• Despite IRS warning, stimulus checks and debit cards cause confusion

    Despite IRS warning, stimulus checks and debit cards cause confusion - January 24, 2021

    (NEXSTAR) – Despite the Internal Revenue Service urging people earlier this month to keep a careful eye on their mailboxes for the plain, white envelope holding their COVID relief payment, it appe...

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  • OKC Fire Major faces department punishment

    OKC Fire Major faces department punishment - January 24, 2021

    FD Officer drove burn patient to the hospital due to ambulance delay     OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A disciplinary hearing was held Friday afternoon for an Oklahoma City Fire Department...

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  • Deceased Oklahoma County Detention Center inmate identified

    Deceased Oklahoma County Detention Center inmate identified - January 24, 2021

    Third death at jail this year by: Hicham Raache KFOR – Oklahoma County Detention Center officials identified the inmate who died after experiencing chest pains on Friday. He’s the third inmat...

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  • Another 48 COVID-19 deaths reported in Oklahoma

    Another 48 COVID-19 deaths reported in Oklahoma - January 24, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Sunday reported 48 additional deaths due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and 2,941 more cases of the virus. The...

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  • OU Offers Nurse Refresher Course

    OU Offers Nurse Refresher Course - January 24, 2021

      (News Release) - For more than two decades, there has been a shortage of licensed practical nurses and registered nurses in Oklahoma. Today, Oklahoma does not have enough nurses to meet the ...

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  • Bill filed to keep Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center open

    Bill filed to keep Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center open - January 24, 2021

      OKLAHOMA CITY – State Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika, and Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton, have filed legislation to keep the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center (SWOJC) in Manitou operating. The ...

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  • Senate pro tem files bill extending Open Meeting law pandemic exemptions

    Senate pro tem files bill extending Open Meeting law pandemic exemptions - January 24, 2021

    Treat files separate bill to modernize the law   OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat filed legislation Thursday to extend exemptions to the state’s Open Meeting Act th...

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  • House Completes Bill Filing Process for 2021 Session

    House Completes Bill Filing Process for 2021 Session - January 24, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives completed bill filing Thursday, Jan. 21 for the first session of the 58th Legislature. A total of 1,942 House Bills, 44 House Joint Resolutio...

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  • 2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

    2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs - January 24, 2021

    (AP) — U.S. hospital intensive care units in many parts of the country are straining under record numbers of COVID-19 patients. These hospital units take care of the sickest of the sick. Some are ru...

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  • Oklahoma man charged with taking part in US Capitol invasion

    Oklahoma man charged with taking part in US Capitol invasion - January 24, 2021

    MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A 23-year-old Oklahoma man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol this month by supporters of the former President. Andrew Craig Er...

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