COVID-19
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Oklahoma City schools require masks, with opt-out provisions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma City school district will require students and staff to wear masks starting next week,…
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Why is getting the COVID-19 vaccine so important?
Officials from Joplin’s Freeman Hospital are urging everyone to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. But WHY is it so…
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Freeman gives COVID-19 update at Friday news conference
Freeman President and CEO Paula Baker gave an update on COVID-19 at Freeman today at a late morning news conference.…
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Parents, physicians sue over Oklahoma mask mandate ban
(AP) Parents of Oklahoma schoolchildren and the Oklahoma State Medical Association are suing to overturn a state law banning mask…
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Oklahoma school leader, governor to talk about emergency order
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma’s public schools superintendent says she will meet this week with Gov. Kevin Stitt to discuss…
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Springfield physician announces candidacy for 7th District seat
Springfield TV station KY3 reporting today that Springfield physician Dr. Sam Alexander has announced his candidacy for the 7th Congressional…
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375,000 Missourians enter vaccine lottery; drawing Friday
(AP) More than 375,000 Missourians have entered the state’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery program, but vaccinations continue to lag, especially in…
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Covid hospital bed shortage coming to parts of Missouri
It’s time to add the St. Louis area to the regions experiencing overcrowded hospitals with a troubling prediction from the…
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Arkansas reports new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations
(AP) — Arkansas has set a new record for the number of people hospitalized because of COVID-19 as the state’s…
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Kansas COVID shots rise, but so do cases, hospitalizations
(AP) Kansas is seeing COVID-19 vaccinations rise while the more contagious delta variant is increasing new cases, hospitalizations and deaths.…
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