News

Sen. Warren Hamilton, RMcCurtain, introduced legislation aimed at increasing Oklahomans’ access to the state’s Wildlife Management Areas (WMA). Senate Bill 1857 increases the price of hunting licenses for nonresidents and decreases their bag limit.

Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, and Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, have filed legislation to limit virtual instruction in Oklahoma’s public schools. Under Senate Bill 1768, instruction would only take place virtually in the event of inclement weather, staff shortages caused by illness, building maintenance issues, or if found necessary by school administrators.

The Frederick School Enrichment Foundation has announced that applications for the Lorene Wessel Scholarship for 2023 graduates of Frederick High School are now available at the high school counselor’s office.

Edgar Allan Poe was born on Jan. 19, 1809, in Boston, Mass. Unfortunately, by the time he was three years old, he was an orphan and was placed into the care of his Godfather, John Allan. Poe would unfortunately spend much of his life in turmoil.

Cameron University President John McArthur plans to retire this summer. “I have valued two decades of learning and growing at Cameron as a dean, vice president, provost and for 11 years as president,” McArthur said in making his announcement.

The Society of Physics Students (SPS), the student section of the American Institute of Physics, has awarded the Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) Physics and Engineering Club an Outstanding Chapter Award from the SPS National Office. This is the seventh year in a row that the Club has been recognized by the SPS and the fifth time in that span that the chapter has received the highest honor, Outstanding Chapter, as a toptier student-led physical sciences organization. This designation is given to fewer than 10 percent of all SPS chapters at colleges and universities in the U.S. and internationally.

Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Tim Scott (R-SC) along with House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced the Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act, which affirms parents have a fundamental right to control the upbringing of their children.