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Garbage has been piling up at the Hillcrest Apartment complex where trash receptacles were once located. Apartment Manager LaDonna Williamson said Wednesday morning that despite multiple phone calls, the complex has been without dumpsters for several days since the city changed garbage collection services. Williamson said Wednesday afternoon that the new provider, Central Disposal, planned on delivering new dumpsters Thursday. —Photos by Bob Melton
Read moreThe heatwave that has dogged Oklahoma for the past several days has triggered an advisory from the operator of the state’s power grid.
Read moreThe U.S. Small Business Administration and the Oklahoma Small Business Development Center Wednesday announced the opening of an SBA Business Recovery Center in Seminole on Thursday July 7, 2022, to provide a wide range of services to businesses impacted by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred May 2-8, 2022.
Read moreZonelle Rainbolt, executive editor of Wesner Publications, took office as president of the Oklahoma Press Association July 1.
Read moreThousands of Oklahomans are missing an opportunity to lower their monthly internet bills. The federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program is available to help households pay for internet service, but few have signed up since the program’s debut in December 2021.
Read moreIt can be intimidating to fill out a government form to get help when you have been through so much. Knowing what you will be asked on the FEMA application and what information you need to have at hand can help you feel ready.
Read moreA former nursing home employee pleads no contest to felony Abuse by Caretaker.
Read moreOklahoma Blood Institute has experienced many challenges in the last few years. First, pandemic restrictions deeply impacted the blood supply, as most donors were not allowed to leave their houses to donate. Even more critical, mobile blood drives, which are the largest source of blood collections and result in 70 percent of our blood supply, were cancelled on a mass scale.
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