March 14, 2019 archive

Powerful winds leave their trail of damage across Oklahoma and other states

Oklahomans endured one of their windiest days in some time as winds on Wednesday reached 73 miles an hour in Gage. Power outages were reported and as of Thursday morning, 1,000 customers of OGE were still without power. Wind gusts of 60 were common throughout the state. But they were nothing compared to the 101 …

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Gov. Stitt signs accountability bills into law

The head of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is now one of those agency heads who could be removed from office by Gov. Kevin Stitt. On Wednesday, the governor signed five agency accountability bills giving him the authority to hire and fire the leaders of the DOT, the Department of Corrections, the Oklahoma Office of …

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