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Attorney General Getner Drummond says he is pleased to see that Oklahomans, including residents of Seminole County, are seeing savings on their energy bills.
Read moreThe Oklahoma State Department of Education has released their Oklahoma School Report Cards for the 2022-23 school year. The information came from testing that was done in the spring of 2023 and then compiled into report cards.
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The Parental Choice Tax Credit offers Oklahoma families a refundable tax credit of $5,000 to $7,500 for private school tuition and fees. If you will pay, or expect to pay, for a child’s private school this year, you can apply for the credit.
Read moreMaine’s housing authority received $35 million in 2023 — the first time in 54 years it has received a direct appropriation from the state budget — to help build more affordable rental housing for communities that have struggled to keep up with high housing prices.
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One business in the Seminole area plans to change work hours Monday to adjust to the Daylight Savings Time that goes into effect Sunday at 2 a.m. as persons coast to coast set their clocks ahead one hour to help conserve energy.
Read moreOKLAHOMA CITY Since taking the job as the Oklahoma Department of Corrections executive director in November 2022, Steven Harpe has spearheaded several initiatives to advance corrections within Oklahoma. The agency’s changes have garnered national attention, so much that the American Correctional Association invited Director Harpe to speak at their winter conference this week. He will highlight a few of the transformative steps he has taken during his first year as director.
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Scores of people insist that exercising with a partner is a great way to remain committed to a fitness regimen, and now research is beginning to support that assertion. A 2023 study from researchers in Japan published in the Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics found that exercising both alone and with a partner two or more times a week helped to lower risk of cognitive impairment, but the risk was decreased by a more significant margin among those who exercised with others. Authors of the study found that the risk of cognitive impairment decreased by more than 29 percent among individuals who worked out with a partner, which was nearly double the percentage reduction (15 percent) among those who exercised alone.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2024
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