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After discussion and deliberation on the COVID matter and its current spread throughout the community, Strother Public Schools has decided to move in-person instruction for Strother students back to January 11th. The students will begin online learning starting January 5th.

When the Oklahoma State Board of Education approved suspending school report card grades this school year because of the disruption of COVID-19, the context and consequences were dear to a local expert in assessment and school improvement.

Seminole State College Regent Kim Hyden (left) recently donated an upright freezer to the College’s Food Pantry. Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Bill Knowles (right) said Hyden was quick to lend a hand when the College had a growing need to provide frozen food items.

People with private health insurance will see the nasty shock of “surprise” medical bills virtually gone, thanks to the coronavirus compromise passed by Congress.

Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory? Yes, with some exceptions. Experts say employers can require employees to take safety measures, including vaccination.

STILLWATER — For the 15th consecutive season, Oklahoma State will play in a bowl game, as the Cowboys have accepted an invitation to face Miami in the Cheez-lt Bowl. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. CT on December 29 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, and the game will be televised by ESPN.

The Chickasaw Nation’s fight to stem the spread of COVID-19 now includes nine “cottages” where COVID-19 positive Chickasaw citizens, First Americans living in the Chickasaw Nation service area, and Chickasaw Nation employees and their in-home dependents may isolate.

As of this advisory, there are 265,620 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. 3,376 is today’s 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported. There are 22 additional deaths identified to report. One in Bryan County, one male in the 65 or older age group.

Facebook Inc. FB -1.44% and Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.55% Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” if they ever faced an investigation into their pact to work together in online advertising, according to an unredacted version of a lawsuit filed by 10 states against Google last week.

The nation’s drugstores and groceries are racing to hire thousands of pharmacists and technicians to administer Covid-19 vaccines to the masses. Pharmacies big and small were laying off pharmacists as recently as summer, as the profession’s outlook grew dim.