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The Senate passed Senate Bill 101 Monday to help improve school safety and security. The measure, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, will appropriate $20 million to the Department of Emergency Management to administer the Oklahoma School Security Grant Program.

OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City Indian Clinic (OKCIC), a 501(c) (3) nonprofit clinic providing health and wellness services to American Indians in central Oklahoma, aims to promote colorectal cancer screening.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023 Today is the 74th day of 2023 and the 85th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 44 B.C.E., Roman emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus. In 1820, Maine was admitted as the 23rd U.S. state.

Birding is a wildly popular hobby. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, about 45 million Americans are birders, while data from the popular bird observation app eBird indicates that submissions from Canadian birders increased by 34 percent in 2020.

What constitutes a perfect retirement is different for everyone. Some people may imagine spending their golden years fishing their days away, while others may aspire to finally embrace their inner globetrotter.

The Seminole County Board of County Commissioners voted during their Monday, March 13 meeting to move forward regarding the calling of an election for the formation of a county- wide ambulance district, known as a 522 EMS District, to cover all of Seminole County.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced Monday that his office has cleared a sizable backlog of Open Records requests that dated back to years before he took office.

A measure to better support mothers in Oklahoma’s state agencies passed out of the Senate last week. Sen. Jessica Garvin’s Senate Bill 193 would provide six weeks of paid maternity leave for full-time employees, following the birth or adoption of a child.

During its February meeting, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board approved 11 grants totaling more than $25 million, the first of more than 160 total grants from appropriated funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

Today’s birthdays include Shaqualla Alexander, Wanda Biggs, C.J.