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Rock The Native Vote, a non-partisan and nonprofit organization, is hosting a series of events June 2, 2022, across Oklahoma to encourage voter registration and engagement in commemoration of the Indian Citizenship Act. The Act, passed June 2, 1924, extended dual citizenship to Native Americans allowing them to vote in both nontribal (U.S.) and tribal elections.
Read moreJames Berlowitz, called the “Queen of Norman,” and his common law wife, Wendy Berlowitz, known as the “Fairy godmother of Norman,” made bond from Seminole county jail Tuesday afternoon a check with the Seminole County sheriff’s office showed today. Both posted $1,000 appearance bonds for a disturbing the peace charge. The two were arrested last Saturday when they disrupted the Seminole Junior College graduation ceremonies, as Congressman Carl Albert was giving the graduation address.
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U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Thursday gave opening remarks at a hearing on the Department of Energy’s and National Nuclear Security Administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget request.
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GasBuddy, a PDI company, Thursday released the results of its annual summer travel survey revealing that even with record-high gasoline prices, 58% of Americans intend to road trip this summer, a rise from last summer, when gas prices were nearly $1.50 per gallon lower. While the high prices may not stand in the way of Americans’ summer travel plans, nearly two-thirds have yet to confirm their plans, with 38% saying that high inflation is leading to difficulty in planning summer trips.
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Above, Prickly Pear Cactus plants grow in front of the Wewoka Post Office. They are also known as the Yellow Rose of Texas. —Staff Photo by Mike Gifford
Read moreAlthough extremely rare, adverse events have occurred after COVID-19 vaccinations, and people affected have exercised their rights to seek compensation. However, the U.S. government program that considers COVID-19 vaccine injury claims lacks accountability, transparency and cost-effectiveness, according to a recently published study led by a researcher in the Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Read moreMany areas of Oklahoma received much-needed rain within the past couple weeks, but drought still cripples a large section of the state.
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