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Sen. Floyd to study youth suicide - July 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Kay Floyd plans to study youth suicide during the interim as suicide rates across the state continue to skyrocket. Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Tre...
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Lawmakers Request Prohibition of Vaccine Mandates for Healthcare Workers - July 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A group of House members last Friday sent a letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt requesting executive action to prohibit vaccine mandates for Oklahoma healthcare workers. This comes in respo...
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Floyd Cooper, acclaimed children’s illustrator, dead at 65 - July 18, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — An award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books, whose mission to offer candid and positive images of Black history included subjects ranging from Frederick Douglass an...
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Choctaw Nation reinstates mask mandate at health facilities - July 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is reinstating a mask requirement for visitors at tribal health facilities. Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority announced on Facebook on Frid...
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Boston gangster cites health concerns in bid for release - July 17, 2021
BOSTON (AP) — A notorious New England gangster locked up for life for a slew of killings says his health is in peril behind bars and he wants out. Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi wrote in a let...
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Troubled Oklahoma school hires interim superintendent, defying state - July 17, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Board members of a southwest Oklahoma City school district have defied the state Board of Education and hired an interim superintendent. The Western Heights school board voted 3...
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Police chief: 1 dead in Oklahoma asphalt plant explosion - July 17, 2021
ARDMORE, Okla. (AP) — Police say one person has been killed in an explosion at an asphalt plant in southern Oklahoma. Police Chief Kevin Norris says one fatality has been confirmed but that no on...
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OSDH Offers Tips for a Safe Mosquito Season - July 16, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY - Mosquito season has arrived, and the Oklahoma State Department of Health is offering tips to help avoid ailments spread by the insects. West Nile Virus is the most common disease spre...
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Robert Shaw, an AP bureau chief in 3 US states, dies - July 16, 2021
DALLAS (AP) — Robert Shaw, whose more than 40-year career with The Associated Press included leading news coverage in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Indiana, has died. He was 79. Shaw's daughter, Erin M...
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7-day average of new Oklahoma COVID-19 cases tops 500 - July 16, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The seven-day average of newly reported Oklahoma COVID-19 cases has topped 500, and the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations neared 300. The Oklahoma State Department of Healt...
