Flu shot and COVID vaccine safe for co-administration
OKLAHOMA CITY –– The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) encourages all Oklahomans to get the flu shot as soon as they are able this flu season.
OMRF experts recommend flu shot before October ends
The flu is back. Following record lows of influenza last year thanks to COVID-19 precautions, the flu is again circulating in Oklahoma and the U.S. Only time will tell how severe the season will be.
Near 100 Salmonella Oranienburg infections confirmed in Oklahoma
• Imported onions identified as a food source of fast-growing outbreak in 37 states OKLAHOMA CITY –– The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) last week reported that 98 people in Oklahoma have confirmed Salmonella Oranienburg infections, the second highest number of infections of the 37...
Rep. Frank Lucas supports Cattle Contract Library Act
Rep. Frank Lucas (OK-03) has signed on as an original cosponsor of the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609). The bipartisan bill would direct the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) to establish a contract library for cattle producers.
EARTHQUAKE DRILL
EARTHQUAKE DRILL — Hugo School students recently participated in a national Earthquake Drill to learn how to respond to such an event. Above, students in Mrs. Pipkin’s fourth-grade class, Ke’Ambria Robertson, Grady Awtry, and Kaidence Cook are shown following their teacher’s drill instructions.
Oklahomans for Responsible
Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy will have its annual meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29 at Donald W. Reynolds Public Library in Durant, featuring the Choctaw Natural Resources Teams: Tye baker and Ethan Schuth, Sec. of Energy & Environment Ken Wagner, emcee Sen. David Bullard and Choctaw...
Grant writing seminar slated for Hugo
A grant writing seminar will be held in Hugo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Federal employees sue Biden administration over vaccine mandate
More than 50 federal employees from across the U.S. government have banded together to sue the Biden administration over coronavirus vaccine mandates, according to court documents.
One deceased after Red River wreck
CHOCTAW COUNTY –– A Norman, Okla., man was pronounced dead at the scene early Saturday morning, after descending over a bridge of US Hwy. 271, approximately four-and-a-half miles south of Grant, Okla.
Indian Nation Turnpike now State Highway 375
Recently, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved an item to add state highway numbering to several Oklahoma turnpikes, including designating the Indian Nation Turnpike as SH-375 and the H.E. Bailey Turnpike Norman Spur as SH-4.
