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Tishomingo grapples with racist incident at high school
Sep 20, 2024 · Elizabeth Caldwell. /. KWGS News. A statue of a Chickasaw warrior in front of the Chickasaw Capitol in Tishomingo is seen on Thursday, September 19, 2024. A racist social media post from south-central Oklahoma is drawing nationwide scrutiny. KWGS’ Elizabeth Caldwell sat down with KWGS’ Zach Boblitt to discuss the post and the community’s ...
Utility assistance available to low-income Oklahomans via …
Jan 10, 2022 · The Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, has been offered in Oklahoma for years, but the White House touts an infusion of $32 million from ARPA funds, combining with the pre-allocated $38.3 million for a record-high $70.3 million total allocation for Oklahoma this fiscal year. The program assists with home heating and ...
Why Oklahoma's top public education official aims to bring bibles …
Oct 11, 2024 · Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at Tulsa Public Schools' Monroe Demonstration Academy. Oklahoma's top education official has made headlines for mandating Bibles in each classroom but once upon a time he was a high school teacher who enjoyed dissecting racy HBO dramas with students.
Growing number of Oklahoma schools adopt digital hall passes …
Oct 10, 2024 · Digital hall pass company SmartPass is currently in 21 schools across Oklahoma. Ed tech company Securly said it has contracts with about 70 schools for hall passes, and Minga said it’s in about 24 Oklahoma schools.. The hall passes generally have similar features. If a student wants to go to the bathroom for a nonemergency, they first have to check on the system to see if too many students ...
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters wants to spend $6 million …
Sep 27, 2024 · State Superintendent Ryan Walters presents his budget proposal at the State Board of Education meeting on Sept. 26, 2024. According to Walters, the Bibles would be given at least to social studies and English Language Arts teachers in grades five through 12. “This would give us the ability to utilize $6 million in less than two years to ...
Tulsa DA calls for probe into state mental health services’ spending
Oct 8, 2024 · Tulsa County’s top prosecutor is requesting an Oklahoma department be investigated over alleged misspending. In an opinion piece published in the Tulsa World, District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services created a “financial boondoggle” following the launch—and abrupt shuttering—of several vending machines that ...
Nov. 5 election results for the Tulsa area
Nov 6, 2024 · Here are unofficial Nov. 5 election results for the Tulsa area. Next to each candidate’s name is the percentage of the vote they garnered rounded to the nearest percentage, followed by total votes cast in the race.
Ward Wiseman Animal Haven cites lack of communication with …
Oct 9, 2024 · The city sent Ward Wiseman a notice in September that their lease wasn’t being renewed. Huffman said changes began when the city hired a new animal control officer a few years ago. “She brought in a lot of animals, much more than what we could even take and started using other rescues. Then what we were getting, started to dwindle down.”.