Sen. Nathan Dahm, Sen. Joe Newhouse, Sen. Dave Rader and newly-elected Sen. Cody Rogers are officially on the job for the next four years after taking the official oath of office at the Capitol on November 16. The oath was administered to the Tulsa area senators in small groups on the Senate floor to accommodate…
Mayor G.T. Bynum wants everyone in the Tulsa metro area to wear a mask while in public. Area hospitals are enacting their surge plan for taking care of intensive care units with a regional strategy. “Just as our health care system is a regional one, our response to fighting COVID-19 must be a regional one,…
Many churches, schools and residents throughout Northeast Oklahomans are collecting thousands of shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items this week for Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week, a ministry of Franklin Graham’s Samaratin’s Purse, has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts to poor children worldwide for more than two…
Several Republican lawmakers are speaking out on how the Oklahoma Department of Education has been negligent in monitoring money spent by that massive department. A recent report from State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd on the investigative audit of EPIC Charter Schools, performed at the request of Gov. Kevin Stitt, called for further action as…
The Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma Senate set dates for a series of redistricting town hall meetings to be held across the state in the coming weeks. At each meeting, presenters will give an overview of the legislative redistricting process and cover redistricting principles. At each meeting, the public will have the chance…
Starting a new four-year term, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum has made changes in his personal staff. Kathryn Junk and former City Councilor Anna America will join the Mayor’s Office. Junk will be the chief of staff to Bynum beginning Nov. 16 and America will serve as the chief of culture and recreation effective immediately. Junk…
WASHINGTON, D,C, — Eight years ago the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force was recommending against PSA testing for prostate cancer. And now a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control [CDC\ shows that metastatic prostate cancer is on the rise, reports the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. The study showed that “although approximately…
Common Bonds, an Oklahoma-based coalition of local, state and national animal welfare organizations, announced that the City of Enid will be the first municipality in the state honored through the group’s Certified Communities program. Common Bonds, which is united to raise the live release rate of cats and dogs in Oklahoma shelters to 90% by…
The City of Tulsa began its 10th Annual Stock the Station Food Drive on Nov. 9 to help Tulsans in need this holiday season. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic – this year’s food drive will be held virtually. Instead of dropping off non-perishable food items at City facilities, residents can make a monetary donation…
Conservative Republican candidates and Republican and Democrat incumbents fared well in the November 2 presidential election. At the top of the GOP ticket, President Donald Trump got 65% of the vote while Democrat Joe Biden only got 32% in Oklahoma. Trump won all 77 counties. The Libertarian candidate, Jo Jorgensen, got 1% (24,686 votes) and…