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  • Employee Enhancement Program accepting applications

    The 72nd FSS/FSDEC is currently accepting applications for the Employee Enhancement Program, scheduled to begin in April.The EEP program is a leadership and knowledge enhancement program designed to develop and broaden participants' leadership skills and knowledge of the mission, structure, and

  • Safety office offers winter weather tips

    The winter season is upon us and with it sometimes comes the beauty of freshly fallen snow, icicles glistening in the sun, along with other marvelous outdoor scenes. As pleasant as these thoughts are, reality forces us to deal with the not-so-pleasant aspects of winter such as extreme temperatures,

  • Vehicle, wild animal crashes increase in fall and winter

    During this time of year, the risk for motorists being involved in a wild animal crash becomes greatly increased.In Oklahoma, the main issue comes from deer. When it comes to deer collisions, Oklahoma is not really considered a "high-risk state" -- like let's say, West Virginia -- but the odds of a

  • Basketball season begins

    Intramural basketball season tipped off this week with games scheduled through March at the Gerrity Fitness Center.Spectators are encouraged to stop by and watch the action among 23 teams signed up to date.The squads are divided into two leagues that will play on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and

  • Sergeant convicted in murder plot

    An Air Force jury on Nov. 20 sentenced Staff Sgt. Elijah Langhorne to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to commit premeditated murder and other crimes related to a murder-for-hire scheme.Court-martial jurors deliberated about two hours before delivering the sentence in the weeklong trial.On Nov. 19,

  • President of local defense contractor sentenced

    Christopher Houston Hensley, 57, of Yukon, was sentenced Nov. 18 to serve one year and one day in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to bribe a public official at the Corpus Christi Army Depot, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.Mr.