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The Potts Family Foundation (PFF) of Oklahoma City seeks proposals for the second phase of its threepart, statewide project, Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities, funded by a portion of the state’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) appropriation and in partnership with the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH).
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Imagination: Children’s Book Illustrators recently opened at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art. This exhibit features a wide variety of art from several fantastic children’s book illustrators from across the US, including Ryan O’Rourke, Dave Szalay, Ronald Mazellan, Brizida Magro, Greg Newbold, Claire Keane, C.F. Payne, Bill Thomson, and Joshua Brunet.
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News Release The University of Central Oklahoma was designated a Purple Heart University by the Military Order of the Purple Heart Monday, Feb. 19, in a ceremony held on UCO’s campus. Central was awarded this honor for its longstanding commitment to serving military- connected faculty, staff and students, specifically those who were wounded in combat.
Read moreSeminole’s Chieftains and Konawa’s Tigers will meet in the finals of the Class 2A District 17 Basketball Playoffs in Chieftain Fieldhouse here Saturday night, after Seminole rolled over Bethel 52-37, before an estimated 1,000 fans I first round action Thursday night, which also saw Konawa score with eight seconds remaining to defeat Tecumseh, 50-49.
Read moreOU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma is joining the National Cancer Institute’s new Cancer Screening Research Network to study promising approaches for cancer screening, especially among Oklahomans with high cancer risk and limited access to screening services. The research is funded by a $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Read moreMore than 100,000 Oklahoma students are developing career and leadership skills as members of Oklahoma CareerTech student organizations.
Read moreRep. Steve Bashore, R-Miami, Wednesday earned passage of a bill that would add accessory to murder in the first or second degree to the list of crimes that would require an offender to serve 85% of their prison sentence before being eligible for consideration for parole. Those convicted also would not be eligible to earn any type of credits that would reduce the sentence to below 85% of what was imposed.
Read moreLeaders in Seminole are seeking feedback from citizens regarding the sidewalks in the downtown district.
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