A table full of contraband seized by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in 2025. CDN | Courtesy photo

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections seized millions of dollars in contraband during 2025 as part of ongoing efforts to protect staff, inmates and the public and to disrupt illegal activity inside state correctional facilities.

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- 2026 Business and Professional Honor Roll

- CEDA talks about open position

- Longstanding Clinton business doesn’t look a day over 132

- Positives, negatives addressed

- Reds finish off second-half comeback in win

(AP) – Nearly 1,000 households displaced by catastrophic wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui are anxiously awaiting word on whether federal assistance helping them stay housed will be left to expire, forcing them to find new housing or pay more for it in one of the tightest and most expensive rental environments in the country.

High-speed internet expansion is coming to fruition in Oklahoma. Two broadband expansion projects administered by the Oklahoma Broadband O_ce and funded through the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) have o_cially closed out, bringing new high-speed internet access to residents and businesses in Washita and Greer counties.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A demonstrator was hit in the face with a projectile fired by a federal officer at close range during a Southern California protest, leaving him bloodied and with serious injuries, according to video and accounts from fellow protesters and family on Tuesday.

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