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Favorite Views Of Cordell: Derek Sipes

Bob Henline Editor

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

This week’s favorite view of Cordell comes to us from Beacon reader Derek Sipes. The Cordell Beacon’s Favorite Views of Cordell contest is intended to help spotlight not only the natural beauty of Cordell and the surrounding area, but also the photographic talent of The Beacon’s readers.

Weekly COVID-19 Update

Bob Henline Editor

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

While most of the state’s businesses begin to reopen from the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine, the number of new confirmed cases and deaths continues to rise across Oklahoma.

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OKDOH COVID-19 Update for May 8, 2020

News Staff

Friday, May 8, 2020

SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 4,424 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. There are six additional deaths; two of them occurred in the past 24 hours and the others died between May 2-May 6.

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OKDOH COVID-19 Situation Update For May 7, 2020

News Staff

Thursday, May 7, 2020

SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 4,330 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. There are seven additional deaths; two of them occurred in the past 24 hours and the others died between April 20-May 5.

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OKDOH COVID-19 Situation Update For May 6, 2020

News Staff

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 4,201 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. There are six additional deaths; one of them occurred in the past 24 hours and the others died between May 2-May 4.

WTC Receives Honors For STEM Education Programs

Submitted By Sarah Hirschman

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Western Technology Center-Burns Flat has recently been recognized as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School for increasing student access, engagement and achievement through their STEM Academy, which houses the PLTW Biomedical Academy and PLTW Pre-Engineering High School Programs.

Cordell Native Earns Distinguished Graduate Honors From Gaylor College

Submitted By Gene Lehman

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Chickasaw citizen Addison Kliewer has been named outstanding journalism senior by the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Flashbacks

From The Archives Of The Cordell Beacon

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

25 Years Ago May 10, 1995 Hamilton Recalls Days In Oklahoma City After Bomb Being a funeral director, Cordell’s Lynn Hamilton deals with grief on a daily basis, but nothing could have prepared him for the 12 days he spent working with the families of victims in the April 19th bombing of the...

The Police Blotter

From The Washita County Sheriff’s Dispatch Logs

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

April 1, 4:32 a.m. - Burns Flat Police responded to a commercial burglary alarm at an address on Highway 44. April 1, 8:53 a.m. - Burns Flat Police responded to a disturbance call at a local apartment complex. April 1, 9:16 a.m. - Livestock were reported on the loose near CR2440.

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter speaks on the State Capitol’s south lawn during a YWCA’s wreath ceremony in October 2018. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)

Attorney General Requests Investigative Audit of COVID-19 Spending

Paul Monies Oklahoma Watch

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

On the heels of reports about questionable spending on COVID-19 supplies and equipment by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the state attorney general on Tuesday requested an investigative audit of the agency.

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