Vaccinated more likely to be hospitalized... says CDC

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COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization turned negative over time, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data presented on June 15. The effectiveness against hospitalization plummeted to negative 8% for people who received one of the old COVID-19 vaccines, according to data from a CDC-run hospital network.

The coolest thing... I´ve ever seen

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the point “Amazing! Awesome! “That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!” Those were just a few of the most frequently heard comments spoken by people of all ages who had the opportunity to view not just an eclipse of the sun Monday, but a “total” eclipse filled with scientific names and explanations about the rare occurrence. I have to admit that I was not prepared for how cool the few minutes of “totality” were going to be.
The coolest thing... I´ve ever seen

Kansas women missing, foul play feared

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Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley are missing. Butler, 27, and Kelley, 39, live in Hugoton, Kan., a city of 3,747 north of Oklahoma’s panhandle, about 39 miles from Guymon.

Another attempt to industrialize Kiamichi River waters filed

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The Importance of Long Creek Long Creek distributes water into Black Fork Creek and only Black Fork Creek. Black Fork Creek is a tributary of Little River, and distributes its water into the Little River basin for the eastern portion of the Ouachita Mountains, including the Glover River and Mountain Fork River.

Humphrey reports ‘assaults’ at DOC

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Members of the House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee, chaired by Rep. Justin, Humphrey, R-Lane, last week discussed conditions in state prisons, including the status of rape investigations from the Department of Corrections as well as reports of a possible meningitis outbreak.
Humphrey reports ‘assaults’ at DOC

Planting seeds that are sure to bear future fruit...

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the point As the big “Eclipse event” for 2024 approaches next Monday (April 8), the excitement builds for a celestial event of a lifetime that will pass directly over portions of Southeast Oklahoma. More than a year of diligence and hard work have been expended by the Choctaw County Emergency Management staff and they have discussed and rehearsed almost every emergency event that could arise.
Planting seeds that are sure to bear future fruit...

Gun legislation buried in ‘minibus’ bill

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson surrendered to the Democratic Party’s gratuitous spending demands on late Friday night, and by doing so, the Republican Party forfeited any leverage to press for reforms, such as border enforcement and fiscal discipline.
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