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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is seeking applications for its Pool Safely Grant Program (PSGP or grant program) to assist state and local governments in reducing deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in pools and spas. CPSC will award up to a total of $3.5 million in two-year grants to qualifying jurisdictions. The PSGP is an essential part of CPSC’s national campaign to prevent drowning and drain entrapment. Drowning is one of the leading cause of deaths among young children.
Read moreWild turkey genetics, nesting success, and brood survival are among the focus areas in a planned 4.5-year study launched at the beginning of 2022 by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, other state and federal entities, and private landowners working together to address wild turkey population dynamics. Following is a summary of recent study activities.
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ADA, Okla. -- Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby led groundbreaking ceremonies Feb. 16 to begin construction on expansions to the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center (CNMC), 1921 Stonecipher Blvd., which are designed to enhance health care services for First Americans.
Read moreA measure to make Oklahoma schools safer is on its way to the Senate floor after receiving unanimous approval by the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday. Senate Bill 100, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, was the result of recommendations made by the bipartisan School Safety Working Group, of which Pemberton was named chair by Senate Pro Tempore Greg Treat last fall.
Read moreThe Seminole Public School District has called a bond election for playground and outdoor learning space improvements.
Read moreThe National Museum of the American Indian will be hosting a free online on demand event featuring the aunties of “Reservation Dogs” March 1 – 31st. Reservation Dogs is a surprise hit television series that follows a group of four indigenous teenagers, Bear Smallhill, Elora Danan, Willie Jack, and Cheese in rural Oklahoma as they come to terms with the death of their close friend, Daniel.
Read moreThe United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced this week that Dustin Kyle Marris, age 34, of Okemah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 282 months’ imprisonment after being found guilty by a federal jury on November 3, 2021, of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country; Use, Carry, Brandish and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence; Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine; and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Marris was sentenced to an additional 12 months’ imprisonment for Escape from Custody.
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