Eighty-seven-year-old U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, is retiring from the Senate, effective January 3, 2023. Inhofe sent an official to Oklahoma Secretary of State Brian Bingman. “It is bittersweet, but with a clear heart, that Kay and I announce that at the end of the year, I will retire from the United States Senate,” said…
School board candidates Tim Harris, Shelly Gwartney, Mark Griffin, Ashley Cross, Maranda Trimble and E’Lena Ashley are scheduled to speak at the March 8 luncheon of the Tulsa Republican Women’s Club at the Tulsa Country Club at 11:30 a.m. Reservations are due by March 4 to [email protected].
Tulsa County Assessor John Wright has been chosen to serve as one of four board members on the statewide County Assessor’s Association. “I am honored with this opportunity to help strengthen the assessing profession throughout the state.” Wright said. The statewide board coordinates regional meetings of Assessors and their staff to discuss updates in state…
Oklahomans who missed open enrollment but still need health insurance can check with a Healthcare Navigator to find out if they are eligible for a special enrollment period in the online Marketplace. Approximately 40 specially trained and certified Navigator assisters – all attorneys, paralegals and legal support staff from Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dementia is not an inevitable part of growing old. On the other hand memory issues are, indeed, a part of the aging process. A new study published in the journal, Trends in Cognitive Science, reveals that perhaps forgetfulness is a result of an overabundance of information we have stored in our brains,…
The Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, a program of Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), offers Oklahomans the opportunity to quit with free personalized help. The Helpline provides services including text and email support, phone and web coaching, at least a two-week supply of nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges, and more! Often referred to as snuff, dip or…
March 11 is the last day to apply for voter registration to be eligible to vote in the April 5 Board of Education General Election, according to Tulsa County Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman. The races on the ballot are for Bixby Public Schools Office 2, Jenks Public Schools Office 2, Owasso Public Schools Office…
OKLAHOMA CITY— The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a five-year, $3.1 million grant for research aimed at reducing the main cause of death from infection. OMRF scientist Florea Lupu, Ph.D., hopes his research leads to a new therapeutic treatment for sepsis, which kills about 270,000 people per year in…
Tulsa Beacon staff photo by Charles Biggs. The Oklahoma Legislature is debating numerous bills at the Capitol in Oklahoma City.
Rep. Todd Russ, R-Cordell, filed legislation to protect children from inappropriate material in school and public libraries. House Bill 3702 would require any Oklahoma school district, charter or virtual charter school, state agency, public library, or university that offers digital or online library database resources to students in kindergarten through twelfth grade to do so…