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5/9/2008
(Oklahoma City, OK) -- A standoff between Oklahoma City police and a man who shot and wounded one of their comrades finally came to an end last evening. Fifty-five-year-old John Ivory Thomas peacefully surrendered to police shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday, after keeping them at bay for almost eleven hours. The incident began around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, when Sergeant Clay Williams and a second officer were sent to the three-thousand block of NE 9th to check out a domestic dispute. As officers entered his home, Thomas opened fire, striking Williams once in the collarbone. Thomas then barricaded himself inside, and forced authorities to cordon off the area when he began shooting at random. Fortunately, none of the approximately 50 to 60 uniformed officers involved in the day-long standoff were hit, and no shots were fired by officers. Sergeant Williams was taken to a nearby hospital in good condition.
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5/9/2008
(Oklahoma City, OK) -- Oklahoma's wheat harvest is set to begin in a couple of weeks, but will there be enough combine operators available for it? Custom harvesters roll every year from Texas to Canada's wheat country, but labor shortages and high fuel prices are forcing some out of business. Jack Carson, speaking for the State Agriculture Department, indicates a number of annual custom cutters have dropped out, simply because they can't afford the high price of diesel fuel. Carson isn't sure if Oklahoma's immigration law is causing the farm labor shortage, but he says the lack of Hispanic workers has made an impact. The labor shortage has forced some farms to shut down or move part of their operation out of the country. State agriculture officials have set up a Web directory of available custom wheat cutters.
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5/9/2008
(Edmond, OK) -- A 19-year-old student has been indicted by an Oklahoma City Federal Grand Jury on charges of falsely reporting a terror threat to the University of Central Oklahoma Campus. Jason Shandy of Tuttle allegedly called 911 last month, telling authorities he had overheard three other students talking about blowing up UCO the following day. Authorities say follow-up conversations with Shandy and other people, plus surveillance video tape, confirmed his report was false, and that he just didn't want to attend classes that day. The Grand Jury indictment says Shandy reported having overheard the terror attack discussion outside a convenience store near the UCO campus. Shandy could be sentenced to ten prison years and a half-million-dollars in fines if he's convicted.
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