MORNING SHIFT
Deputies responded to a medical call from the Weatherford Police Department at 9200 N. 2390 Road.
On a hot summer day, Zavian Mann enjoys a cool trip down the water slide at Clinton public swimming pool.
House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, has called on Gov. Kevin Stitt to implement a system to better prepare Oklahoma for pandemics including COVID-19.
Members of the Oklahoma House Democratic Caucus have sent a letter to State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister to request that Oklahoma follow in the steps of Georgia and seek a standardized testing waiver for the 2020- 2021 school year.
Clint and Pam Roush of Arapaho recently celebrated 50 years of marriage together. Clint Roush and Pam Steiner were married at the First Baptist Church in Weatherford on May 23, 1970.
Recently, Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas joined his colleagues Congressman Michael Guest of Mississippi and Congresswoman Terri Sewell of Alabama in introducing the PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced a range of nationwide flexibilities to ensure America’s children receive the nutritious food they need throughout the upcoming school year. These waivers give states, schools, and childcare providers time to plan for how they will serve children in the fall, including allowing for new and innovative feeding options as the nation recovers from the coronavirus.
Oklahoma Senator James Lankford, joined Chris Coons (D-DE), Mike Lee (RUT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) recently to introduce bipartisan Universal Giving Pandemic Response Act to expand the current above-the-line deduction for charitable giving made available by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March, The bill would ensure that Americans who donate to charities, houses of worship, religious organizations, and other nonprofits are able to deduct that donation from their federal taxes at a higher level than the current $300 deduction.
As the novel coronavirus continues to make its way back and forth across the country, scams related to COVID-19 continue to multiply. Fake contact tracing has added to the growing list of ways to take advantage of people.