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Alfred Brooks almost got out of prison in 1988. Then 35, he was the lead writer and actor for The OK D.O.C. Players, a drama troupe that performed for Oklahoma schools.

As the school year begins, Enid Public Schools' ninth-grade students will be studying with the knowledge their class will be the first required to pass several tests before graduating high school.

Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host its next brown bag luncheon talk at noon Wednesday.

A jury trial began Tuesday for Brian Anthony Cruz, 29, Pryor, who is charged with manslaughter for the death of Sean Michael Davis, Langley.

It does appear that during the hot and dry spells we are going through of late, there might just be a tendency to stay put and not venture to far from home.

The inside jokes used by ham radio operators are trite and maybe even a bit hokie.

' Roy Lopez tangos with a love-hate relationship with alcohol - ' he loves to drink but despises what it does to him.

Three candidates for the city manager job in Miami will soon get a chance to meet with local residents and get better acquainted with the community.

School board members Monday blamed high fuel prices as one of the reasons for increases in student meal prices for next school year.

“Albeit isolated, there were some sections of neighborhoods where houses were just completely taken off the foundation. Gone.”

Scientists were preparing tests Monday to find out how much lead-contaminated dust remains in the air after a deadly tornado blew through mountains of mining waste in a town that is already an environmental ... via KJRH

Joe Gordon, the boys basketball coach at Wagoner High School for 21 seasons, has resigned effective at the end of the school year. via Muskogee Phoenix

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mercer will celebrate their 69th anniversary May 1. They request no gifts. via The Enid News

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Long will celebrate their 60th anniversary with a come-and-go reception for family and friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Garber Theater on Main Street. via The Enid News

“In order to receive it, you had to exemplify unity.”

Pleasant Vale Elementary students received word Friday their school is a Great Expectations Model School for 2007-08. "This award is to all of you - every single teacher, the administration, and you, the ... via The Enid News

Harry Long, 68, of Oklahoma, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. He was born March 27, 1939, in Sedalia, a son of Samuel F. and Georgie Rose Silsby Long. via Sedalia Democrat

Three months after the death of a Seminole County infant girl, authorities have arrested her father and charged him with her death, court officials said Thursday. via NewsOK.com

“Washington seems to be admirably situated to continue to be a strong performer”

Every year the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance hosts what it calls a "Decision Makers Breakfast," with someone to talk about the coming economic year. via Kitsapsun.com

Members of Fort Gibson Church of Christ have been conducting self-improvement courses for Eddie Warrior Correctional Center inmates for 15 years. via Muskogee Phoenix