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Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd last week released her investigative audit report for the Town of Coyle in Logan County. The Logan County District Attorney’s office requested the State Auditor & Inspector’s Office (SA&I) to perform a forensic audit of the Town and the Coyle Public Works Authority (CPWA) transactions.
Read moreSen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, has filed legislation taking the next step in creating Oklahoma’s Civil Rights Trail which, if passed, will include a historic settlement in Seminole County.
Read moreHeritage House Nutrition Center 210 College, Seminole. Now open for dine-in. (405) 382-2156
Read moreJust as citizens make new year’s resolutions, policymakers should also set goals for the next 12 months. With the 2024 session beginning in roughly one month, this is a perfect time for lawmakers to take that step.
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Four regional bowfishing representatives used an hour of testimony last week to move the eight-member Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission to spike a proposal to regulate the activity with daily bag limits and outlawing shoot-andrelease.
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Though no one can completely eliminate their risk of developing cancer, the World Health Organization estimates that between 30 and 50 percent of all cancer cases across the globe are preventable. That's a significant assertion with a wide-ranging assortment of consequences, including ones with social and economic implications. One example that can illustrate how preventable many cancers may be surrounds alcohol consumption. According to the WHO, alcohol is causally linked to seven types of cancer and associated with 740,000 new cancer cases each year. Though excessive alcohol consumption is often, and rightfully, associated with cancer, the WHO points out that even light to moderate alcohol consumption was associated with nearly 23,000 new cancer cases in the European Union as recently as 2017. Alcohol consumption is just one of many known risk factors for cancer, so eliminating alcohol consumption will not eliminate a person's cancer risk. However, a decision to avoid alcohol could greatly reduce an individual's cancer risk.
Read moreAARP AARP Oklahoma invites local eligible nonprofit organizations and governments to apply for the 2024 AARP Community Challenge grant program through March 6 at 4 p.m. CST.
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