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The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a ban on schools issuing a mask mandate unless the governor declares an emergency is unconstitutional. The ruling returns the ability to exercise local control of the health and welfare of students to local school districts.
Read moreThe House of Representatives will reconvene the Second Extraordinary Session of the 58th Legislature from Sept. 28 to 30 for consideration of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and other funding advanced by the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding.
Read moreHigh school seniors across the state can get help from knowledgeable volunteers to submit college admission applications during Oklahoma College Application Week, Sept. 26-30.
Read moreAt least 18 people have been stabbed — three fatally — in one private prison in southeast Oklahoma this year, emergency records show.
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Today’s birthdays include Don Barker, Mychal Barnett, Grace Batey, Joshua Carpitcher, Larra Cobb, Fraysson Coody, John Croucher II, DaYone Deener, Carole Dutcher, Paige Everle, Beiley and Evan Glenn (twins), Chad Grant, Treyton Grove, Martin Haynes, Brenda Hudson, Donna Jones, Jeanie Jones, Sue Kenyon, Pamala Krebs, Kelly Madkins, Tracy and Tabitha Marsac (twins), Gayla Panoske, Sandy Peters, Sharon Post, Angie Robinson, Callie Sanders, Ann-Marie Shi, Chloe Tribble, Paige Vanlandingham, Pamela Walker & Makenzi Wheeler.
Heritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in.
Read moreThe United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dustin Kane Adams, age 42, of Troy, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2244(a)(5), 2246(3), 1151 & 1152, punishable by up to twenty-two years of imprisonment.
Read moreA new report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ranks Oklahoma as the top state in the nation for Medicaid application and eligibility processing speed. According to the report, Oklahoma was the only state to process and conduct 100% of applications in less than 24 hours during the first three months of 2022. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority processed nearly 59,000 applications during the reported timeframe.
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