Southwest Oklahoma to receive over $78 million from American Rescue Plan
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LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - On Monday, the Department of the Treasury announced new money coming from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is heading out across the U.S.
The money is a result of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, which means millions of dollars heading to Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is getting $1,870,417,575 of that funding.
Lawton will get more than $18 million.
Here’s a county-by-county breakdown for Southwest Oklahoma:
Updated: 11:33 AM CDT May 7, 2021 KOCO Staff The names of 11 law enforcement officers and one canine partner who died in the line of duty were dedicated on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial during a ceremony Friday morning.The 53rd annual Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial Service took place at 10 a.m. The memorial is the oldest state memorial honoring its fallen officers in the United States and was dedicated May 15, 1969. It’s located on the west grounds of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Headquarters, at 3600 Martin Luther King Ave. in Oklahoma City.According to a news release from Oklahoma City police, the eleven fallen officers and one canine partner being dedicated are:Jesse Whitfield Morris, Deputy Sheriff, Washita County, died Feb. 3, 1910, from complications from a gunshot wound to his lungs on Dec. 8, 1900, attempting to arrest three men who were causing a disturbance.John Sanders, Deputy Sheriff, Adair County, died Sept. 14, 1915, dur
By News Director Jared Atha
After over a hundred years since his passing, a former Washita County Sheriff’s Deputy will have his name added to an Oklahoma memorial.
In fact, the names of 11 law enforcement officers and one canine partner who died in the line of duty in Oklahoma will be dedicated on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial.
The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial is the oldest state memorial honoring fallen officers in the United States and was dedicated May 15, 1969.
Among the 11 will be Jesse Whitfield Morris, a former Washita County Deputy Sheriff.
Morris died on February 3, 1910 from complications from a gunshot wound to his lungs on December 8, 1900 while attempting to arrest three men who were causing a disturbance. In fact, the disturbance would take place in Mountain View – in neighboring Kiowa County.
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May 5, 2021
The names of 11 law enforcement officers and one canine partner who died in the line of duty in Oklahoma will be dedicated on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial during the 53rd annual Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial Service, set for 10 a.m. Friday.
The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial is the oldest state memorial honoring its fallen officers in the United States and was dedicated May 15, 1969. The memorial is on the west grounds of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Headquarters, 3600 M. L. King Ave. in Oklahoma City.
Those being dedicated are:
⢠Jesse Whitfield Morris, deputy sheriff, Washita County, died Feb. 3, 1910, from complications from a gunshot wound to his lungs Dec. 8, 1900, attempting to arrest three men who were causing a disturbance.Â
By News Director Jared Atha
Drowsiness may be to blame for an early morning one vehicle accident in Washita County on Monday.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the accident occurred seven miles east of Cordell on State Highway 54 just before 5:30 a.m. when while traveling northbound, 28-year-old Pedro Vasquz-Cardenas of Los Fresnos, Texas became sleepy while driving a Chevrolet pickup. This caused the vehicle to depart the roadway to the left, striking a stop sign. The vehicle then traveled across a county road before going airborne for approximately 25 feet until it struck a ditch. The pickup would travel another 75 feet before coming to a rest.