The Oklahoma State Department of Health District 8 mobile wellness unit will offer public health services throughout March in locations across southern Oklahoma. OSDH District 8 serves a nine-county region including Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc and Stephens Counties.
BRISBANE, Australia – Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes by Tuesday and hundreds of thousands more were told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia’s southeast coast were inundated by the worst flooding in more than a decade. At least 10 people have died.
Dear Doctors: Is it true that it’s dangerous for older adults to spend time outside in cold weather? Dear Reader: Cold weather can be hazardous for anyone. However, it does pose additional risks to older adults.
KYIV, Ukraine – Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday, bombarding the central square in Ukraine’s second-biggest city and Kyiv’s main TV tower in what the country’s president called a blatant campaign of terror.
LASK AIR BASE, Poland – NATO’s chief said Tuesday that, despite Russia’s threats about nuclear weapons, the alliance sees no need to change its own nuclear weapons alert level. The alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, spoke to The Associated Press following talks on European security with Polish President Andrzej Duda at an air base in Lask, central Poland, where NATO’s Polish and U.S.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A man who was under a restraining order and not supposed to have a gun fatally shot his three daughters, a chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a California church, officials said Tuesday.
MANNSVILLE - Edwin Stanley Evers of Mannsville, Oklahoma died on Sunday, February 27, 2022. He was 75.
DAVIS - Justin Joe Whitehead was born February 5, 1981, in Oklahoma City, OK. Growing up in Davis, he graduated from Davis High School, Class of 1999. Following high school, he continued his education at Murray State College in Tishomingo. Justin spent several years working at the Michelin Tire Plant in Ardmore. He was immensely proud of his Kickapoo Heritage. Justin was a very artistic young man and enjoyed playing video games in his spare time. He was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Davis.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
When a student commits to raising livestock, their school day doesn’t start at 8:30 in the morning and end at 3:00 in the afternoon. Instead it often involves early mornings and late evenings filled with feeding, caring for and training their animals. For dozens of students across the county, these extended hours are their way of life, and later this week all of their hard work will be on display at the Carter County Junior Livestock Show.