Last week, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections began testing all discharging inmates for COVID-19 prior to their release. One of the inmates from William S. Key Correctional Center in Fort Supply tested April 20 was released April 22 a few hours prior to ODOC receiving his positive test results. Once an inmate has served his…
Woodland Hills Mall is owned by Simon Properties which opened 49 of its malls and outlet centers by May 4. Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City also re-opened Friday. Business hours at the malls will be limited to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday to allow for…
A group of journalism professors, including three from colleges in Oklahoma, have called on television networks to stop the live airing of President Donald Trump’s briefings on COVID-19. “We write to demand that the live, unedited airing of the Daily White House Task Force Briefings stop,” the group letter states. “Because Donald Trump uses them…
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, said Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite has signed the Chief’s Report for the Tulsa-West Tulsa Levees project. This Chief’s Report is the formal recommendation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the improvements necessary so the Tulsa Levees can continue to minimize the risk to life and property in communities…
More and more Oklahoma 4-year-olds are being funneled into public schools. One national study showed that Oklahoma is third in the nation in terms of 4-year-olds being placed in public schools. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) reported last year that Oklahoma scored among the top eight states in the nation. Oklahoma serves…
Oklahoma schools served more than 1.7 million meals to students in a nine-day period during the cessation of school operations in late March, according to new numbers from the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE). The agency’s Office of Child Nutrition released the figures today for the March 23-31 reporting period. The meals were served …
Oklahoma State University, the OSU Foundation and the OSU Alumni Association are partnering with several Stillwater vendors to produce a new #CowboyFamily T-shirt. The T-shirts are being sold for $22 by various Stillwater vendors who will then donate a portion of their proceeds to the Cowboy Strong Student Emergency Fund, a component of OSU’s COVID-19…
Oklahoma State University will launch the state’s first free online concurrent enrollment program for Oklahoma high school seniors from a four-year public university beginning this fall. Concurrent enrollment occurs when high school students take college classes before completing high school. Through funding provided by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the OSU Foundation,…
The Tulsa Police Foundation has purchased 4,000 N95 masks to distribute to local area First Responders who are on the front lines daily during the COVID-19 crisis. To provide additional protection for Tulsa area First Responders, the Tulsa Police Foundation will be delivering mask to Police Departments in Tulsa, Bixby, Glenpool, Sand Springs, Jenks, Broken…
Minneapolis – Mortenson announced that it has started turbine erection work on the 248.2 MW King Plains Wind Project located in Garber, Oklahoma, for ENGIE North America (ENGIE). The project is comprised of 88-2.82 MW GE turbines totaling 248.2 MW of clean energy and spans approximately 60 square miles. Mortenson was selected as the EPC…