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to point Publisher If we could draw up a graph of what current big news stories look like, it would be a galvanized bucket full of holes leaking hundreds of streams of water. Each stream is a big story.
DeSantis drops out... endorses Trump
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his 2024 presidential campaign Sunday after finishing a distant second in the Iowa caucuses last Monday.
Cindy Byrd reports bad audit at Payne Co. Sheriff’s office
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector Cindy Byrd has released her forensic audit report for the Payne County Sheriff’s Office. The Payne County Board of County Commissioners requested the State Auditor & Inspector’s Office (SA&I) to investigate the financial activity of a Sheriff’s Office employee.
Two Navy SEALS lost at sea...
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We regret to announce that after a 10-day exhaustive search, our two missing U.S. Navy SEALs have not been located and their status has been changed to deceased. The search and rescue operation for the two Navy SEALs reported missing during the boarding of an illicit dhow carrying Iranian advanced conventional weapons Jan. 11 concluded and we are now conducting recovery operations.
Could you live ‘off the grid?’
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the point When an entire town is out of water on a freezing, icy winter day, it drives home many of the realities that our parents and grandparents had to live with during more austere times. Also, being without water to drink, bathe, or flush toilets raises one’s appreciation for our forebears who had to get accustomed to sitting next to a friend or family member in a two-hole outhouse.
‘Bad memories have a long shelf life’
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Oklahoma Tribes decline Gov. Stitt’s task force on State-Tribal relations
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s largest tribes won’t join Gov. Kevin Stitt’s new task force on law enforcement and jurisdiction issues stemming from the U.S.
Sen. Lankford proposes border deal
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Sen. James Lankford, (R-Okla.), blasted last week’s leak of a draft border and immigration deal — which reportedly would allow 5,000 migrants per day into the US — as a “lie.” “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on,” Lankford posted on X on Saturday, citing a quote from the English Baptist minister Charles Spurgeon.
Race to call Iowa results angers media
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Media spark outrage by calling Iowa early . . . Just 31 minutes after the Iowa caucuses began, the Associated Press already had its final results: a victory for former President Donald Trump. The early call ignited a firestorm of criticism from Trump’s opponents and even some Democrats who questioned the decision. Several other major news outlets called the election in Trump’s favor shortly after 7:30 p.m. local time before some voters even had the chance to cast their ballots at their local precinct. The call sparked outrage among some candidates’ campaigns who argued the call amounted to “election interference” that disenfranchised voters who waited in line in the freezing to choose their preferred nominee.
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the point Only a few frigid weeks into 2024 the process to elect the next American president is in full swing. The opening round has convened in Iowa and as many expected, former President Donald Trump has chalked up a massive victory.
