September 21, 2021 archive

Oklahoma drivers pay nearly $1 more for gasoline

  Drivers in Oklahoma are paying $0.95 on average more for a gallon of gasoline this week than a year ago. This week’s state average of $2.84 compares to $1.89 last year at this time reported the American Automobile Association. Gasoline prices in the state rose 2 cents over the past week but are 4 …

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Carter County to see more drilling

  Southern Oklahoma’s Carter County is a hot spot for more oil and gas drilling activity as four more permits were issued this week for the region. Tripledee Operating Company LLC based in Ardmore received two permits to recomplete for the CHEEK SCHOOL #1, to be drilled at 27 5S 1W, a site several miles southwest …

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Wind farm fraud lands Arkansas man in prison

A man involved in a failed wind farm project in northwest Arkansas was sentenced this week to 10 months in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $422,000 to investors. Cody Fell worked for Dragonfly International at the time and pleaded guilty in 2018 to federal wire-fraud and tax-evasion charges. He was sentenced by …

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