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Assistance for Medicare enrollees

November 1, 2018

Counselors with the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Medicare Assistance Program (MAP) can help beneficiaries review their plans for 2019. Medicare health and drug plans can be changed every year. There are 28 individual prescription drug plans and, depending on where you live, 30 different Medicare Advantage plans available in Oklahoma for 2019. People with Medicare can…

Salmonella outbreak hits Oklahoma

November 1, 2018

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has joined public health officials in other states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella associated with raw beef products, including ground beef, packaged at JBS Tolleson, Inc. As of Oct. 23, a total of 120 cases in 22…

Pence stumps for Kevin Stitt in Tulsa

October 25, 2018

Part of Kevin Stitt’s campaign is to portray himself as a successful businessman – not a career politician – that can do for Oklahoma what President Donald Trump is doing for America. That theme was reinforced October 18 when Vice President Mike Pence spoke to a crowd of more than 4,000 Stitt supporters at the…

Dr. Everett Piper to retire as president of OKWU in 2020

October 25, 2018

Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, has announced he will retire in June of 2020 and the university has started the process to search for his replacement. “Oklahoma Wesleyan University owes Dr. Piper a huge debt of gratitude for the amazing turnaround in the financial health of our school since his arrival 16…

More parents seek exemptions from mandatory vaccinations

October 25, 2018

According to results of the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Kindergarten Survey, vaccination coverage for those entering school remains high. The survey encompasses millions of children across the United States. Oklahoma is following the national trend of a slight increase in the number of parents seeking exemptions from immunizations for their children….

Writing conference is November 3

October 25, 2018

Tulsa NightWriters Club will host the third annual Craft of Writing Conference on November 3 from 9:20 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. at the Martin Regional Library, 2601 S. Garnett Road. The event is free and open to the public and will include speakers discussing all facets and genres of the craft. Available sessions will include…

Veterans can make appointments

October 25, 2018

The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System (EOVAHCS) is now able to offer Veterans the option to make their own appointments in the following services without a referral from their Primary Care Provider: Audiology Optometry PACT Clinical Pharmacy Specialist PACT Social Worker Podiatry Tobacco Cessation Wheelchair/Amputee Services The goal of this initiative is to improve…

Hunter wants to block robocalls

October 25, 2018

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter and a bipartisan coalition of 34 state attorneys general have sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling on the commission to adopt new rules to allow telephone service providers to block robocalls and scam phone calls before they reach consumers. The added authority sought by the attorneys…

Woodland Hills Sears will be closed

October 25, 2018

Sears has filed for bankruptcy and the last Sears store in Tulsa (in Woodland Hills Mall) will be closed. Sears Holdings Corporation announced on that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Sears in Woodland Hills Mall and a store in Norman are among 142 Sears and Kmart stores scheduled to be closed. In…

Salute to Veterans concert Nov. 4th

October 25, 2018

On November 4 at 2 p.m., the Military History Center will present its annual Salute to Veterans concert at the Broken Arrow Kirkland Theater at 808 East College Street. This event will pay special tribute to the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, which brought an end to World War I on November 11, 1918. After…