OKLAHOMA – The CDC has released data on the US COVID-19 average daily case rate in the last seven days by State/Territory. According to the report, Oklahoma is the worst in the country with 168.1 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. Oklahoma – 168.1 Tennessee –…

OKLAHOMA – When policymakers, school leaders, parents and even teachers accept policy without question, accept data without asking what measurement tools were used, who created them and why, or accept inaccurate assessments that punish students who are poor and students of color, then maybe it’s…

OKLAHOMA –  The Crime Stoppers of Southwest Oklahoma are exceeding last year’s number in terms of tips received and money paid out. The organization has seen many improvements over the last year, technology being at the top of the list. ”This year, we’ve focused on…

OKLAHOMA— Planned payments of $400 to some Oklahoma residents who lost wages amid the coronavirus pandemic are being put on hold due to the potential approval of additional federal unemployment payments, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission director Shelley Zumwalt said Wednesday. “If new federal legislation is passed and…

OKLAHOMA – I was impressed with the $2,000 rare coin that someone donated this week over in Corpus Cristi, Texas. For once, not everything is bigger in Texas. Some kettles up in Oklahoma got a bunch of rare coins. I always love hearing about the…

OKLAHOMA – The Ottawa University men’s basketball team broke out of its doldrums Thursday night in Wilson Field House. The Braves returned to their style of basketball, and it came at a good time. Ottawa’s defense was on point and the offense was sharp in…

OKLAHOMA – The Oklahoma Sooners started the 2020 college football season as the favorite to win the Big 12 and compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Oklahoma suffered two early losses in the season that derailed its hopes for a playoff appearance….

OKLAHOMA – The Oklahoma State Department of Health’s data on its website showed Friday the state’s total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began now sets at 251,760 with 217,534 listed as recovered, 32,065 active and 2,161 deceased. The number of active cases in…

OKLAHOMA – A 10-year-old boy from Ponca City died over the weekend after an auto-pedestrian accident left him with permanent brain damage for over a year. For the past 13 months, has been under the care of nurses in the metro. Over the weekend, Alonzo’s…

OKLAHOMA  — Oklahoma’s multicounty grand jury has indicted an Oklahoma City man on 10 counts of human trafficking for allegedly operating a large-scale sex trafficking operation, Attorney General Mike Hunter announced Thursday. Joel French, 40, was being held in the Oklahoma County Jail Thursday on $1 million bail. French was arrested earlier this month after an investigation…

OKLAHOMA – Chad Richison first heard of the Giving Pledge about a decade ago at a poker game organized by Warren Buffett. There, the Oracle of Omaha talked about the campaign he had just started with Bill Gates for wealthy donors to commit to give more than half of their wealth…

OKLAHOMA – A couple and their grandson from Southeast Oklahoma were killed in a three vehicle crash in Collin County.  State Troopers  said a sedan headed northbound on State Highway 121 in Trenton crossed into the southbound lanes, sideswiped one vehicle and then struck an…