• Miss NOCs to Reign Another Year

    Miss NOCs to Reign Another Year - May 18, 2020

    The Miss America Competition has been canceled for 2020 due to Covid-19 allowing current Miss NOC’s Carli Pendleton and Emily Hall to serve another year as the  current Miss NOC’s. Pendleton, ...

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  • Senate Minutes by Senator Chuck Hall

    Senate Minutes by Senator Chuck Hall - May 18, 2020

    Every legislative session presents its own unique challenges—this time last year, many of us were dividing our time between finishing up legislation here at the Capitol and trying to assist with the...

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  • Sen. Roland Pederson announces Enid blood drive

    Sen. Roland Pederson announces Enid blood drive - May 18, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – To alleviate the blood supply shortage caused by COVID-19, Sen. Roland Pederson, R-Burlington, will host a blood drive in Enid in conjunction with the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI)....

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  • Man blocks black delivery driver in an Oklahoma neighborhood

    Man blocks black delivery driver in an Oklahoma neighborhood - May 16, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A black delivery driver says he was overcome with emotion while recording himself and a black co-worker being blocked into a gated Oklahoma City neighborhood for more than an ho...

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  • Tensions rise as Texas Governor readies to lift more rules

    Tensions rise as Texas Governor readies to lift more rules - May 16, 2020

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Local leaders on the Texas border are asking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to delay letting more businesses reopen next week. Health officials in El Paso say they're worried about...

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  • State reopens bars, weddings, funerals, sports in next phase

    State reopens bars, weddings, funerals, sports in next phase - May 16, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma is reopening bars as well as allowing weddings, funerals, and organized sports to resume under the next phase of Gov. Kevin Stitt's statewide reopening plan. Stitt said...

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  • Legislature passes bills to boost Medicaid funding

    Legislature passes bills to boost Medicaid funding - May 16, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Legislature has approved two separate measures that aim to boost funding for the state's Medicaid program. The House on Friday narrowly approved a bill that will...

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  • Facebook comment toward Norman mayor triggers threat probe

    Facebook comment toward Norman mayor triggers threat probe - May 16, 2020

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A social media comment that called Norman Mayor Breea Clark a vulgar name and said “the problem with politicians, they don't get hung in public anymore” has triggered a poli...

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  • Tesla picks Austin, Tulsa as finalists for new US factory

    Tesla picks Austin, Tulsa as finalists for new US factory - May 16, 2020

    DETROIT (AP) — A person briefed on the matter says Tesla has picked Austin, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma as finalists for its new U.S. assembly plant. This person says that company officials visited Tu...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Update – 16 May 2020

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update – 16 May 2020 - May 16, 2020

    SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 5,237 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Kay County is reporting 49 confirmed cases, resulting in 7 deaths and 39 registere...

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