EUREKA SPRINGS, Arkansas – At the request of the State of Arkansas, The Great Passion Play will not be performed on Easter weekend and will not be hosting an outdoor sunrise service at the Christ of the Ozarks. According to press statement, “We at the Passion Play are praying the Lord will intervene in this…
Sight & Sound Theaters – including the theater in Branson, Missouri – have canceled all shows through April 17. In a press release, the company said any patrons with existing reservations between now and April 17 will get a credit applied to a future reservation. The current show is Noah.
Tulsa gas prices on Monday had fallen 12.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.54/gallon, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 321 stations. Gas prices in Tulsa are 51.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 83.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports,…
Governor Kevin Stitt issued an amendment to Executive Order 2020-07 to allow University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University labs to perform COVID-19 testing, allow nurses with inactive licenses to quickly get recertified, allow nurses to practice regardless of tax compliant status and limit prescriptions of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine to ensure there is an adequate…
As of Monday, March 23, there were 81 positive cases of coronavirus in Oklahoma and another person – a man in his 50s in Pawnee County, has died. The previous death was a Tulsa man. Fifteen people have been hospitalized. Results are beginning to come in from the public-private partnership with Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma…
State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is asking school leaders statewide to help hospitals and nursing homes by donating desperately needed items such as hand sanitizer, masks and disinfecting wipes. Hofmeister wrote district leaders asking schools to donate surplus medical supplies due to the COVID-19 pandemic having significantly drained inventories of personal protective equipment. Leaders in Oklahoma’s…
All Tulsa Public Schools will be closed through April 3. At this time, students will return to classes no earlier than April 6. Families should anticipate that there may be an even longer closure. Beginning March 23, TPS will offer a grab-and-go breakfast and lunch to all of its students each weekday, which includes all…
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved the State of Oklahoma’s request for disaster loans for small businesses across all 77 counties who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses and non-profit groups can apply for up to $2 million in loans. Information can be found at www.sba.gov/disaster. “Small businesses, private non-profit organizations of any size,…
The U.S. Department of Education tonight approved waivers requested by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) to suspend assessments and Oklahoma School Report Cards for the 2019-20 school year. The State Board of Education on March 16 closed all state public schools until April 6 to help reduce community spread of COVID-19. The waivers…
To minimize impact on our nation’s students, the Department of Education is temporarily waiving all interest on federally held student loans. Secretary Betsy DeVos has also directed federal lenders to allow borrowers to suspend their student loan payments without penalty for at least the next 60 days. Stitt announced on March 19 the Oklahoma Tax…