Oklahoma
2 Cares for the Community Day
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TULSA, Okla. — 2-22-23: 2 Cares for the Group Day. It is a day when our workforce labored exhausting to point out we care from morning till night time with hands-on tasks to assist others. Our group tasks started at Gaining Floor Literacy in North Tulsa the place our volunteers labored within the warehouse sorting books for space children. The books are all new, all donated, and can find yourself within the arms of a kid in want. 2 Information Oklahoma morning anchor Cori Duke realized Tulsa is a guide desert.
“We have now over 75 p.c of households report that they’ve lower than 100 books within the residence,” mentioned Lisa Shotts, director of Gaining Floor Literacy. “So, the newest analysis exhibits that the determiner of educational success is now not parental earnings or schooling. It’s now the variety of books the house.”
Gaining Floor Literacy provides the books to kids and, as well as, affords after college applications and summer season literacy camps.
The Espresso Bunker was our subsequent cease the place the two Information Oklahoma volunteers put up a contemporary coat of paint on this gathering place for navy veterans. Our small group made a giant effort to get the work accomplished. Anchor Naomi Keitt talked with Donna Rogers, who focuses on veteran’s schooling, in regards to the Espresso Bunker’s mission.
“We will do profession steering. Assist them apply for his or her advantages. Discover a college after which apply for monetary assist,” Donna Rogers with Espresso Bunker mentioned. “However we even have our meals pantry. We assist with employment and numerous companies.”
Rogers says the Espresso Bunker’s purpose is to do all the things attainable to assist Oklahoma veterans.
Our closing cease was the Meals Financial institution of Japanese Oklahoma the place we spent a number of hours packing up meals, counting cans and taping up containers of meals for space seniors. At 32 kilos apiece, the pallets of containers piled up. We sorted 6,464 kilos of meals which is sufficient for five,386 meals.
“Starvation has a means of hiding so maintain a watch out,” mentioned Matt Jostes, the chief improvement officer for the Meals Financial institution of Japanese Oklahoma. “For those who see a pal, neighbor who’s struggling, allow them to know there may be assist on the market. They will go to our web site, https://www.okfoodbank.org/, click on on ‘Get Assist’ and discover a pantry that is closest to them.”
In the present day, the two Information Oklahoma workforce helped make a distinction for 3 Tulsa non-profit businesses that assist many individuals. We encourage you to succeed in out and assist your neighbors indirectly, too.
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Thunder Unveil 2024 Draft Class
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Oklahoma City, OK – A new era of Thunder basketball was officially introduced Saturday. Nikola Topić, Dillon Jones, and Ajay Mitchell all met the media to discuss making it to the next level and being members of the Thunder.
Topić will miss the upcoming season with a knee injury. Many draft boards had him listed as a top four talent in the draft, but the knee injury did scare some teams off.
As for Jones, he said his time at Weber State as “the guy” prepared him for what he needs to do to help OKC win with their current talent.
Ajay Mitchell joins the fold as a second round choice and knows his role could be impromptu and less consistent than usual, but that’s something he says he’s prepared for.
Hear from all three Thunder rookies in the video above.
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Report: Oklahoma Baseball Coach Skip Johnson to Leave for Texas A&M
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Oklahoma baseball fans can breathe a sigh of relief.
OU head coach Skip Johnson is set to stay in Norman despite interest from Texas A&M, D1Baseball managing editor Kendall Rogers reported on Saturday.
SCOOP: Texas A&M is narrowing down its candidates, and @OU_Baseball head coach Skip Johnson will stay put in Norman as he is expected to sign a new deal with the #Sooners sometime today. Skip was most definitely in the mix, but #Aggies appear to be zeroing in on three guys.
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 29, 2024
Johnson had a pair of high-level meetings yesterday with Oklahoma’s administration, a source close to the situation confirmed with Sooners on SI, helping both sides reach the conclusion that Johnson will continue to lead the program into the Southeastern Conference.
Rogers also reported Johnson is expected to ink a new contract with the Sooners.
Keeping Johnson in place is crucial as Oklahoma takes on the rigor of the SEC, as his last season in the Big 12 went as well as anyone could have hoped for.
The Sooners won the Big 12 Regular Season Title for the first time in program history, and hosted an NCAA Regional at L. Dale Mitchell Park for the first time in over a decade.
Though the Sooners were ousted by UConn in the regional final, OU finished the year 40-21 overall.
In seven seasons at Oklahoma, Johnson is now 229-153 overall including four trips to the NCAA Tournament which is headlined by the Sooners’ magical run to the College World Series Championship Series in 2022.
Johnson also had his team 14-4 in 2020 before the season was canceled due to the pandemic, which would have likely resulted in another trip to the postseason.
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Oklahoma County Jail fails another health inspection
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma County Jail has failed another health inspection, now totaling eight straight inspections the jail has failed dating back to 2019.
During the latest inspection, the jail staff wouldn’t even let inspectors through the doors and told them it is unsafe, due to not having enough staff to accommodate them around the jail, which has many in the community worried.
“They said, we don’t have enough people, that’s what it said there on the official report,” Christopher Johnston, Member of People’s Council for Justice Reform said. “That is terrifying.”
It has been five years since the Oklahoma County Jail has passed a state health inspection.
The listed issues range from bed bugs, unsanitary areas, staffing issues, and mold amongst many other things.
“Hygiene; a building doesn’t clean itself,” Johnston said. “It doesn’t grab a bar of soap and start scrubbing itself. A building doesn’t not conduct site checks. A building doesn’t keep people from coming into it. That is management, that is the staff running it.”
Johnston says the district attorney and attorney general need to step in.
“He’s got to step in,” Johnston said. “He knows what’s going on. It’s happening near his office. So, the attorney general needs to to really evaluate.”
The Oklahoma State Department of Health agrees, telling us in a statement that when a jail fails an inspection:
We are actively communicating with the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s office.
For enforcement following an inspection or follow-up inspection of a facility determined to be not in compliance with the applicable statutory and regulatory standards, OSDH will evaluate and assess appropriate next steps based on all available tools and statutory authority. Such next steps may include a complaint filed with the Attorney General, a complaint filed with the local District Attorney, the assessment of administrative penalties, or any combination thereof.
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We reached out to both offices; the AG’s office said because it is not a state facility, they are not involved unless brought in by the State Department of Health.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna sent News 4 this letter, written by Assistant District Attorney Aaron Etherington.
In the letter, Etherington tells the Department of Health it “exceeded its lawful authority” in attempting to inspect the jail this week, and called the notice of non-compliance “void.”
News 4 asked how the DA’s office came to that conclusion, but never heard back.
Johnston says if action isn’t taken soon, things will only get worse.
“It’s a ticking time bomb,” Johnston said. “There is a high probability that something horrible will happen.”
Of course, all of this comes as Oklahoma County tries to build a new jail.
Those efforts are still up in the air after the City of Oklahoma City voted no on the proposed jail location.
The Board of County Commissioners for Oklahoma County has since filed a lawsuit against the City of Oklahoma city over sovereignty of the land.
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