8-8-22
MONDAY DAY SHIFT
A Geronimo man was injured early Tuesday morning in a motorcycle accident just east of Weatherford on Interstate 40. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Justin L. Lewis, 37, of Geronimo, was driving a 2017 Harley Davidson around 3:28 a.m. Tuesday eastbound on I-40 near mile marker 83 near Weatherford. The report states Lewis tried to make an adjustment to equipment on the motorcycle and lost control.
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Bailey Hatfield, a member of the Custer County 4-H group, shows off the award she won, the Karen Richardson Memorial Horseman of the Year Scholarship, which is an award for the Oklahoma 4-H Horse Project. This is the first year for the scholarship to carry Richardson’s name. Richardson, from Arapaho, dedicated over 30 years to the 4-H program.
Enjoying a meal prepared by Oklahoma Bank and Trust during the Clinton Public Schools Back to School Bash, from left, are Chanel East, Brenden East and CPS teacher Shakira Thigpen.
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(AP) — The four people killed in a weekend golf cart collision in Texas were a grandfather, two of his grandchildren and a niece who were visiting Galveston for a quick vacation before school began, police said.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Scott Crow, who helped oversee the state's return to carrying out the death penalty after a nearly seven-year hiatus, announced Monday he's stepping down. In a statement announcing his resignation, Crow did not cite a reason for stepping down, but called it “one of the most difficult decisions I've ever encountered.'
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.