Oklahoma

HR seminars to focus on labor, employment law. Photo Provided.

HR seminars to focus on labor, employment law

Staff Reports

Thursday, October 7, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY — Human resource professionals have two opportunities to gain a greater understanding of the ever-evolving legal landscape at a pair of October hybrid seminars hosted by Crowe & Dunlevy.

Capt. Kory Conley speaks with an inmate at Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington. (Courtesy Oklahoma Department of Corrections)

Corrections Department Plans Sign-On Bonuses, Temporary Pay Raises As Prison Staffing Problems Persist

Keaton Ross - Oklahoma Watch

Thursday, October 7, 2021

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections plans to provide a $2,500 sign-on bonus to newly hired prison officers and temporarily boost pay for employees working in especially understaffed facilities.

A middle school student works on a laptop computer during class at Bridge Creek Elementary School in Blanchard on Nov. 21, 2019. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)

Oklahoma Student Learning in a Pandemic: Test Results Show Heavy Toll

Jennifer Palmer from Oklahoma Watch

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Oklahoma students lost ground in nearly every grade and subject as they struggled to learn amid COVID-19 disruptions, newly released test score data shows.

Crop report: State’s drought worsens. Photo Provided.

Crop report: State’s drought worsens

News Staff

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 0.07 of an inch for the week of Sept. 20-26, with the northeast district recording the highest total at 0.44 of an inch, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Event set to provide free vision care. Photo Provided.

Event set to provide free vision care

Eric Swanson

Thursday, September 30, 2021

The Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians is teaming up with optometrists across the state this weekend for Giving Sight Day, an event designed to provide free vision care for people in need.

Thomas Pryor Gore. Photo Provided.

Lawton lawyers rise to national prominence

Debi DeSilver Managing Editor

Thursday, September 30, 2021

What do Ferris Avenue, Gore Boulevard and Elmer Thomas Park all have in common? All three locations are named after men who began their political careers in Lawton as lawyers in 1901, when the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache (KCA) Reservation was opened for homesteaders.

Domestic Violence Awareness Walk set for Oct. 5. Image Provided.

Domestic Violence Awareness Walk set for Oct. 5

Curtis Awbrey – Editor

Thursday, September 30, 2021

LAWTON — A Lawton-area agency working to help victims of domestic and sexual violence will again host an annual walk intended to call awareness to the problem.

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Whitney Bryen | Oklahoma Watch

As state marks its 10,000th COVID-19 death, lagging areas show vaccination progress

Paul Monies - Oklahoma Watch

Thursday, September 30, 2021

More Oklahomans are reaching fully vaccinated status in ZIP codes that have been lagging most of the summer, according to the latest biweekly vaccination data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

From the left, Comanche County Commissioners Johnny Owens and Gail Turner review documents before Monday's meeting. Eric Swanson/Ledger photo.

County changes certification process for MMJ businesses

Eric Swanson

Thursday, September 30, 2021

LAWTON – Comanche County is changing the way it handles certificates of compliance for medical marijuana-related businesses.

Crop report: Drought conditions worsen. Photo Provided.

Crop report: Drought conditions worsen

News Staff

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 0.19 of an inch for the week of Sept. 13-19, with the Panhandle district recording the highest total at 0.51 of an inch, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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