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Stitt resists push by some Dems for new emergency declaration

Oklahoma Democratic lawmakers have called on Gov. Kevin Stitt to declare a health emergency following a recent uptick in Covid cases, saying schools should be allowed to mandate mass quarantine of students who may have been exposed.

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CONSOLATION PRIZE

CONSOLATION PRIZE — Soaring late July temperatures and heat indexes over 100 degrees may not be pleasant, but dramatic area skyscapes offer some consolation, like this vivid sunset captured last week by local amateur photographer Lisa Harris. [Photo Provided via Facebook]

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Covid-19 bed shortages reported in latest surge

Reports of waitlists for Covid-19 treatment beds in some parts of the state, particularly ICU beds, are beginning to re-emerge as hospitalizations trend upward in the wake of the highly contagious Delta variant.

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Church helps buy shoes for area students

A local church has created a mission out of making sure area students can walk into school with an extra spring in their step.

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It’s about hip surgery; read at your own peril

Thanks to those, who hearing about my hip replacement surgery, a couple of weeks ago, sent words of encouragement.

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Exploding all those myths about exceptional Cuban health care

[Zach Thapar is a student at the University of Notre Dame and an intern in The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom.]

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Deer take out more humans (Best Of)

Due to their fondness for asphalt, deer cause more human deaths annually than any other creature and over the course of a 40 year career on the road I was proud to say that I never filled my deer tag by hitting one on the highway. I may have accidentally flattened my share of snakes and squirrels (who hasn’t?), but I’d never run over anything bigger than a rabbit. I’ve driven the wild country from the badlands to the Big Bend country, from the Everglades to the Okanogan without ever hitting an armadillo, reindeer, cat, yak, Hereford, PETA member, wild hog or domestic dog. Although I must admit I

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