Byng Excellence in Education Foundation meets at 7 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at J.D.'s Cafe.

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The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reported that more than 67,000 homes and businesses had lost electric service as a winter storm moved across the state.

TUESDAY JAN. 26, 2010 A* Ada Regional United Way Annual Meeting and Award Recognition will be held 5:30 - 7 p.m. All members of the community are encouraged to attend.

FRIDAY JAN. 22, 2010 A* Al-Anon meets Fridays at 8 p.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church at 17th Street and Broadway in Ada.

Four people have been arrested and one is being sought after investigators discovered a burglary preceded a November warehouse fire.

Crime rates are on the rise in Konawa and are expected to increase, Konawa Police Chief Brad Morgan said at Thursday evening's council meeting.

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Conditions at Oklahoma lakes as reported Wednesday by the state Department of Wildlife Conservation and lake rangers.

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In honor of her 90th birthday, Sadie Mae Standridge Thompson and family members, including her cousin, Estaline Little Waters, met at Gaar Corner on a Sunday afternoon to reminisce about her youth and growing up in the vicinity of Gaar Corner and Vanoss.

A local armored car security guard pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to embezzling a large sum of money from a bag full of cash.

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The 2010 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges will include the names of 51 students from Seminole State College who have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders.

Ada Recycling Coalition recently named winners of an elementary school poster contest.

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By Randy Mitchell Staff Writer ADA - There's a new church opening in Ada and it has a western theme.

WEDNESDAY DEC. 2, 2009 A* Divorce/Bereavement Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at The Compassion Outreach Center, 1124 Cradduck Road.

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