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The dictionary would have a difficult time anyway. There are several competing definitions in Oklahoma. Stitt referred to “ghost students” in his State of the State address last week as students who no longer attend a district, but their former school still receives state funds as if they did. Stitt’s use of the phrase might have come as a surprise to some. It first entered Oklahoma’s lexicon in July 2019 from court records documenting a criminal investigation of Epic Charter Schools. N...

An Arlington man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for producing child pornography and sharing it online. Terry Ray Carter, 34, pleaded guilty in...

But fallout from the scandal continues. Jerome Byrd, a former high-ranking member of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department and one of three finalists for Boynton Beachs fire chief position, claims he was not chosen for the job despite having better credentials and qualifications than the other two candidates. Byrd, who is Black, said he thinks race played a factor in the decision. Jim Stables, most recently the fire chief in Johnson City, Tenn., was selected in November to run Boynton Beachs f...

Jan. 14, 1886: The Comet informed readers “Messrs. Wade Rutledge and Smalling, East Tennessee cattle kings, passed through the city yesterday on their way home in Sullivan county (sic). They