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HOLDENVILLE - A newly released midyear legislative analysis is highlighting Oklahoma State Rep. David Smith as one of the more independent voices in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

HOLDENVILLE - A recent explosion near North Pine Street and West 10th Avenue has prompted renewed concerns about illegal squatting and public safety within the city, according to information released by Holdenville City Inspector Ron Wiseman.

TULSA – United States District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell in Tulsa rejected Wednes- day the proposed set - tlement agreements from four major poul - try companies totaling more than $31 million.

At the prominent northwest corner of Highway 9 and Highway 75 in Wetumka, a familiar piece of the town's landscape has qui - etly given way to a new chapter-one that reflects both the nostalgia of the past and the promise of the future.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reportedly developed an innovative new children's bike that uses pedals instead of electricity for power."Keeping your bike charged can be so frustrating.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo boldly proclaimed today that God does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, so long as you don't count King David, or Joshua, or Gideon, or Samson, or Elijah, or Hezekiah, or any of those other people in the Bible.

CONTINUED FROM MARCH 12 (Dr. Gille, the pioneer dentist, first had his office in the Meadors Building. In the 1920s, he relocated in an apartment house he owned opposite his Main Street residence. From there he moved to the new Bank of Commerce building downtown. It should be noted that Dr.

Legislation designed to dramatically improve Oklahoma’s public-school literacy outcomes, including a mandate that students repeat the third grade if they read far below grade level, has advanced from both chambers of the Oklahoma Legislature with strong support.

Currently, Oklahoma has one of the nation’s shortest school years and some of the nation’s worst academic outcomes.House lawmakers have now voted to increase the length of the school year, hoping additional instructional time will boost student learning as well.