Oklahoma Briefs

Published: September 7, 2009

Explosives detonated

WEBBERS FALLS — Authorities detonated three explosive devices after a rural Muskogee County drug raid where the suspects allegedly traded drugs for stolen goods. Deputies from Muskogee and Sequoyah counties arrested three people Saturday morning and found evidence of a drug lab. The explosives were found within what deputies described as "sophisticated” booby traps. The 320-acre site had numerous surveillance cameras. Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart said about 100 people brought stolen property to the site to trade for drugs.

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Blaze injures firefighters

CATOOSA — A warehouse fire at OK Filters Inc. near 500 N 145th E Avenue about 6:45 a.m. Sunday sent three Tulsa firefighters to the hospital for heat-related injuries. All three were treated and released, a fire official said. Because the business is out of Tulsa’s city limits, the state fire marshal will investigate the fire.

TULSA WORLD

3 arrested at checkpoint
MIDWEST CITY — The Oklahoma County sheriff’s office reported at least three drunken drivers were arrested at a sobriety checkpoint Saturday night. The checkpoint at NE 23rd and Spencer Road yielded 23 arrests and 101 citations. Fifty-three warnings were issued, and 23 vehicles were impounded. One arrest was made after two people attempted to elude a sheriff’s deputy. The driver escaped on foot, but the passenger was arrested.

VALLERY BROWN, STAFF WRITER

Former chief named fellow
TAHLEQUAH — Former Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller has been named Northeastern State University’s first Sequoyah Institute Fellow. Mankiller plans to use her post to look at intellectual, economic and cultural achievements of American Indians and to explore leadership for women and indigenous people. Mankiller served as the chief from 1985 to 1995.

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