• The Lankford Letter

    The Lankford Letter - May 23, 2021

    Dear Oklahoma friends and neighbors: Terrorists are once again attacking our friend and ally, Israel, and threatening their capital city, Jerusalem. Cindy and I continue to pray for peace and an en...

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  • Ark City’s Fitzgerald arrested; suspected of aggravated criminal sodomy

    Ark City’s Fitzgerald arrested; suspected of aggravated criminal sodomy - May 23, 2021

    Ark City man accused of rape in sexual assault cases dating back 10 months   ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (May 21, 2021) — The Arkansas City Police Department arrested an Arkansas City man May 13 ...

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  • Oklahoma prosecutor argues that McGirt is not retroactive

    Oklahoma prosecutor argues that McGirt is not retroactive - May 23, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court has agreed to consider a prosecutor's assertion that the McGirt decision, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state lacks jurisdiction for crimes comm...

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  • Tulsa notifying people who got improperly stored vaccine

    Tulsa notifying people who got improperly stored vaccine - May 22, 2021

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Tulsa Health Department is contacting 1,150 people who received improperly stored doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. State and Tulsa health officials said on Wednesday ...

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  • Tulsa cybersecurity attack similar to pipeline attack

    Tulsa cybersecurity attack similar to pipeline attack - May 22, 2021

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — City officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, say a cybersecurity attack on the city's computer system was similar to an attack on the Colonial Pipeline. They say the hacker is known, but d...

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  • Oklahoma Governor signs bills to slash income tax rates

    Oklahoma Governor signs bills to slash income tax rates - May 22, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a package of bills to cut the corporate and top individual income tax rates. Another bill Stitt signed on Friday restores the refundabili...

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  • Former Tulsa resident named to lead Houston school district

    Former Tulsa resident named to lead Houston school district - May 22, 2021

    HOUSTON (AP) — An education leader from Tennessee is set to become the superintendent of the Houston school district, the largest in Texas. The Houston Independent School District’s board of ed...

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  • Tulsa computer system hacks stopped by security shutdown

    Tulsa computer system hacks stopped by security shutdown - May 22, 2021

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A city official says that most residents of Tulsa are being prevented from paying their water bills after the city shut down its computer network, following an attempted ransomwa...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 21 May 2021

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 21 May 2021 - May 21, 2021

    Situation Update: COVID-19   According to the latest report, Kay County has had a total of 5,325 confirmed cases of the virus, with 126 deaths. Osage County has had 4,756 confirmed cases, resu...

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  • O’Donnell Bill Setting the Standard for Nationwide Utilities Legislation

    O’Donnell Bill Setting the Standard for Nationwide Utilities Legislation - May 21, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Other states are signing into law measures similar to one authored last year by House Speaker Pro Tempore Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa, which gives local property and business owne...

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