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By: Kristen Weaver HASKELL COUNTY, Okla. - A Haskell County nurse who’s been in the hospital fighting COVID-19 is now the victim of a home break-in. It happened just one day before Brenda Benson was set to come home.  Bensons family said this is just too much and the Haskell County Sheriff agrees. They both urge people with information about who did this to come forward. For an entire year, Brenda Benson has been helping COVID-19 patients at a Muskogee hospital. In January, she got COVID h...

OSDH shifts reporting of COVID-19 cases The Shawnee News-Star Reports on the states COVID-19-related deaths have been stalled at the same number (4,534) for nearly a week — not because no deaths are occurring, but because the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has adjusted the way its confirming results. The states active cases continue to decline regarding COVID-19, but now Oklahoma residents wont be able to see much of the information previously provided over the past year. On Wedne...

A resource for information on coronavirus in Oklahoma, including deaths, hospitalizations, vaccinations and new cases.

These Counties Are Projected to Have the Most Extreme Heat in 2050 By Katelyn Leboff, Stacker News On 3/2/21 at 8:00 PM EST Climate change and global warming are nothing new—though, some are still in denial of the existence and negative impacts of these phenomena. Though the media lives for hyping up big weather phenomena, actual scientific research and data reveal the earth is, in fact, heating up at an alarming rate. Much of global warming is the product of greenhouse gas emissions cause...

Oklahoma State Department of Health and staff reports Mar 2, 2021 CDC The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 119 active COVID-19 cases in Pittsburg County and three additional deaths on March 2. More information from OSDH can be found in the story. Total statewide cumulative positive cases: 424,999 407,934 assumed recoveries statewide* Total active cases statewide: 12,531 Total statewide deaths: 4,534 Total cumulative cases in Pittsburg County: 4,418 Total assumed recov...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Wednesday announced that they are changing the way they report COVID-19 deaths in an effort to show a “more timely” picture of the disease’s impact in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State Department of Health and staff reports Mar 1, 2021 CDC The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 119 active COVID-19 cases in Pittsburg County and one additional death on March 1. More information from OSDH can be found in the story. Total statewide cumulative positive cases: 424,888 407,665 assumed recoveries statewide* Total active cases statewide: 12,745 Total statewide deaths: 4,478 Total cumulative cases in Pittsburg County: 4,415 Total assumed recoveri...

A bill to declare Oklahoma a Second Amendment Sanctuary state will head to the Senate. District 7 State Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, authored Senate Bill 631 as “state preemption of federal infringement of Second Amendment rights.” The Senates Committee on Public Safety approved with a 9-2 vote to move the bill forward. If the Senate votes to approve, the bill would immediately become law. Hamilton represents Pittsburg, Latimer and Haskell counties, and portions of Hughes and Ok...

Southwest Kansas COVID-19 update

Who is Rick Perry? James Richard Perry, who was born into a family of cotton farmers in Haskell, Texas, went on to serve as the 47th Governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015. From 2017 to 2019, he also served as the US Secretary of Energy under the Trump regime.  In his youth, Perry graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972 and went on to serve in the US Air Force where he achieved the Captain rank. He left the Air Force in 1977 and prepared to join politics. Originally joining the Democratic Par...