HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR LOCAL NEWS FOR THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2009…
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OVER 200 PEOPLE WERE AT THE ARDMORE CONVENTION CENTER LAST NIGHT TO HEAR OSU PRESIDENT BURNS HARGIS SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE FIRST OF FIVE ARDMORE 2020 STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS. HARGIS TALKED ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES WITH THE OKLAHOMA CITY MAPS PROJECT THAT HELPED TRANSFORM THE DOWNTOWN AREA- DESPITE SOME RESISTANCE WHEN IT FIRST STARTED. THE ARDMORE 2020 PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT FOR THE CHANGES NEEDED IN ARDMORE TO HELP THE CITY GROW AND BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. YOU’RE INVITED TO THE NEXT ARDMORE 2020 MEETING…WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 29TH AT 5:30PM AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
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PARENTS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WANT TO KNOW IF THEIR CHILDREN HAVE SCHOOL MONDAY AS THE NATION CELEBRATES THE LIFE AND VISION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ACCORDING TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS- STUDENTS IN ARDMORE, LONE GROVE, DICKSON, PLAINVIEW, FOX, HEALDTON, THACKERVILLE, DAVIS, SULPHUR, SPRINGER, TURNER, TISHOMINGO, KINGSTON AND THE OKLAHOMA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ARE OUT OF SCHOOL MONDAY…WHILE STUDENTS AT MADILL, RINGLING AND WILSON DO HAVE SCHOOL. INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS DECIDE WHETHER TO CLOSE OR NOT FOR THE HOLIDAY.
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AND THERE ARE SEVERAL EVENTS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE MONDAY ACROSS THE AREA TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY. H.F.V. WILSON COMMUNITY CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- ANNETTE ANDERSON INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THEIR ANNUAL DOWNTOWN PARADE AND OTHER EVENTS. THE PARADE WILL BEGIN AT 11AM…STARTING AT CENTRAL PARK IN DOWNTOWN ARDMORE AND ENDING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON EAST MAIN. FOLLOWING THE PARADE THE YOUTH MASS CHOIR WILL PERFORM AND THE REVEREND ABRAHAM WALTON WILL SPEAK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER GYM…AT 6PM THE YOUTH CHOIR WILL PERFORM AGAIN AT THE MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH AT 101 F STREET SOUTHEAST. THE SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA RADIO CENTER WILL PARTICPATE IN THE PARADE ON MONDAY AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN DOWNTOWN ARDMORE…
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THE OU DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM AT THE SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN ARDMORE HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR PATIENTS. TO GET MORE INFORMATION OR TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT- PLEASE CALL 580-223-2070…THAT’S 223-20-70…

Sports 1/15/09

SAM BRADFORD MADE IT OFFICIAL YESTERDAY WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE BACK AS AN O.U. SOONER NEXT YEAR…HE SAID HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPETING FOR ANOTHER TRY AT THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP…SOME THOUGHT BRADFORD WOULD MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO THE NFL DRAFT…ALSO ARDMOREITE AND SOONER TIGHT END JERMAINE GRESHAM AND TRENT WILLIAMS WILL BE BACK NEXT SEASON…

THE DALLAS COWBOYS WILL HOLD A TEAM MEETING TO DISCUSS WHETER TERRELL OWENS WILL RETURN TO THE TEAM NEXT SEASON…OWENS HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF ATTENTION WHEN HE SAID CHEMISTRY IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND ON THE FIELD IS THE PROBLEM, RATHER THAN TALENT ON THE FIELD…IN THE MEETING STEPHEN JONES WILL TRY TO CONVINCE HIS FATHER, OWNER AND GENERAL MANAGER JERRY JONES TO RELEASE OWENS…

AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN PULLED A GUN ON MICHAEL IRVINE IN DALLAS JUST BEFORE HE RECOGNIZED IRVINE AS THE FORMER DALLAS COWBOY STAR…IRVIN THINKS THE MAN AND ANOTHER IN THE VEHICLE WITH HIM PLANNED ON ROBBING HIM…SINCE THE GUNNMAN WAS A DALLAS COWBOY FAN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SEASON AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE TWO DROVE OFF WITHOUT HARMING IRVINE…

LOCALLY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL IS KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR…TONIGHT THE ARDMORE TIGERS WILL HOST ADA AT 6pm…TOMORROW NIGHT THE PLAINVIEW INDIANS WILL HOST DICKSON…RINGLING WILL PLAY HEALDTON…MADILL VISITS KINGSTON…MARIETTA IS AT SULPHUR…LONE GROVE WILL BE IN TISHOMINGOP…THACKERVILLE WILL TRAVEL TO SULPHUR…AMD WILSON WILL BE AT WAURIKA…

IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT THE O.U. SOONERS WOMEN GAVE KANSAS STATE THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT 64 TO 48…THE SOONER MEN WILL PLAY TEXAS A& M ON SATURDAY…O.S.U BEAT COLORADO YESTERDAY 79 TO 43…

IN THE NBA THE THUNDER BEAT THE JAZZ 114 TO 93…THE THUNDER WILL PLAY DETROIT TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE CITY AT 7pm…IN OTHER NBA SCORES FROM YESTERDAYTHE PACERS BEAT THE PISTONS 110 TO 106…THE BULLS OVER THE RAPTORS 102 TO 98…AND THE HEAT BEAT THE BUCKS 102 TO 99…

NEWS 1/15/09

FOUR CHILDREN FROM 18 MONTHS TO 14 YEARS OLD WERE FLOWN TO DALLAS PARKLAND HOSPITAL YESTERDAY…AND TWO ADULTS WERE TREATED FOR SULPHURIC ACID BURNS AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL AFTER THE CANISTER IT WAS IN EXPLODED, COVERING ALL THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE…THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN COOKE COUNTY NEAR WOODBINE AND COOKE COUNTY OFFICERS HAVE ARRESTED THE WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS CYNTHIA STOUT…SHE IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND IS TO BE ARRAINGED SOMETIME TODAY… THE MAN IS ON THE RUN…HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED…FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION….

MICHELIN TIRE COMPANY HERE IN ARDMORE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THEY ARE BACK ON FULL STAFF…240 WORKERS WERE SENT HOME ON FURLOUGH IN NOVEMBER AND ALL ARE REPORTED BACK TO BE BACK ON THE JOB…MICHELIN EMPLOY’S 85 WORKERS THROUGH THE HOLLAND GROUP AND MICHELIN SAID THEY ARE NOT SURE WHEN THEY WILL RETURN TO WORK…THE FURLOUGH WAS CAUSED BY A SLOW DOWN IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY…

JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN TISHOMINGO HAS BEEN FORCED TO REDUCE EMPLOYEE SALARIES BY 20%…THE CUT INVOLVES EMPLOYEE’S EARNING $11.99 PER HOUR OR MORE…SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES HAVE DECIDED TO STAY ON…THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THAT CHOSE TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT ELSWHERE…

THE MADILL POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST RECEIVED A CHECK FROM THE OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF NARCOTICS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,550 FOR UNDERCOVER EXPENCES IN A UNDERCOVER BUST OF A NARCOTICS RING BACK IN 2007…IN THE BUST MADILL OFFICER’S ARRESTED CHRISTOPHER BROWN AND CONFISCATED A LARGE SUM OF CASH, A GUN, MARIJUANA, COCAINE, AND PACKAGING EQUIPMENT…

SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL EXPERIENCE IT’S FIRST DEEP FREEZE OF THE WINTER SEASON TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES ARE TO DROP TO THE MID TEENS…WE HERE AT SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA RADIO CENTER URGE YOU TO PLEASE GUARD YOUR PETS AGAINST THE COLD IF THEY ARE TO BE LEFT OUTSIDE A HEAT LAMP IS BEST RATHER THAN AN ELECTRIC HEATER THAT MAY CAUSE A FIRE…ALSO YOU MAY WANT TO PROTECT THE WATER PIPES AT YOUR HOME BY EITHER WRAPPING THEM WITH INSULATION OR LEAVE A SLOW DRIP AT THE FAUCET TO KEEP THEM FROM FREEZING OR BOTH…

SPORTS 1/14/09

THE ARDMORE TIGERS CAME HOME WITH A 80 TO 73 LOSS TO BURKBURNETT TEXAS LAST NIGHT…FRIDAY THE PLAINVIEW INDIANS WILL HOST DAVIS…COMANCHE WILL VISIT DAVIS…RINGLING WILL VISIT HEALDTON…MADILL WILL BE AT KINGSTON…MARIETTA AT SULPHUR…LONE GROVE TRAVELS TO TISHOMINGO…THACKERVILLE WILL BE IN SPRINGER…TURNER WILL BE IN VELMA ALMA…AND WILSON WILL VISIT WAURIKA…

THE NBA OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL HOST UTAH TODAY AT 7 AND MARYLAND WILL VISIT THE THUNDER ON FRIDAY AT 7pm AND DALLAS WILL HOST NEW ORLEANS…YESTERDAY IN THE NBA DENVER BEAT DALLAS 99 TO 97…THE LAKERS OVER THE HOUSTON ROCKETS 105 TO 100…

SAM BRADFORD MAY RETURN TO THE SOONERS NEXT SEASON…SOME THINK HE MIGHT MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE FOR THE NFL DRAFT…BRADFORD HAS NOT MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON WHETHER HE WILL STAY OR GO…SOONER DEFENSIVE TACKEL GERALD McCOY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NFL DRAFT SAID HE WILL BE BACK ON THE FIELD AS A SOONER NEST YEAR…

THE NFC AND AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WILL BE THIS WEEK END…THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES WILL PLAY THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AT 3PM SUNDAY AND THE STEELERS WILL PLAY BALTIMORE AT 6:30 EASTERN TIME ON SUNDAY…

NEWS 1/14/09

CARTER COUNTY OFFICERS ARRESTED A MAN IDENTIFIED AS RICHARD SLOAN IN CONNECTION WITH A RASH OF BURGLARIES BACK IN DECEMBER…HE IS CHARGED WITH SIX BURGLARIES AND YESTERDAY OFFICERS ARRESTED HIS GIRL FRIEND NICKI BLACKWELL FOR HER ALLEGED PART IN THOSE BURGLARIES…BOTH WERE ALREADY FACING DRUG CHARGES…

THE CADDO CREEK BRIDGE WAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED YESTERDAY FOR RECONSTRUCTION…IT HAS BEEN IN NEED OF REPAIR FOR YEARS AND TRAFFIC WILL BE DEVERTED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO A TWO LANE HIGHWAY DURING CONSTRUCTION…

ABOUT 400 ARDMORE RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE SHOWING OF THE 30 MINUTE DOCUMETARY “CHRYSTAL DARKNESS” AT THE ARDMORE CONVENTION CENTER LAST NIGHT…AFTER THE VIEWING, A PANEL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE OFFICIALS ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE…THEY EXPLAINED HOW METH DESTROYS LIVES AND FAMILIES, AND FILLS STATE PRISONS…

A FIRE IN GAINSVILLE THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A MAN OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN RULED AS SUSPICIOUS…THE TEXAS MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF 33 YEAR OLD BARRY PRUITT WHO’S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE CHARRED REMAINS A HOUSE FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND IN GAINSVILLE…THEY WOULDN’T GIVE ANY OTHER DETAILS…

OVER 330 FIREMEN ARE ATTENDING A FIRE SCHOOL IN DURANT THIS WEEK…THEY ARE UNDERGOING 4 STRENUOUS PROGRAMS FROM A REFRESHERS COURSE AND LEARNING NEW SKILLS AS WELL…THE TRAINING COURSE IS FREE AND SKILLS LEARNED IS PRICELESS WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING LIVES…

THE RINGLING POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SETTING UP A MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF MEGAN AND KAYLEE FRAZIER…THEY DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN RINGLING LAST WEEK AND A FUNDRAISER WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AT 6pm AT THE RINGLING MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING AT THE RINGLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS…THERE WILL BE HOT DOGS AND LIVE MUSIC BEGINNING AT 6pm…

SPORTS 1/13/09

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MORE COACHING CHANGES IN THE NFL…AS EXPECTED AFTER SEVEN YEARS WITH THE COLTS, TONY DUNGY ANNOUNCED HIS RETIRMENT YESTERDAY…HE LED THE COLTD TO A 85 TO 27 REGULAR SEASON RECORD AND A 7 AND SIX RECORD IN THE PLAY-OFF’S…DUNGY SAID HE DISCUSSED HIS RETIRMENT WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS DECISION WAS MADE SO HE COULD SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY…DUNGY IS 53…

THE DENVER BRONCO’S HIRED PATRIOTS OFFENCE COORDINATOR JOSH McDANIELS AS HEAD COACH…THE 32 YEAR OLD McDANIELS SIGNED A FOUR YEAR DEAL AND REPLACES FIRED COACH MIKE SHANAHAN…THE DEAL WITH THE BRONCO’S WAS SAID TO BE $8 MILLION DOLLARS…AT THE END OF THE SEASON, THE BROWNS, LIONS, THE NEW YORK JETS, RAIDERS, RAMS, 49rs AND THE SEAHAWKS MADE COACHING CHANGES…

DALLAS COWBOYS LINEBACKER ANTHONY SPENCER WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXIFICATION AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OUTSIDE AN INDANAPOLIS ESTABLISHMENT…HE WAS RELEASED WITHOUT BOND AND WILL BE IN COURT ON FRIDAY…

IN LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL YESTERDAY…THACKERVILLE BOYS EASILY DEFEATED TURNER 71 TO 42…AND THE THACKERVILLE GIRLS BEAT TURNER AS WELL BY A SCORE OF 65 TO 29…TODAY THE ARDMORE TIGERS WILL HOST BURKBURNETT TEXAS, PLAINVIEW WILL VISIT MADILL…LONE GROVE WILL HOST SULPHUR…HEALDTON VISITS WILSON…KINGSTON IS AT MARIETTA…DAVIS AT DICKSON…RINGLING TRAVELS TO EMPIRE…TISHOMINGO WILL BE IN COMANCHE…

THE O.U. SOONERS BEAT THE TEXAS LONGHORNS LAST NIGHT 78 TO 63…THE SOONERS ARE RATED AT NUMBER 6 AND THE LONGHORNS ARE NUMBER 11…

IN THE NBA THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL ENTERTAIN UTAH AT 7 TOMORROW NIGHT…AND NEW ORLEANS WILL VISIT THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AT 7:30…

NEWS 1/13/09

FIRE DANGER IN CARTER COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES CONTINUES TO GET WORSE EVERYDAY WITHOUT RAINFALL…CARTER, JOHNSON, AND MARSHALL COUNTIES ARE NOW IN A SEVERE DROUGHT…THE AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 25 TO 50% OF NORMAL RAINFALL FROM SEPTEMBER UNTIL NOW…ED REED THE CARTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR SAID YESTERDAY WILDFIRE DANGER IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH AND WARMER TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH WINDS, CAN ONLY MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE…ALL TEXOMA COUNTIES ARE IN A BURN BAN…NO OUTSIDE BURNING IS ALLOWED…

A MEXICAN NATIONAL IDENTIFIED AS RAMUNDO DELGADO ESPINO WAS FINALLY EXTRADITED FOR THE MURDER OF 20 YEAR OLD JESUS ALEHANDRO CAMACHO OF GAINSVILLE…IT TOOK U.S. MARSHALLS TWO YEARS TO GET ESPINO BACK IN THE U.S. TO FACE FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES IN GAINSVILLE…HE IS BEING HELD IN THE COOKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER ON $500,000 BOND…

GAINSVILLE FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF 30 YEAR OLD BARRY PRUITT…THE FIRE BROKE OUT SATURDAY ON SPRING CREEK ROAD…THE HOUSE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND RESPONDERS FROM VALLEY VIEW, LAKE KIOWA, NORTH SHORE AND THE GAINSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S TOOK ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES…

RESIDENTS IN BOSWELL OKLAHOMA HAVE BEEN WITHOUT WATER FOR FIVE DAYS NOW…THE BOSWELL TOWN SUPERINTENDANT SAID THE CAUSE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN ONE OF THE PUMPS…THE PUMP NOW HAS TO BE REPLACED AND WATER SHOULD BE FLOWING AGAIN SOMETIME TODAY…

GAS PRICES ARE ON THE RISE AGAIN…THE CAUSE IS SAID TO BE SUPPLY AND DEMAND…THE AVERAGE PRICE IS ABOUT $1.79 NOW, AND PETROLIUM OFFICIALS SAY THEY DOUBT THE PRICE WILL REACH $4 DOLLARS AGAIN FOR QUITE SOME TIME…AT TODAYS PRICE RETAILERS ARE STARTING TO MAKE A PROFIT…WHEN IT WAS LESS THAT $1.50 RETAILERS MADE NO PROFIT…

A SPECIAL WATCH PARTY WILL BE HELD AT THE ARDMORE CONVENTION CENTER TONIGHT AT 6:30 TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTARY CHRYSTAL DARKNESS…THE PROGRAM WILL BE AIRED ON MOST OKLAHOMA TELEVISION STATIONS AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE…ADMISSION IS FREE AND MANY COMMUNITIES ARE HAVING WATCH PARTIES…TO FIND ONE IN YOUR AREA LOG ONTO WWW.CRYSTAL DARKNESS OKLAHOMA.ORG…

THE FIRST OF FIVE MEETINGS OF THE ARDMORE STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PROCESS WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE ARDMORE CONVENTION CENTER BEGINNING AT 6pm…CITIZENS REPRESENTING ALL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND HELP DEVELOPE A SHARED VISION FOR ARDMORE’S COMMUNITY GROWTH…FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE ARDMORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT 223-7765…

SPORTS 1/12/09

IN BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL THIS WEEKEND THE ARDMORE FRESHMEN BEAT DUNCAN 35 TO 28…TODAY TURNER WILL BE IN THACKERVILLE…AND TOMORROW THE ARDMORE TIGERS WILL HOST BURKBURNETT TEXAS AT 7pm…PLAINVIEW WILL BE AT MADILL…SULPHUR WILL BE AT LONE GROVE…DAVIS AT DICKSON…HEALDTON AT WILSON…RINGLING VISITS EMPIRE…THACHERVILLE TRAVELS TO SILO…AND TISHOMINGO WILL GO TO COMANCHE…

YESTERDAY IN THE NFL DIVISION PLAY-OFF’S…THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES BEAT THE NEW YORK GIANTS 23 TO 11 TO WIN THE NFC DEVISION…AND THE PITTSBURG STEELERS BEAT THE SAN DIAGO CHARGERS 35 TO 24 FOR THE AFC TITLE…THE EAGLES AND CARDNIALS WILL PLAY NEXT SUNDAY TO DETERMINE WHO WILL BE IN THE SUPER BOWL AND IN THE AFC THE RAVENS AND STEELERS WILL PLAY SUNDAY AS WELL…THE WINNER OF THOSE TWO CONTEST’S WILL BE IN THE SUPER BOWL 2008…

IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL SATURDAY THE O.U. SOONERS BEAT KANSAS STATE 61 TO 53…AND TODAY THE SOONERS WILL HOST THE TEXAS LONGHORNS…THE O.U. WOMEN WILL HOST KANSAS STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7pm…

AND IN THE NBA THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL HOST NEW JERSEY TONIGHT AT 6:30…WEDNESDAY THEY WILL HOST UTAH AT 7…NBA SCORES YESTERAY…THE MAGIC BEAT THE SPURS 105 TO 98…THE SUNS OVER THE CLIPPERS 109 TO 103…AND THE HAWKS LOST TO THE 76rs 109 TO 94…

NEWS 1/12/09

AN OHP OFFICER ARRESTED DAMON BUTLER YESTERDAY AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN A HIWAY IN CALERA…HE IS SUSPECT IN THE SATURDAY NIGHT MURDER OF A CALERA WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER…BUTLER WAS THE BOYFRIEND OF THE WOMAN…HE IS BEING CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DERGREE MURDER…

BRYAN COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE CHARGED A FORMER COUNTY JAILER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE PRISONER…ANDREW DUANE SLOAN WAS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL BATTERY AND RELEASED ON BOND…SINCE HIS RELEASE ANOTHER WARRANT HAS BEEN FILED CHARGING HIM WITH TWO COUNTS OF RAPE AND ONE INVOLVES A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL…

THE NUMBER OF BOGUS CHECKS IS ON THE RISE AND ESPECIALLY IN BRYAN COUNTY…THE ECONOMY WAS SAID TO BE THE CAUSE THAT PEOPLE ARE WRITING BAD CHECKS…BRYAN IS RESTARTING THEIR BOGUS CHECH AMNESTY…THE BRYAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID THE PROGRAM WILL GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO MAKE THE CHECK GOOD BEFORE THEY ARE ARRESTED…

A SPECIAL WATCH PARTY WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE ARDMORE CONVENTION CENTER BEGINNING AT 5:30pm…THE SHOWING OF THE DOCUMENTRY ENTITLED CHRYSTAL DARKNESS WHICH IS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF METHENFETIMINE…ALSO A WATCH PARTY WILL BE AT THE MURRAY COUNTY EXPO CENTER…