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Tommie Johnson sworn in as first Black sheriff of Oklahoma County
There is officially a new sheriff in town.
Tommie Johnson III officially became Oklahoma County’s first Black sheriff with his inauguration today. Johnson, who dethroned...
Letter: U.S. Sen. James Lankford ‘discounting the American people’s voice’
To the editors:
U.S. Sen. James Lankford’s position against counting state certified electoral votes is a profile in cowardice, if not worse — attempted sedition.
Loyalists...
The week in coveducation: Oklahoma schools to see $650 million in...
Happy New Year, readers!
There's a lot to look out for as we begin 2021, including school board elections for numerous districts and how schools...
Stopgap solutions buffer northeast OKC food desert
Oklahoma City’s northeast side is one of many food deserts in the Sooner State. However, as residents from the 73111 ZIP code achieve objectives...
The year in Oklahoma education
What a long, strange year it's been.
We collectively coped with adjusting to COVID-19, an election and a massive power outage all in the span...
Survey: Oklahoma educators ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘scared’
In a recent survey, the Oklahoma Education Association asked more than 3,100 teachers, support professionals and administrators to use one word to describe their...
Coveducation recap: OKCPS plan, attendance questions & snow days
There's a lot of Oklahoma education news to catch up on this week, from Gov. Kevin Stitt moving teachers to phase two of Oklahoma's...
‘Don’t let it happen again’: Optimism, challenges previewed for state budget
While House Appropriations and Budget Chairman Kevin Wallace stood against a wall during today's Oklahoma Board of Equalization hearing, he fidgeted as statewide elected...
Stitt moves teachers up for vaccine, State Board cancels school report...
During an Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting Thursday, board members unanimously approved suspending 2020-2021 school report cards owing to COVID-19.
The school report cards...
Secretary of indictment: David Ostrowe charged with attempted bribery
David Ostrowe, the fast-food magnate charged with modernizing Oklahoma's antiquated governmental systems as Gov. Kevin Stitt's secretary of digital transformation, has been indicted on...
