GRAND LAKE, Okla. (AP) _ The Cherokee Nation is negotiating to buy 25 acres near Shangri-La Resort, reportedly to build a casino at Grand Lake. Jim Gomes, general manager for the resort on Monkey ...

About 15 casinos are near Grove and the Grand Lake area. "We were told for years we couldn't stop a casino coming into our community - well, it's not coming," Mastin said.