Gov. Fallin Announces OETA Board Member Appointments
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today announced the appointments of Richard Beck and Garrett King to the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) Board of Directors.
Beck, of Claremore, is serving a seven-year term that began July 1. He succeeds...
07/22/2015
Tulsa World Editorial Fallin Authorizes Arming Oklahoma Guardsmen
By World's Editorial Writers
Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:00 am | Updated: 1:47 am, Wed Jul 22, 2015.
In the wake of a terrorist attack on two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Gov. Mary Fallin has authorized Oklahoma National...
07/21/2015
Attorney General Pruitt Files Medicaid Fraud Charges Against Health Care Provider
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced Tuesday Medicaid fraud charges against a Tulsa woman for billing for services that were never provided.
Mavis Floydneka Owens, 33, was employed through the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services...
07/21/2015
Director's Weekly Memo 2015-7-20
Oklahoma FFA students attend leadership activities; Skills Centers tours continue; CSI Workshop early registration deadline approaching; standards available for review; Oklahoma CareerTech Foundation golf tourney set; useful links and my schedule for the week.
07/21/2015
FEMA Extends Disaster Incident Period for Flooding, Storm Damage in June
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has expanded the disaster incident period by 18 days in June to include additional flooding and storm damage to public and private property.
FEMA’s...
07/21/2015
Oklahoma National Guard Finalizing Plans to Arm Some Soldiers and Airmen
Oklahoma National Guard finalizing plans to arm some Soldiers and Airmen
Oklahoma City - The Oklahoma National Guard (OKNG) is vigorously staffing guidelines and implementation measures for immediately arming certain military personnel at National Guard facilities...
Gov. Fallin Welcomes New Pardon and Parole Board Director
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin applauded today’s hiring of DeLynn Fudge as executive director of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.
Fudge, who has worked the past 14 years as federal grants division director for the Oklahoma District Attorneys...
07/17/2015
Attorney General Pruitt Charges Rehab Specialist for Medicaid Fraud, Identity Theft
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Friday filed one felony count of each Medicaid fraud and identity theft against an Oklahoma City behavioral health specialist.
Timothy Nickalas Traylor, 35, of Oklahoma City, allegedly billed the Oklahoma...
Be Prepared for New Oklahoma Child Passenger Safety Law
Oklahoma will soon be one of the few states with a child passenger safety law that meets the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) advises that proper car seat and booster seat use reduces the chance of...
Gov. Fallin Statement on President Barack Obamas Visit to El Reno Prison
OKLAHOMA CITY - Governor Mary Fallin released the following statement today regarding justice reform concepts outlined by President Barack Obama after his visit to a federal penitentiary in El Reno, Oklahoma:
“While we have our political differences, I...
ODOT opens final draft of 25-year plan for public review and comment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 16, 2015
PR # 15-033
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is asking Oklahomans for their feedback on the final draft of the 2015-2040 Long Range Transportation Plan. The plan is a policy document that guides ODOT in the development,...
07/15/2015
AG Pruitt Charges Woman Who Faked Cancer Diagnosis to Solicit Donations
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Wednesday filed charges against a Shawnee woman who obtained funds by falsely claiming a cancer diagnosis she did not really have.
Jennifer L. Garrison, 40, allegedly claimed to have terminal stomach cancer with...