OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: Two fugitives from the law on Attorney General Gentner Drummond's Most Wanted List are now in custody. The arrest of Jennifer Gayle Price came about thanks to a tipster, while agents with the Attorney General's Office successfully tracked down Melvin Joe Stevenson to a location in Texas. Drummond praised the work of his agents and partner law enforcement agencies t  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 29 -- The Oklahoma Department of Human Services issued the following news release: Oklahoma Human Services is close to identifying new managers for the Robert M. Greer Center (Greer) in Enid and the Laura Dester Children's Center (Dester) in Tulsa. Liberty of Oklahoma Corporation (Liberty) will end its services in the coming months at the facilities. Both Oklahoma Human Services and Liberty are committed to a seamless transition with no interruption of services or   more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Oct. 29 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma State University Extension in Tulsa County will enjoy a new downtown facility on the OSU-Tulsa campus thanks to funding from the Tulsa County Board of Commissioners. Officials from OSU Extension, OSU-Tulsa and the Tulsa County Board of Commissioners attended a special groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 29 where construction is expected to begin in early 2025. The Tulsa County Extension office is current  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * OU is among 15 study sites in national consortium * * * Recruitment is underway for a University of Oklahoma College of Medicine study that seeks to better understand the factors driving Type 2 diabetes in youth, with the aim of determining who is at highest risk for developing the disease. OU is part of a nationwide consortium funded by the National Institutes of Health to address the d  more

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Oct. 30 (TNScapv) -- The Poynter Institute issued the following news release: * * * CPB-funded Poynter Institute training to foster innovation across the public media system * * * WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 29, 2024) - The first 50 public media stations from across the country have been selected to participate in a second phase of the Digital Transformation Program delivered by the Poynter Institute. The program educates, assists, and coaches public media senior leade  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Oct. 29 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Tulsa-area middle and high school students got a chance to explore their creative minds by designing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) products and building businesses to market them at OSU-Tulsa this month. The free two-part STEM Business workshops, sponsored by and in partnership with Williams Companies, Inc., included 30 selected students from schools near OSU-Tulsa's campus. Particip  more