The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is offering travel advice for those taking to the roads for the Labor Day Weekend.

 Jenna Miller has been hired as the speech and debate coach confirmed Superintendent Todd Garrison Wednesday.

The 17-year-old student accused of attacking an 18-year-old female student with a knife on Thackerville High School’s first day of the school year has been identified.

Unemployment: Murray County has third lowest rate in state: Murray County had the third lowest jobless rate in the state in July at 4.0 percent, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Page 1A.
 

Two local men are accused of second-degree rape after being arrested Tuesday night.

One-year-old twins Jesse, left, and Josiah Dean of Wilson share a swing Tuesday at Central Park.

Ground broken (finally) for Expo Center: After six years of planning, lack of focus and what County Commissioner Royce Bartee described as “floundering,” ground has been broken on the new Marshall County Expo Center, Page 1A.
 

When you hear or read about a child who is alone and in need — one who is hungry and without basic necessities or a child suffering the torture of physical, mental or emotion abuse — where does your mind’s eye take you? Do you see a child living in a third world country? How about the slums or ghettos of a large metropolitan area? Or do you see the possibility that child lives right here in southern Oklahoma?

It might seem early to be thinking about the seasonal flu, but at least one local pharmacy has already started selling the new 2010-11 flu vaccine.

Law enforcement officials are reluctant to release any additional information surrounding the stabbing of a Thackerville High School student Monday — the opening of the 2010-2011 school year.