On the morning of July 5, 2013, Evelyn Goodall, a 94-year-old gardener and avid bird-watcher, spoke some of the last words of her life moments after an intruder beat her severely.
“Hurry, hurry. I’m dying,” she told an emergency dispatcher. “Please send the police. Please hurry. I’m bleeding to death.”
Two days after the attack, Goodall died at a hospital from blunt force trauma, according to the state medical examiner.
On Tuesday, a jury convicted Robert Leon Hashagen III, 57, of felony murder in the commission of a burglary. The jury recommended a sentence of life in prison with parole, but Hashagen likely won't live long enough to become eligible.
As Joe Biden promised in his Wednesday inauguration to be a president for all Americans and not just those who voted him into office, a south side Mexican immigrant wondered if she would be treated as an equal citizen, a Black chef on the northeast side predicted things wouldn’t change much, and a self-described “redneck” sat in his pickup truck and stared at the state Capitol in disbelief.
At 78 years old, Biden won the popular vote by 7 million votes over Donald Trump and secured the electoral college to become the oldest United States president to take the oath.
“And I pledge this to you,” Biden said in his inaugural address to a politically fractured nation. “I will be a president for all Americans. All
As COVID-19 cases surge across Oklahoma, hospital leaders throughout the state remain in talks with ethicists and lawyers over how to handle the allocation of critical resources for patients on the brink of death.
Those conversations heated up in April, when the Oklahoma Department of Health with input from doctors, chief medical officers and other healthcare experts published its Hospital Crisis Standards of Care, a set of guidelines for delivering healthcare if resources run scarce during the pandemic.
“It is the most sobering conversation I’ve ever been a part of,” said Patti Davis, president of the Oklahoma Hospital Association.
On Sunday, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported a record 6,487
Citing a lack of evidence from the state that a curfew on bars would slow the spread of COVID-19, an Oklahoma District Court judge ordered Tuesday that a temporary injunction against the curfew will remain into summer.
"It is imperative that the court have additional credible evidence to determine what impact bars, in comparison to other establishments that remain open after 11 p.m., have on the spread of COVID-19, before determining whether permanent injunctive relief is warranted in this matter,” Judge Susan Stallings wrote in her order.
The decision means bars and restaurants may serve alcohol on site after 11 p.m. through July 6, when the matter will be heard again in court.
As COVID-19 vaccine distribution ramped up this week, Oklahomans over 65 who received their first doses were hoping to do their part to end the pandemic and reconnect with loved ones.
Across the state, areas are moving into Phase 2 of Oklahoma’s vaccine distribution plan. A larger group of health care workers, emergency responders and those over 65 are now eligible to get their first doses.
For Norman resident Linda Dzialo, the vaccine will bring her experience with the virus full-circle.
“I lost my husband to COVID,” she said. “And I was hospitalized with COVID and almost died. So this is very meaningful to me. I’ve been living for this day.