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The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with Federal, State and local health officials, will begin a phased restart of some 2020 Census field operations in select geographic areas this week. Updates on the operations resuming by location are available at 2020census. gov.

Seminole County has experienced an additional seven confirmed positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the latest report from the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). All seven cases were reported in Wewoka.

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Lundy Kiger (R-Poteau) called on Gov. Stitt to advocate the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issue guidelines to begin the soft reopening of the state’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities to allow visitors.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Joe Dorman, chief executive officer of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, released the following statement in the wake of the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision in the case of The League of Women Voters, Angela Zea Patrick, and Peggy Jeanne Winton v.

NORMAN, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma is celebrating its 106th annual student exhibition with an innovative online format. Moving from its usual home at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, the guest-juried exhibition is now live at ousova.com/art106.

In a message to the nearly 100,000 graduates this spring from Oklahoma high schools, colleges and universities, Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis congratulated students on earning their degrees.

Oklahoma State University’s entry into the fight against COVID-19 more than doubled Oklahoma’s testing capacity. While the partnership between OSU Medicine in Tulsa and the OSU Diagnostic Laboratory on the Stillwater campus made it possible, it was volunteers who paved OSU’s pathway into the fray.

Governor Kevin Stitt announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved another portion of his ongoing request for disaster assistance as part of the State of Oklahoma’s Major Disaster Declaration due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The world’s largest wasp has been spotted in Washington State, but don’t panic—efforts are underway to stop it from spreading. Scientists are concerned that these hornets could spread throughout Washington State and beyond, presenting a danger to U.S. bees—which are already in decline—and humans.

May 6, 1935 The Wewoka Creek Soil Erosion Control Project, is a battleground between Wewoka and Seminole civic leaders for final approval or rejection as a federal project. Vernon Kiker, Seminole Rotary legislator, has just returned from a week’s stay in Washington.