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14 Indicted in Eastern Oklahoma Drug Conspiracy; Miami Police Part of Multi-Agency Investigation By Miami News-Digest — Dec. 8, 2025 A sweeping, multi-agency investigation has resulted in federal indictments against 14 people on charges of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine across the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced. The Miami Police Department was one of 13 agencies participating in the operation. The indictments were unsealed Nov. 21 by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The office’s news release provides the indictment details and the list of defendants. Read the full federal press release on the U.S. Attorney’s Office website . Defendants named in the indictment The indictment names the following individuals, who were charged with Drug Conspiracy under Title 21 of the U.S. Code: JERRY LEE GRIST, 66, of At...

By Miami News-Digest Under the Heavens Is a Full Moon Published December 4, 2025 · Faith & Nature The Cold Moon rises, steady and luminous; a reminder that creation keeps its appointed course. Tonight, as dusk settles and the cool breath of evening moves across the land, the full moon rises in its appointed time, steady, luminous, and faithful as it has been since its creation. For many, it is simply a monthly spectacle; for others, it is a reminder of order and of truth: “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens, and it was so.” The luminarie's radiance carries a quiet authority, a sense of purpose woven into the seasons. Its appearance tonight is no different. It rises in the east with calm brilliance, reflecting a light not its own, set in place to...