A prominent state attorney is asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to postpone the upcoming special election to fill retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s seat, which could expand the field of candidates in a race that is likely to get crowded.
WASHINGTON – Democratic leaders abruptly abandoned plans for a fresh infusion of $15.6 billion for battling the COVID pandemic on Wednesday, clearing the way for House debate and passage of a vast government spending bill that is anchored by aid for Ukraine and European allies.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: As part of a series, two student honorees for each month of the school year are being named as nominees for the 2022 Best of Tri-County Area Preps Student of the Year award, which will be announced in June. These are the October honorees who are finalists for a chance to win a new vehicle from Patriot Auto Group.]
WASHINGTON – U.S. businesses posted a near-record level of open jobs in January, a trend that has helped increase workers’ pay and added to inflation pressures in the U.S.
This week Shawnee City Commissioners voted to update the City Fee Schedule setting new rates for water and solid waste services. Rate increases were last approved in March 2020, but were held off until October because of the pandemic crisis.
WASHINGTON – The Venezuelan government has freed two jailed Americans, including an oil executive imprisoned alongside colleagues for more than four years, as it seeks to improve relations with the Biden administration amid Russia’s war with Ukraine, the White House announced Tuesday night.
US-177 is narrowed to one lane with temporary signals directing traffic about one mile north of US-62 near Jacktown in Lincoln County through late March for bridge maintenance at Quapaw Creek. ODOT reports drivers can expect delays and should be prepared to stop in the work zone or use an alternate route.
LONDON – Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice. The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust says the vessel lies 10,000 feet below the surface of the Weddell Sea, about 4 miles south of the location recorded in 1915 by its captain, Frank Worsley.
For the fifth year, Patriot Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Chandler is going to provide a brand new vehicle to the Patriot Student of the Year to a student from one of the many participating high schools in the area.
SANTA FE, N.M. – Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin said Tuesday that he won’t run for reelection to southern New Mexico’s Otero County commission or seek other public office in the 2022 election cycle. Griffin said he has lost faith in the political system as his term draws to an end – though he plans to continue with public speaking engagements and will advocate for Republican candidates. He said his decision was not tied to misdemeanor criminal charges he faces from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.