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Unemployment application help

May 7, 2020

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Secretary of Digital Transformation, David Ostrowe, in partnership with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) and Executive Director Robin Roberson announced the State agency has made headway in upgrading the state’s decades old system for filing unemployment claims. “Since the first of April, the agency has processed over 160,000 claims, which is…

Testing released prisoners

May 7, 2020

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 reopened Friday

May 7, 2020

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…

Journalism professors demand censorship of Trump

May 7, 2020 Ray Carter

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…

New report shows progress on the Tulsa levees project

May 7, 2020

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…

Oklahoma praised for putting 4-year-olds in public school

May 7, 2020

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…

1.7 million meals for state students

May 7, 2020

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 …

T-shirt sales to help OSU students

May 7, 2020

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…

Concurrent enrollment from OSU

May 7, 2020

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,…

Tulsa Police Foundation buys masks

May 7, 2020

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…