Most sales and use tax collecting entities in Murray County experienced gains during the same time period from the previous year, according to figures from the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
Above, agents of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics joined with the Murray County Sheriff’s Office in the seizure of thousands of marijuana plants, cash and firearms last Tuesday at an alleged illegal grow facility, east of Sulphur.
Below, rows of marijuana grow houses are shown on the property at 129 Powell Road.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MURRAY CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE ABOVE: Rows of 100s, 20s, 10s and one-dollar bills were confiscated after lawmen raided an unlicensed grow facility last week on Powell Rd., about two miles east of Sulphur.
RIGHT: Numerous firearms and ammunition were confiscated during the raid which resulted in the arrest of five individuals.
Five people were arrested last Tuesday after agents from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) and the Murray County Sheriff’s office moved in to take down an alleged unlicensed marijuana grow facility, east of Sulphur, officials said.
Charles, from Sulphur, shows off his $2 Million Powerball® winning ticket last week.
OKLAHOMA CITY (October 1, 2021) – The search for the $2 million winner from last Wednesday night’s Powerball® drawing ended Thursday at the Oklahoma Lottery Winner Center in downtown Oklahoma City. Charles from Sulphur claimed his prize after buying the winning ticket on Wednesday from the Snak Shak Central at West 12th and Broadway in his hometown.
Sulphur School Superintendent Matt Holder, lower left, joins with school board members Cliff Agee, Benji Sartors, and Bear Runyan, from left in back, and Jenny Trett, lower right, in recognizing student Mandy Latham, center, who raised funds to help families of two Lone Grove students killed in an August crash on the Chickasaw Turnpike.
Sulphur School officials recognized senior student Mandy Latham at the regular monthly meeting of the school board on Monday night.
Online voters selected artwork designed by Nathan Fylstra, right, for the new Oklahoma School for the Deaf’s bison logo. Fylstra, who is deaf, is a longtime OSD employee on the student life staff. At left, is OSD Superintendent Chris Dvorak.
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