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Oklahoma State Department of Health urges Oklahomans to follow guidelines

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) strongly urges Oklahomans to adhere to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines when choosing to attend public gatherings.

Legislation to make Juneteenth a state holiday to be filed

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Rep. Jason Lowe, D-Oklahoma City, announced Friday he will file legislation for the next legislative session to make June 19 a state holiday in honor of Juneteenth.

Weekly initial jobless claims significantly decrease; $231 million in claims paid out this week

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) continues to process record claims to provide unemployment compensation to support unemployed workers and their communities.

Oklahoma attorney general warns of privacy issues surrounding contact tracing apps

OKLAHOMA CITY — State of Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is warning Oklahomans that downloading certain contact tracing applications to their cellphones or computers could compromise their personally identifiable information, including sensitive health information.

COVID-19 Oklahoma Update

As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, there are 8,904 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.
There is one additional death; it did not occur in the past 24 hours. The death was one in Oklahoma County, a female in the 65 and older age group.
There are 364 total deaths in the state.

SE Oklahoma Library System to begin reopening today

The Southeast Oklahoma Library System is excited to announce that most of its libraries, including Patrick Lynch Public Library in Poteau and the ones in Heavener, Spiro, Wister and Talihina, will begin allowing a limited number of users into the building starting today.

Heavener teenager injured in accident

A Heavener teenager was injured in an accident Saturday afternoon south of Heavener.

EPIC educators donate more than $10,000 to feed frontline hospital staff statewide

OKLAHOMA CITY — Two principals at EPIC Charter Schools are the driving force behind more than $10,000 in donations collected to provide 640 meals to frontline medical staff at 13 hospitals and two Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) sites in Oklahoma.

New evidence in Monroe homicide investigation found Thursday afternoon in Long Lake

While LeFlore County Sheriff Donnie Edwards could not elaborate too much, he could say that new evidence in the ongoing investigation of Tuesday afternoon's homicide in Monroe was found Thursday afternoon in Long Lake.

New findings could improve clinical care for a rare disease

OKLAHOMA CITY — Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have broken new ground in developing biomarkers for a rare autoimmune disease.