Every year for the past 43 years, Oklahoma has conducted an annual Waterfowl Stamp Design Contest to celebrate great artwork and raise funds for wetland habitat projects across the state. Artists may register online right now for this year's contest. Artwork entries are due by Aug. 31.
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James Lynn Bohannon was born November 12th, 1945 at Sayre, Oklahoma to JC and Nadine Bohannon. He passed away May 24, 2024 at his home in Sayre at the age of 78.
By Shonda Little (Editor’s note: the following biography was provided) With just a month left to plan, volunteers and organizers for the fourth annual Dust Bowl Days are in full swing to make July 1921 memorable in Sayre.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Conscience Protection Act to protect health care providers and insurance plans from government discrimination if they decline to participate in abortions. The Conscience Protection Act also provides a private right of action for victims of conscience discrimination because the Biden Administration refuses to enforce existing conscience protections.
OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services reopened job preparation and employment services for a category of jobseekers with significant disabilities known as priority group 2, effective June 17.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jennifer Crosthwait, a kindergarten teacher at Skyline Elementary in Stillwater, has been selected for the 2024 National Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award. Crosthwait is one of eight teachers across the United States who received the honor.
For years, teachers’ unions and even officials at state colleges of education have resisted efforts to improve reading instruction in Oklahoma public schools. That’s why this year’s passage of legislation focused on reading instruction is such a significant victory.
I hope you are gearing up for summer, because it’s here, and it is hot! Thursday was the official start and I believe it. Fall can’t come soon enough for me!
A 57-year-old Elk City man has been charged with two counts of a sex offender violating child-safe zones.
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