Mayes County News

Adair Trustees approved several purchases at their regular monthly meeting Monday.

The Mayes County Commissioners rejected a bid on a new tank for Disney Fire Department for the second time.

A Pryor detective found more than he expected while serving a search warrant for animal cruelty at the Gardens Apartments Tuesday night.

The final inspection on the new Butcher Bridge was finished yesterday. Mayes County Commissioners Alva Martin, Melvin Pritchett and Darrell Yoder held a ribbon cutting for the official opening of the bridge.

Unemployment numbers issued by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission showed unemployment numbers increased from last month.

The closing of a driver's license testing site has left Mayes County without a testing venue for motorists, Pryor Mayor Jimmy Tramel said.

Paramedic Amanda Archer told Sertoma members Thursday to beware of heat stress. "Once you stop sweating, we've got an emergency," Archer said.

Credit Counseling Centers of Oklahoma is offering financial counseling in Pryor.

Right-of-way acquisitions are under way in the South Elliott Street project. Mayes County Commissioners encumbered $200,000 for the right-of-way and utility estimates in their Monday meeting.

Oklahoma Department of Transportation awarded a construction bid for two Mayes County bridges.

Mayes County Commissioners approved a payment for a hydraulics study on South Elliott Street in last Monday's meeting.

PRYOR a ' Officials at a cement plant near Pryor say about 20 to 30 employees will be laid off.

STRANG a ' A 21-year-old Mayes County woman has died after the pickup in which she was riding went out of control as its driver swerved to avoid a deer.

Mayes County Emergency Manager Johnny Janzen addressed Pryor's industrial plant representatives about direct radio communication with emergency personnel.

" The attorney for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper at the center of a May 24 scuffle with a Creek Nation paramedic on Monday laid the blame entirely on the paramedic.

The Office of Accountability released several reports recently on the status of the state's schools.

Mayes County Commissioners may address a heat problem with the courthouse's geothermal climate system.

Chouteau trustees viewed the newest addition to the fire department's fleet after the board meeting Monday.

Gov. Brad Henry on Wednesday appointed Shawn S. Taylor as associate district judge for the 12th Judicial District in Mayes County.

Traveling at an unsafe speed and alcohol are believed to be the causes of two separate crashes that occured in Mayes County Friday evening.