Class ring back where it belongs - in Oklahoma

In the fall of 1991, while he was a sophomore at Pittsburg State University in Kansas, Derek Blackburn's high school class ring was stolen.

During one of his football games, the residence of Blackburn and his housemates was burglarized. More than a year removed from graduating at 1990 Broken Arrow (Oklahoma) High School, Blackburn said didn't feel right replacing the ring he had obtained during his junior year, and he resigned himself to never seeing it again.

But late last month, an anonymous Buckner resident happened upon a red-stoned ring in the park on the north end of town, and that person took it to the police station. With Derek's name and “Broken Arrow” clearly legible, police certainly had a good starting point to tracking down the rightful owner.

“It was just on the ground,” police clerk Melissa Lingle said. “We contacted the school and found out he had been the principal.”

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