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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 2007
Page
3
A beer keg exploded after being placed in a patio fire pit in Adair. No one was hurt but three homes windows broke and bricks from the pit were thrown. A four inch tree limb was severed. Police Chief Albert McKee noted residents placed the keg on the fire to observe beer spew. The event occurred Sunday evening and could have been fatal.
Sulphur police chief David Peare 63 will resign by month end after accusations he criticized a Murray County commissioner in an email to the Sulphur Times Democrat. He said he turned in his resignation letter to the interim city manager and would not comment on the allegation.
Broken Arrow police investigate a report of a parent striking a 10 year old student on a district bus. The woman waited at a school bus stop, boarded the bus when it arrived, and was asked for a bus riding permit for her children, said Keith Isbell, Broken Arrow Public Schools spokesman. The five children were on their second day of school in the district.
Oklahoma City hosts the Big 12 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments as Bricktown buzzes. Ford Center hosts 20 000 fans for the men and Cox Center with 13 000 seats hosts the women. Bricktown credits MAPS for its growth, naming venues like Ford Center and the canal as catalysts.
A hearing on restoring former Creek County judge Donald Thompson’s annual pension of 93474 is delayed after a dispute over in person appearance. Thompson, convicted last year of four counts of indecent exposure, argues his civil pension case can proceed, while officials say transport of a prisoner to a civil hearing is not allowed. Thompson’s four year sentences keep him in state prison, delaying the pension appeal.
The Oklahoma City School Board forms a task force led by ex mayor Kirk Humphreys to study behavior at John Marshall High School. A police officer was injured breaking up a February fight. Nine students were suspended and three arrested, another student charged with arson after setting hair on fire. The $21 million campus opened last August for grades 6-9.
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