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Hofmeister announces new members of Student Advisory Council - December 28, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (Dec. 28, 2020) – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister has named 97 Oklahoma high school students to her 2021 Student Advisory Council, the sixth consecutive year ...
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Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war - December 27, 2020
By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — The Girl Scouts are in a “highly damaging” recruitment war with the Boy Scouts after the latter opened its core services to girls, leading to marketplace con...
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Highlights of COVID-19, Government Funding Law - December 27, 2020
The massive, year-end catchall bill that President Donald Trump signed into law combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislati...
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Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 27 December 2020 - December 27, 2020
SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 The COVID-19 numbers reported today are from Dec. 26 and 27th. As of this advisory, there are 279,139 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Kay County is reporting a tot...
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Oklahoma sees 2,631 coronavirus cases, 13 deaths in two days - December 27, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health authorities have reported more than 2,600 news cases of COVID-19 over the last two days as well as 13 more deaths from the disease caused by the novel coronaviru...
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Tribes try to shield elders and their knowledge from virus - December 27, 2020
(AP) — Across the nation, Native American tribes are working to protect their oldest members from the coronavirus. The effort is about more than protecting lives. Tribal elders serve as honored link...
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Officials: Phase Two of vaccine distribution Possible Next Week - December 25, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY — More than 130,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Oklahoma with nearly 44,000 additional doses set to be here before the end of the month. We asked state health lea...
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Carnegie Teacher Accused Of 2nd Degree Rape Makes Court Appearance - December 25, 2020
CARNEGIE, Okla. - An Oklahoma teacher has been charged with second-degree rape, accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student. She appeared in a Caddo County courtroom Wednesday. Investigato...
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UPDATE: Man, 18, two juveniles arrested in Oklahoma double killing - December 25, 2020
FORT TOWSON, Okla. (AP) — Police have arrested three teenagers after finding the dead bodies of one of their parents near a southeast Oklahoma community, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation a...
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Health Officials reject CDC vaccine recommendation - December 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials say they don’t plan to follow all of the new federal guidelines for coronavirus vaccine distribution and will keep adults 65 and older in Phase Two o...