The Oklahoma Department of Education has received a $4.2 million grant awarded to the Oklahoma Chapter of Teach For America (TFA). The grant is supposed to help education effectiveness, develop more teachers and help make up ground lost due to restrictions from the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is using…
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist University has been named as a College of Distinction in seven categories for 2021-22. Colleges of Distinction is a nationally recognized and prestigious designation for universities whose undergraduate experiences are grounded in a philosophy of well-rounded, individualized engagement. Colleges of Distinction are schools that have excelled at equipping graduating students to…
Mend Medical Services will hold an open house from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, September 12, at the clinic at 6216 S. Lewis Avenue. Light refreshments will be served. “Mend Medical Services exists to empower and provide life-affirming alternatives for women facing an unexpected pregnancy,” said CEO Forrest Cowan. Mend’s services include free medical grade pregnancy…
NORFOLK, Va. – A Tulsa native is serving aboard one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Petty Officer 2nd Class Daisy Nunez Lopez, a 2016 Jenks High School graduate, joined the Navy four years ago. “I felt like I owed my contribution to this country,”…
President Joe Biden is taking steps to mandate masks for public school students in Oklahoma contrary to a state law that prohibits that action apart from an emergency declaration from Gov. Kevin Stitt. Stitt has not announced plans to make such a declaration to confront a spike in infections of the Chinese coronavirus in Oklahoma….
13 genes are associated with Covid-19 cases OKLAHOMA CITY — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, several questions have persisted: Why do some people become infected while others with the same exposure remain unaffected? And why do some people become critically ill or die because of the virus while others have mild or no symptoms? The answers…
The State of Oklahoma has filed numerous petitions for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, highlighting cases state officials say demonstrate the need for the court to reconsider and overturn its ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which effectively decided that Indian reservations comprise most of eastern Oklahoma. In McGirt, the court ruled…
Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, has requested that Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor review the constitutionality of the Biden administration’s threat to withdraw federal funding for nursing homes in the midst of a pandemic. “This is the first time that the federal government has used funding as a threat against private businesses to force vaccination on…
On August 11, the Tulsa City Council approved Mayor Bynum’s proposal to provide City employees with a 4% employee retention bonus, along with $500,000 in stipends to be split between new Tulsa Police Academy hires, new 911 Operator hires, and new non-sworn critical hires. Some positions included in the $9.7 million proposal, which uses funds…
Tulsa County voters who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the September 14 Collinsville Public Schools special bond election should apply now, said Tulsa County Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman. Absentee ballots are available to any registered voters if they are eligible to vote in the election requested. With some exceptions, all absentee ballots…