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This weekend, via Facebook post, the Pottawatomie County Oklahoma Historical Society put the call out to residents to raise funds for fencing on the property,… Login to continue reading Login…

First opening its doors in July, the city’s Homeless Resource Center (HRC) has just secured another day of availability and operating hours. “We are so excited to announce that we have been able to add Thursday hours at the Homeless Resource Center (HRC),” Homeless Program Coordinator Erika Genty said in a Facebook post this week.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Grant Green, R-Wellston, was officially sworn into office Wednesday during a ceremony at the Capitol presided over by Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell. Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Darby administered his Oath of Office. Green was joined by his wife, Dana, two daughters, Taylor Green and Baylea Green Bryant, two sons, Evan and Hayden Green, and daughter-in-law, Chelsea Green, on the Senate floor. The remaining Green family, friends, and supporters watched the ceremony from the Senate Gallery.

What’s the quickest way to bring on the warm fuzzies as we usher in the holidays? Many popular movies indicate a holiday must-do is the customary family outing to find the perfect live Christmas tree.

With a team made up of mostly newcomers, the Oklahoma Baptist University Bison relied on returnees to get them over the hump Thursday night at the Noble Complex to secure a much-needed 78-67 victory over the Missouri Western Griffons. See related story and photos on B1.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government announced protections Thursday for two populations of a rare prairie bird that’s found in parts of the Midwest, including one of the country’s most prolific oil and gas fields.

The last five years showed a rampant increase in internet fraud and data breaches, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Americans filed a record number of complaints with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2021 — nearly 850,000.