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OKLAHOMA CITY — 2 Oklahoma City police officers investigated
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Oklahoma City police officers are on paid leave while under investigation for an alleged shooting outside a strip club.
The names of the officers have not been released.
Witnesses told police that an argument inside Night Trips ended with the two off-duty officers getting into a vehicle and one firing a pistol outside the window into the ground.
Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow says there is both a criminal investigation and an internal police investigation under way.
The results of the investigation will be turned over to the district attorney for possible charges.
Oklahoman named to federal AG position
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State Rep. Ryan McMullen of Burns Flat is leaving the Legislature to become the Oklahoma director of rural development with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
McMullen is among several Obama administration nominations announced late Monday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
The USDA rural development division coordinates federal assistance to rural areas in such areas as housing, water and sewer, electric, telecommunications and economic development.
McMullen has a degree in agricultural economics from Oklahoma State University. He was elected to the House in 2004 in a district including Washita, Kiowa, Caddo and Canadian counties.
His family has been in farming in western Oklahoma for four generations.
He is expected to assume his new duties in mid-July.
When his resignation is official, the governor will have 30 days to set a special election.
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Elementary students raise $3,593 for charity
An area elementary school raised $3,593 that will give children clean drinking water where it does not otherwise exist.
Students at Deer Creek’s Prairie Vale Elementary School raised the money, which will be donated to WaterIsLife.com, an Edmond charity that gives water filters to children in developing countries.
The small, portable filters hang around the neck of a child and provide pure water for one year. Among other places, they are supplying clean water in Haiti, a nation recovering from the devastating earthquake that leveled much of the capital city. -
Memorial student produces CD for Swine Week
Edmond Memorial High School senior Bryce Merritt recorded his third CD this year and donated 100 percent of his proceeds to Swine Week, the annual fundraiser the high school put on this week.
The school chose to raise money this year for the Jimmy Everest Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Children at the OU Medical Center.
Merritt has been singing since he was young, and he began performing at the Oklahoma Opry in Oklahoma City at age 10. Since then, he has performed at weddings and opened for musicians like Billy Currington and Craig Morgan at Frontier City. -
Spring Break offers fun, service
Mention of the words “Spring Break” conjures up images of tan college students partying on beaches or in night clubs.
As spring and summer breaks approach, many Edmond residents are preparing for trips abroad.
Janny Toma, a client service representative with Edmond’s Nichols Travel, said she has been extremely busy helping customers with travel arrangements leading up to the annual week of sun and fun. Toma said she has served families and students, who are going to places like the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands and San Juan, Puerto Rico. -
Candidate takes aim at state salaries
An Oklahoma City businessman would lower executive pay for the governor and state of Oklahoma department and agency heads if voters elect him governor in November, he said.
Roger L. Jackson has joined Republicans vying for Oklahoma’s 2010 gubernatorial seat. Oklahomans For Roger Jackson for Oklahoma Governor 2010 has filed paperwork recently with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission. -
Edmond Y breaks Strong Kids goal
The Edmond YMCA raised $105,291 during its Strong Kids Campaign this year, surpassing the goal of $105,000.
The money raised during the annual fundraiser supports families nationwide who cannot afford to be involved in the programs and services the Y offers.
All the YMCAs in the Oklahoma City area raised 99 percent of their goal, which was $926,100.
Although the Edmond Y raised more than its goal, Executive Director Mike Roark thinks that more money will trickle in even after the campaign, which ended Tuesday. -
3-12 Health: in brief
Bass Pro Shops hosts spring break blood drive Saturday
Bass Pro Shops and Oklahoma Blood Institute will team up in an Oklahoma City-area blood drive Saturday. All healthy adults 17 and older are encouraged to donate blood 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday in the bloodmobile at Bass Pro Shops, 200 Bass Pro Drive in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown. -
Police: ‘K2’ surfaces in Edmond
Law enforcement officials want Edmond parents to know local youth are using a new synthetic form of marijuana currently not included on the state’s list of outlawed drugs.
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Murder defendant loses attorney to ex-ME
An incomplete autopsy report and a conflict of interest related to the former chief medical examiner have caused delays in the “Bicycle Bob” murder case.
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Local economist sees rebound picking up
Take note if a positive forecast of the state’s economy brightens your day. Oklahoma’s economy is rebounding from the nationwide recession, said Mickey Hepner, associate professor of economics at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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