NEWS 8/27/08

VOTERS IN SEVERAL TEXOMA COUNTIES WENT TO THE POLLS YESTERDAY…DAVIS APPROVED A ONE CENT SALES TAX INCREASE WHICH WILL FINANCE THEIR WATER AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT…IN THE RUN-OFF RACE FOR BRYAN COUNTY SHERIFF, THE VOTES WERE SO CLOSE IT CALLED FOR A RECOUNT AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED…BILL STURCH NARROWLY BEAT FORMER DURANT POLICE CHIEF ROY BROWN BY ONLY 53 VOTES…

ARDMORE POLICE ARRESTED 48 YEAR OLD EFRAIN SALINAS CHARGING HIM WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON…HE IS ACCUSED OF BEATING HIS WIFE WITH A BROOM…SHE WAS SAID HAVE BRUISES ON HER BACK AND CHEST…SHE TOLD POLICE SALINAS WAS INTOXICATED WHEN THE ARGUMENT ERRUPTED…CRISIS COUNSLORS ARE SAYING DOMESTIC ABUSE IS ON THE RISE IN CARTER COUNTY…IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE THAT IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE CALL THE FAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AT 580-226-6424…

THE ARDMORE SALVATION ARMY IS IN NEED OF DONATIONS…THEY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT THEIR PANTRY IS AT IT’S LOWEST LEVEL DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF FOOD…THE SALVATION ARMY OPERATES A SOUP KITCHEN AND OTHER FOOD PROGRAMS…IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION PLEASE DROP OFF WHAT YOU CAN AT THE SALVATION ARMY THRIFT STORE AT 12th AND WASHINGTON…

MORE INFORMATION ON THE DEATH OF AN ARDMORE WHO DIED OF ECOLI BACTERIA…26 YEAR OLD CHAD INGLE FORMERLY OF ARDMORE AND LIVING IN PRYOR OKLAHOMA DIED AFTER EATING AT A RESTERAUNT IN LOCUST GROVE…HE HAS A BROTHER WHO IS ON THE ARDMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HERE IN ARDMORE…POSSIBLY 20 PEOPLE WERE EFFECTED WITH THE BACTERIA AND HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED…THE OKLAHOMA HEALTH DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED THE RESTERAUNT AND FOUND NO BACTERIA…

NEWS 8/25/08

BRYAN COUNTY OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE LATE YESTERDAY AT A HOME ON DAVIS ROAD…THE VICTIM OF THE SHOOTING IS IN THE HOSPITAL IN UNKNOWN CONDITION…DETAILS ARE SKETCHEY AT THIS TIME…

OHP ARRESTED A MAN IDENTIFIED AS JERRY HOUSER OF ARDMORE WHO ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS STEP FATHER AND STABBED HIM FOUR TIMES WITH A KNIFE SATURDAY NIGHT… CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED AGAINST HOUSER…THE VICTIM WAS TEATED AND RELEASED FROM ARDMORE MERCY…

CARTER COUNTY OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, TOOK HER TO AN EMPTY FIELD AND BEAT HER…SHE WAS ABLE TO TALK HIM INTO RELEASING HER… SHE DROVE TO THE LONE GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT THE INCIDENT…POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR 44 YEAR OLD RUSSELL SMITH…HE IS A WHITE MALE ABOUT 5’8”…150 POUNDS, BLUE EYES AND SANDY BLONDE HAIR…IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CALL 580-223-6014…

SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN TWO VEHICLE COLLIDED ON BOAT CLUB ROAD IN BRYAN COUNTY OVER THE WEEK-END…DETAILS ON HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGASTION…TWO OF THE VICTIMS WERE FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL, THE OTHER FOUR WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL…

EARLY SATURDAY MORNING A LOVE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICER WAS INJURED AS HE WAS IN PERSUIT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE…50 YEAR OLD OFFICER STEVEN HAWKINS LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE ON A CURVE AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE JUST EAST OF THACKERVILLE…HE WAS PINNED IN THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES…HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN MARIETTA IN GOOD CONDITION…

TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO ARDMORE MERCY HOSPITAL YESTERDAY…AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN TOLD POLICE SHE WAS LOOKING INTO HER PURSE AND RAN OFF THE ROAD ON LAKE MURRAY DRIVE AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE…CONDITION OF THE TWO INJURED PEOPLE IS UNKNOWN…

NEWS FRIDAY 8/22/08

A GRANBURY TEXAS WOMAN WAS BOOKED INTO THE CARTER COUNTY DETENTION CENTER LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ALLEGEDLY HITTING HER COMPANION WITH A BASEBALL BAT…THE ASSAULT HAPPENED ON I-35 EXIT 29…WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY HAD TO BREAK UP THE ATTACK…23 YEAR OLD TERA BAKER WAS ARRESTED AND THE MAN WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT ARDMORE MERCY…THEY BOTH WERE ALLEGEDLY SO INTOXICATED THEY COULDN’T TELL POLICE THE REASON FOR THE ATTACK…

THE HEALDTON TOWN COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO PUT THE 911 ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME…SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE BALLOTS THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF ASKING TAX PAYERS TO PAY…THEIR 911 SYSTEM IS OLD AND OUTDATED AND NEEDING CONSTANT REPAIR AND IT IS THE ONLY SYSTEM OF IT’S KIND IN THE AREA STILL IN OPERATION…

LAST WEEK DOZENS OF DOGS WERE BROUGHT TO THE TOWN AND COUNTRY VET CLINIC…THEY WERE FOUND ON A LOVE COUNTY ROAD MATTED, SOME WITH MAINGE, AND MOST WERE MALNOURISHED…SOME OF THE 75 DOGS WERE TAKEN TO A SHELTER IN FANNIN COUNTY AND THEY HAVE DISCOVERED THAT CON-ARTISTS ARE TRYING TO SOLICIT DONATIONS TO HELP SUPPORT THE DOGS WITH THE CARE THEY NEED…IF YOU ARE CONTACTED BY ANYONE ASKING FOR FUNDS TO HELP THOSE ANIMALS REFUSE THE OFFER…THE PEOPLE AT TOWN AND COUNTRY HAVE TOLD SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA RADIO CENTER THEY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ALL THE HELP THEY NEED AND MOST OF THE DOGS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED OUT…STILL NO WORD ON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DUMPING THE DOGS…

PROGRESS ON THE COMMONS SHOPPING CENTER AT 12th AND ROCKFORD IS CONTINUING…THERE IS ABOUT 60,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY…SOME STORES HAVE ALREADY OPENED AND THE STATE OF THE ART MOVIE THEATRE SHOULD BE OPEN IN OCTOBER…

THE HEARTLAND FLYER ANNOUNCED THEY ARE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAVELERS…THEY SAID THERE HAS BEEN A 40% INCREASE FROM THIS TIME A YEAR AGO…THE INCREASE IS BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF TRAVELING BY PLANE AND THE COST OF GASOLINE…THE TRAIN MAKES TWO STOPS HERE IN ARDMORE EACH DAY

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NEWS 8/21/08

ARDMORE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A WHITE MALE WITH SLENDER BUILD AND SHOULDER LENGTH BLOND HAIR HE IS SUSPECT IN THE HOLD UP OF ANOTHER FRUIT STAND…POLICE SAID HE PUSHED THE OPERATOR OF THE STAND, REACHED FOR HER MONEY BAG AND FLED…IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT P STREET NORTH EAST AND SECOND STREET…IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CALL ARDMORE POLICE AT 223-1212…

THE DICKSON TRUSTEES DE-ANNEXED THE 70 ACRES ON HIWAY 199 AT MARY NIBLACK ROAD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN O.S.U AGRICULTURE RESEARCH FACILITY…THE CITY OF ARDMORE HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE THE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION, AND THE NEXT STEP IS FOR ARDMORE TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY AT THE SEPTEMBER 15^th COMMISSION MEETING…CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN IN FEBRUARY OF 2009…

GAINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A LOCKED TRAILER THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE RANCHLAND TACK AND FEED…THE TRAILER WAS TAKEN FROM A LOCKED AREA AND IS VALUED AT $850,00…CALL THE GAINSVILLE POLICE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION…

BE SURE TO WEAR YOUR SEATBELT…OHP WILL BEGIN CRACKING DOWN ON SEAT BELT VIOLATORS, STARTING THIS WEEK-END…THEY WILL ALSO BE WATCHING FOR THOSE DRINKING AND DRIVING THE CRACKDOWN WILL GO THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEK-END…DRIVERS CAN EXPECT CHECK POINTS AT MANY LOCATIONS THROUGH-OUT THE STATE…THEY SAID THEY WILL ALSO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH FOR ALOCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON LAKES AS WELL…

A CAR PLOWED THROUGH A DISCOUNT RETAIL STORE IN THE 300 BLOCK OF NORTHWEST COMMERCE EARLY THIS WEEK…THE DRIVER SAID THE BRAKES FAILED ON THE CAR AS SHE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE STORE…THE CAR STOPPED JUST INCHES FROM THE CHECK-OUT STAND…NOONE WAS INJURED…

A MEET THE CANDIDATES FORUM WILL BE HELD AT THE SANTE FE DEPOT ON MONDAY BEGINNING AT 6:30 pm…SIX LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL CANDIDATES WILL SPEAK AT THE EVENT…EVERYONE IS INVITED REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION…CALL 504-3306 FOR MORE INFORMATION

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