Neighborhood Watch Organizational Meeting to be Held
The Tillman County Sheriff Department would like to invite residents to a Neighborhood Watch Organizational meeting on Thursday, July 10, 2008. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Great Plains Vo-Tech, Frederick.
“ I would like to invite everyone out to this meeting “ said Sheriff Bobby Whittington “ it takes everyone, citizen’s and law enforcement working together to keep crime down.”
Oklahomans now eligible for emergency unemployment compensation
Jobless workers in Oklahoma who have exhausted their state unemployment benefits can now apply for an extra 13 weeks of emergency unemployment compensation.
This unemployment benefit extension will run through March 2009 and follows on the heels of May’s 0.5 percent jump in the national unemployment rate, the rate’s largest one-month increase since 1986. (Full Story) Tipton grad says it feels great to be home
 | | Army 1st Lt. Abel Vasquez recently returned from a 15-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas (Photo by Larry Simmons) |
There’s no fast way of “getting back” to normal for soldiers who are deployed away from home for more than a year. Separation from loved ones and friends, along with an accustomed way of life can be hard for even the toughest GI.
For a former student of Tipton High School who recently returned, along with his unit, from a 15-month deployment to Iraq, the moment meant even more. (Full Story) |
Four new Veterans Outpatient Clinics approved for Oklahoma
Expansion will bring care closer to home with one clinic to be in Altus
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake today announced plans for four new community-based outpatient clinics to bring the world-class health care of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) closer to home for Oklahoma veterans. (Full Story) Tipton voters to decide on Sales Tax
The town of Tipton will have a special election for a sales tax on July 29.
Only voters who are registered in the city limits of Tipton will be eligible to vote. It's time to get your absentee ballots for the July 29 Primary
Voters in Tillman County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the July 29 Primary Election should apply now. Although the County Election Board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p,m. on Wednesday, July 23, voters are urged to apply early (Full Story) National Cotton Council representative explains new Farm Law to cotton producers
Fundamentals of the 2008 Farm Law were explained by a National Cotton Council representative for approximately 30 Oklahoma and Texas cotton producers in Altus.
John McGuire, NCC vice president for Washington affairs, explained the Farm Law in 2008 will be the same as the 2002 Farm Law it replaces due to the time it took Congress to put the new law together (Full Story) OSBI offers reward in Altus murder case
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the arson death of Johnny Ray Lee. (Full Story) Local Bicycle group to help CASA
Local bicycle enthusiast, Paul Sutherland, approves a tee-shirt print designed by Loren Ahrens, Altus Custom Graphics, for the up-coming Quartz Mountain Diamondback 100 Bike Ride which will be held Saturday, July 19, 2008.
Proceeds from the ride will be presented to local CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) agency to assist in there recent loss of funding sources.
CASA is a non-profit agency speaking for abused and neglected children in the court system. (Full Story)
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