Dacoma News

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' State agency heads warned Thursday that pumping another $850 million into public schools each year would cut their budgets so deeply that they would be forced to cancel highway projects and release more prisoners.

Hospitals and how they are affecting the area locally and throughout the state were addressed by two guest speakers at the Woodward Chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday at the Pioneer Room.

Exhausted firefighters battled triple-digit heat and difficult terrain in northwestern Oklahoma on Monday to keep a large fire that has destroyed several homes contained before conditions worsen.

A law allowing local officials more flexibility in setting school calendars could mean a step backward in education as an unintended consequence, says Sandy Garrett, state superintendent of public instruction.