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Oklahoma students statewide will soon be able to access two free meals a day following a U.S. Department of Agriculture waiver, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced today.
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Kingfisher High School has named its Students of the Month for February 2020.
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Dian Ray has been named director of the Information Technology Services office at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford.
Read moreA Hennessey man was listed in stable condition after crashing his motorcycle Sunday in northern Kingfisher County.
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The deep division in America’s populace has been revealed to an even greater extent by the current Chinese virus pandemic.
Read moreThe Trump administration has completed 40 miles of border fencing since early February, according to Border Patrol data.
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I’m not sure whether COVID-19, first identified in Wuhan, China, in the U.S. qualifies as a true disaster. Putting the disease in perspective, we might look at current influenza illnesses. According to Centers for Disease Control estimates, between Oct. 1, 2019, and March 14, 2020, there have been 390,000 to 710,000 hospitalizations as a result of the flu, 38,000,000 to 54,000,000 flu illnesses and 23,000 to 59,000 flu deaths. That’s compared with, as of March 27, a total of 85,356 cases of COVID-19 resulting in the deaths of 1,246 people.
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