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&#xD; PRUE- Searchers have recovered the body of a Collinsville man who drowned at Keystone Lake in northeast Oklahoma.&#xD; <p/>&#xD; The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the body of 21-year-old Aaron Michael Short was recovered around 8 a.m. Sunday at the Osage County lake.&#xD; <p/>&#xD; The highway patrol says Short was knocked off a boat that struck a tree about 20 feet from the shore near Mud Creek Cove about 20 minutes before midnight on the Fourth of July Friday night.<p/>&#xD; &#xD; The water was about 18 feet deep at that point.<p/>&#xD; &#xD; Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.<br/>read more<br/>

“Lessee shall conduct his operations, in a workmanlike manner, commit no waste and allow none to be committed upon the land, nor permit any avoidable nuisance to be maintained on the premises under his control.”

It is a sad situation for the average citizen living in Osage County. An oil and gas company licensed by the Osage Indians and regulated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been allowed to create miles of ... via TulsaWorld.com - Letters to the Editor

A grass fire burned out of control throughout the day Wednesday in Osage, and left firefighters monitoring the area into the evening. via KJRH-TV Tulsa

“They continue to make progress on it. They anticipate energizing part of it today, and getting a lot of poles up to energize the rest of it by the end of this week. We lost about 55 structures on this.”

Under heavy criticism by members that are saying they've been left in the dark too long, Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative officials are promising a phone system upgrade and are now speaking to specific ... via Claremore Daily Progress

“We've got a lot of crews in and they're not in any means wanting to leave before Christmas”

Rural electric co-ops are working feverishly to restore power. At the height of the storm, there were 87-thousand, 500 customers without power. via KTUL

“Just getting around. We're mostly rural area. A lot of our poles are out in pastures and have to be drug around. It's just a real slow process, and we've had such a massive amount of loss”

Updated 12/17/2007 8:38 PM It may be several more days, possibly into the weekend, before Verdigris Valley Electric has power restored to all of its customers. via KOTV Tulsa News

“People don't want to leave their homes because of robberies”

Areas Hit the Worst by Ice Storm Include Osage County PAWHUSKA OK By Shannon Shaw, Osage News 12/15/2007 The Osage Nation came to the aid of hundreds of families without power Dec. via Native American Times

Coleman-The Cougar Country Business Association met Thursday, Nov. 1 at 6:35 p.m. Present were P. Hansen, K. Gendron, J. Grosse, P. Schutte, D. Cromell, F. Makos, K. Schutte, V. Christopherson, T. Prue, S. ... via Peshtigo Times Wisconsin Community Ne...

“We'll just describe what part of the county and zoom into towns with within polygons say these towns should take cover.”

The National Weather Service is now pinpointing exactly where storms are located. via KTUL-TV Tulsa