The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. The virus was found in a commercial poultry flock.
ADA – Chancellor Allison D. Garrett is slated as keynote speaker at East Central University’s commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Kerr Activities Center. Distinguished ECU Alumni Dewey McClain is set to speak at the 2 p.m. ceremony.
In Oklahoma, the Ombudsman Program is administered by the Community Living, Aging & Protective Services Division of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services in coordination with the Area Agencies on Aging.
Student of the Year finalists Cora Bender and Payton Greenwood have been named the Shawnee News-Star and Patriot Auto Group Students of the Month for April. Bender is a senior from Dale High School and Greenwood is a senior at Shawnee High School. They are now in the running to compete for the distinction of Student of the Year, who will be the recipient of a new car.
Blue Zones Project has begun its annual Move to the Moon step challenge for area residents during the month of May. Since 2,000 steps is equivalent to one mile of walking, for Shawnee to (figuratively) travel to the moon, 238,855 miles need to be logged.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies worked a manhunt Friday after a car with children inside was stolen in the Earlsboro area. According to the sheriff’s office, the Earlsboro Police Department was dispatched to a gas station at I-40 and Valleyview Road for a vehicle theft that had just occurred.
Ukraine city awaits 1st evacuees from Mariupol steel plant ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — A first group of civilians trapped for weeks inside a steel plant in Mariupol under Russian siege was expected to reach a Ukrainian-controlled city on Monday, as a new attempt was launched to allow people sheltering elsewhere in the city to leave. Video posted online Sunday by Ukrainian forces showed elderly women and mothers with small children climbing over a steep pile of rubble from the sprawling Azovstal steel plant and eventually boarding a bus.
OBU First Lady Jill Thomas will welcome guest speaker Jamy Fisher for the next Courage and Connection event Friday, May 13, at 10 a.m. The event will take place at the Cargill Advancement and Alumni Center. All female OBU students are invited to attend the free event. Attendees are encouraged to bring their coffee or favorite beverage.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Zack Taylor, R-Seminole, won passage of House Bill 1933 from the full Senate last week, moving the measure closer to becoming law.
Bipartisan education reforms move through House OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation to give Oklahoma students more virtual public school options passed the House last Wednesday evening. Senate Bill 1238, by Sen.