32 and Kimberlie Gay 30 faced two and three year DOC terms respectively for controlled substances and credit card offenses. Louis Dunlap 34 pleaded guilty to second degree burglary with a five year DOC sentence.
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Comanche County
Robin Reed
Department of Corrections
Earnest Williamson
Pedro Chaguya
Howard Smith Short
Christopher Savary
Louis Manuel Dunlap
Jennifer Lee Judd
Kimberlie Patrice Gay
DOC
Lawton DUI citations drop during New Year holiday
Local efforts to curb drunken driving paid off as Lawton police issued only one alcohol related citation over the New Year two day period. Last year seven DUI arrests and one underage DUI were recorded. Deputy Chief James Apple credits public awareness and Project Under 21 for the drop. Comanche County Clerk reports six alcohol related driving citations and one for impaired driving in the county. One driver received a citation for actual physical control while intoxicated.
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Lawton
LPD
James Apple
Cohol
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Apple
Comanche County
Rescue effort launches for cub prowling instead of hibernating
In Alaska a small black cub, about the size of a dog, has been seen alone and in danger without a mother. Brenda Green describes the cub and observers say a denning box with straw is being prepared to shelter it. Humans intervene to aid the vulnerable cub in a nonnative den.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Juneau
Brenda Greenbank
Lawton police log series of robberies and arson
Lawton police handled three robberies and a drive by shooting over Thursday night into Friday. A black female robber grabbed a $20 bill from Hilton Wiggins then pulled a knife. another robbed Papa John's delivery man, firing a warning shot as two pizzas and cash were taken. James Drew reported two bank bags with $1,000 stolen from Wanda's Club. a Hispanic suspect fled. A drive by shooting near 1022 SW 42nd St wounded a vehicle and a neighbor’s home, while a 1990 Ford F-350 was set on fire at 2416 SW Washington with gas found beside the truck and a 44-year-old suspect arrested.
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Lawton
Hilton Wiggins
LPD
Donald Pauley
Allen Williams
Papa John's Pizza
W. Gore
8Th Street
Chris Harmon
Williams
James Drew
Wanda’s
Cache Road
Ject
M. Martinez
Drew
42Nd St
Southwest Summit Avenue
Southwest 42Nd Street
Cody Vaught
Mike McCullick
Washington
Lawton Fire Department
McCallick
Federal case judge to weigh suppression in Abston probe
U.S. Magistrate Paul Cleary will issue a report and recommendation to a federal judge in a case involving former Broken Arrow rink operator David A. Abston who is accused of distributing child porn. Prosecutors argued evidence seized at his home should not be suppressed after an undercover Florida FBI operation yielded images forming the basis of the indictment. Abston, 55, was arrested Nov. 16 after a fugitive run and is also charged with being a fugitive in possession of a firearm.
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Tulsa
Broken Arrow
U.S
Paul Cleary
David A. Abston
Susan Morgan
Abston
Florida
FBI
Bixby
Missing WWII airman remains identified in New Guinea crash
The remains of airman George Archer from Cushing were recovered in New Guinea after his B-24 crew, including nine others, was lost in a tropical storm on April 16, 1944. His wife, Charlotte Magdeburg, was informed that his remains were identified at the crash site on a mountain in New Guinea.
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Cushing
New Guinea
George Archer
Charlotte Magdeburg
Girl Struck by Freight Train Near High School
A 13-year-old girl was struck by a freight train while attempting to cross tracks near a local high school in Oklahoma City. She suffered cuts and bruises, was taken to a hospital for observation, and was not seriously injured according to Capt. Steve McCool of the Oklahoma City Police. The train clipped her and sent her into a ditch on the far side of the tracks.
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Oklahoma City
Steve McCool
McCool
Smithville Man's Body Recovered From Pond
Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports a Smithville man disappeared days earlier and entered a Bethel pond for unknown reasons. McKay's body was recovered at about 3 p.m. Authorities say the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation will review the death. Tulsa region report.
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Bethel
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
McKay
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
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