Misleading. Reporter Kaitlan Collins is withous now. Worth pointing out the doctor issued a report but not the most transparent in press briefings on the president s health. Tell us more about this statement. Reporter it doesnt appear hes giving a briefing today where he will take questions. Something hes done the last three days. Its notable theyve stopped those now that the president is back at the white house and hopefully will bring them back because its a short statement but says no symptoms for the president today. He said his vitals remain stable over the last day or so. Since hes been checking on the president and since he last updated us yet afternoon. Of course, a lot of questions still remain to be desired, especially given comments the president made really downplaying coronavirus, wrongly comparing it to the flu. The way the president has been approaching this is not the way aides have been saying the president is approaching this, talking about how hes going to use this e
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DERRICK JAMES | Staff photoThe Choctaw Nation is currently preparing recommendations and funding requests for the addition of both full and part-time judges to ensure a timely and efficient judicial process as cases increase and investigating federal funding opportunities to expand court locations within the reservation.
DERRICK JAMES | Staff photoChoctaw Nation Prosecutor Kara Bacon said there is a plan in place to hire more attorneys as caseloads rise.
DERRICK JAMES | Staff photoChoctaw Nation Public Safety Executive Director John Hobbs said the current goal is to have at least six tribal officers in each of the 10 and a-half counties within the tribeâs boundaries.
By Emma Keith and Reese Gorman | Transcript Staff Writers Dec 30, 2020
Death can be difficult to discuss, but in 2020, COVID-19 has made the subject unavoidable.
As of Dec. 29, COVID-19 has taken over 335,000 lives in the country, 2,405 lives in Oklahoma, 153 lives in Cleveland County and 84 lives in Norman.
Each of these numbers is not just a number â itâs lives that were lost. Itâs somebodyâs mom, sister, dad, brother, grandpa, grandma, cousin, aunt, uncle or friend.
Itâs Larry Feuerborn, the local musician whose family wonât get to see him play another show at Othelloâs; itâs Rebecca Cryer, the Choctaw Nation district judge who will never oversee another case or comfort another kid; itâs Sue Lollis, the beloved teacher who will never travel with her husband of 60 years; itâs Glenn Elkins, the Korean War veteran who will never again go to dinner each Thursday with his sons; itâs Bob Thompson, the former Norman
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Residents attend a Black Lives Matter protest May 31 at the intersection of NW 36th Street and N. Kelley Avenue.
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Protesters hold signs during a protest Sunday at the intersection of NW 36th Street and N. Kelley Avenue.
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Former Norman mayor and chair of the chamberâs legislative committee Bob Thompson introduces lawmakers at a Norman Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast. Thompson died Nov. 29 from COVID-19 complications.
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Voters wait in line to cast their ballot in the general election, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at the Senior Citizens Center of Noble. Some voters in the line waited up to four hours to vote.