Fans of Pixar’s Ratatouille have been clamoring for a sequel to the loveable tale of the anthropomorphic rat that dreams of becoming a chef since it raked in over $600 million at the box office in 2007. It appears a Wendy’s franchise in Catoosa might have been taking those claims a little too seriously. Video […]
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Oklahoma City Adventure District celebrates BID status
The district hopes the business improvement district status attracts adventure seekers and big businesses.
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Oklahoma City-County Health Department and Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma team up
Lawyers assist patients with various issues, leading to better and often cheaper health care outcomes.
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Chicken-Fried News: Aborted intentions
A recent mandate aiming ‘to achieve an abortion-free society’ was aborted after public backlash.
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Oklahoma City-County Health Department holds town hall meetings to get community insight
OCCHD will use information gathered at the meetings to develop initiatives and make changes to programming to improve community health.
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 2, 2016
Rigged system “The Donald” has a comfortable 30-point lead in Oklahoma. On many levels, this defies logic since most of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s base in this state are workers who feel that the system has been rigged against them. The irony here is that the system is rigged against them by billionaire plutocrats […]
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#OKCEd Briefs: Health center proposed, board punts lease from pro team
During the April 6 OKC school board meeting, a proposal for a new health and wellness center was offered, a charter school application was approved and a lease with a semi-pro football team as rejected.
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Nothing to smile about
Credit: Brad Gregg So if you’re one of those people who avoid the dentist as if it’s crawling with HIV, here’s an unsettling fact for you: It might be. On March 28, the state Department of Health, the Tulsa Health Department and the state Board of Dentistry issued warnings of possible infection from blood-borne viruses […]
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In the neighborhood
When Compassionate Care Cottages, LLC, opened five months ago, it was the result of several years of planning by co-owners Karon Betts and Valentine Umeh, who met while working at a large living center in Oklahoma City. They both saw patients succeed in the institutionalized setting, but there were others who needed something else. “Some […]
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Poo-pooing Planned Parenthood
Credit: Brad Gregg Of course, the Health Department said it has the right to choose … who receives a contract. In September, the agency chose not to renew the Planned Parenthood contract, citing the program’s relatively high cost per participant, a decrease in case loads and faulty billing practices. But Planned Parenthood of the Heartland […]