• Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 1-20-2021

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 1-20-2021 - January 20, 2021

    SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 360,360 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Kay County is reporting a total of 4,338 confirmed cases, resulting in 51 deaths. Osage Coun...

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  • Ford Ordered to recall 3 million vehicles over air bags

    Ford Ordered to recall 3 million vehicles over air bags - January 20, 2021

    (Reuters) — Ford Motor Co must recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective driver-side Takata air bags, the U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday, rejecting a bid by the second-largest...

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  • No-go for Joe Exotic: Trump pardon list omits Tiger King

    No-go for Joe Exotic: Trump pardon list omits Tiger King - January 20, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — One name missing in President Donald Trump’s flurry of pardons is “Tiger King” Joe Exotic. His team was so confident in a pardon that they’d readied a celebratory limou...

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  • OU Names New Dean of OU Libraries

    OU Names New Dean of OU Libraries - January 20, 2021

      NORMAN, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma announced today the appointment of Denise Stephens as dean of OU Libraries, pending OU Board of Regents’ approval. She will begin her role at OU on...

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  • Volunteers Needed for Statewide COVID-19 Vaccination Effort

    Volunteers Needed for Statewide COVID-19 Vaccination Effort - January 20, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 20, 2021) – The Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps (OKMRC) is seeking medical and non-medical volunteers to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts at more than 50 points of vaccine dis...

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  • Low Staffing, Escape Attempts & Over Crowding Plague Oklahoma County Jail

    Low Staffing, Escape Attempts & Over Crowding Plague Oklahoma County Jail - January 19, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY -The Oklahoma County Jail has been under a spotlight since it was first constructed in the early 1990s. Plagued by bedbugs, mold, staffing issues, escapes and overcrowding, jail leade...

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  • State health experts warn of vaccine limitations and new strains

    State health experts warn of vaccine limitations and new strains - January 19, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – As more and more Oklahomans receive the COVID-19 vaccine, more is being learned about how it works and whether it is effective as COVID continues to evolve. Regarding new s...

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  • Tribes want criminal justice agreements with state

    Tribes want criminal justice agreements with state - January 19, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tribe leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations want Congress to allow them to make agreements with the state of Oklahoma in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision regard...

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  • Judge orders ‘Tiger King’ zoo to turn over big cats

    Judge orders ‘Tiger King’ zoo to turn over big cats - January 19, 2021

    MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has ordered the new owners of an Oklahoma zoo featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary to turn over all the lion and tiger cubs in thei...

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  • Pioneer Tech Recognizes School Board Members

    Pioneer Tech Recognizes School Board Members - January 19, 2021

      Ponca City, OK - January is School Board Recognition Month. Pioneer Technology Center (PTC) recognized their board members at the January PTC Board of Education meeting earlier this month. ...

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