News 9 Anchor Kelly Ogle made an announcement Monday on News 9 at 5:
For a while now, I ve been itching to have a little more time to report, to follow up on some of the stories I ve covered over the last 35 years and see whatever happened to them. Also, to take you to some of my favorite places in Oklahoma.
It s difficult to do that kind of reporting when you re anchoring three newscasts a day.
So starting Tuesday, our buddy Karl Torp will hold down the 5 p.m. newscast with Amanda and David, and I ll continue to be here at 6 and 10.
Click the video above to watch the announcement.
By: Karl Torp
OKLAHOMA CITY -
Oklahoma s vaccination momentum could use a shot in the arm. The state’s vaccination rate is dropping compared to the rest of the country.
That has medical experts rethinking how to best get the doses out to people.
This week, large vaccine POD events in the Oklahoma City metro had very limited turnout.
“Whether is apathy (or) hesitancy, we need to figure out better ways,” said OU Health s COVID Chief Dr. Dale Bratzler on administering the vaccine.
Bratzler said we should expect more smaller vaccinations events at individual high schools, churches and places of work.
Two new faces will be sworn in on Tuesday to Oklahoma City s City Council.
Councilor-elect Bradley Carter will serve Ward 1 and Councilor-elect Barbara Young will serve Ward 3 for four year terms.
Carter owns coffee roasting company Grounds for Compassion at MacArthur Boulevard and NW 50th Street.
He started the business as a way of providing farmers a job in Haiti.
His company now roasts coffee from nine different countries.
“It’s something we take the proceeds from and utilize within the outreach of our community, whether that s homeless outreaches, recovery outreaches,” Carter said.
Anyone can come into Grounds for Compassion and get a free coffee and stay for a Bible study.
The data is the first indicator case numbers could be going up.
Since last fall, OU researchers have been testing the sewer water in many municipalities and the University of Oklahoma for COVID particles.
“We’ve got this two-week lead time before the county health departments are aware of an outbreak occurring,” said Halley Reeves, VP of Community Health Impact at OU Health.
The concentration levels detected went down in the metro in January and stayed that way until the past couple of weeks.
“We’ve noticed in areas, pockets, that numbers have gone back up. That’s cause for concern,” said Bradley Stevenson, an associate professor in microbiology at OU.
An Oklahoma City building has just been added to a National Registry of Historic Places.
It s the official end to a heated debate that looked like a long shot from the start for those trying to save the place.
At first, it appeared the only thing to gain in trying to save the Brockway Center was a huge lawsuit.
In May 2019, the 100-year-old building at 1440 N Everest Avenue was slated for demolition.
The CARE Center next door, which helps abused children, was using the space for expansion.
Oklahoma City Councilwoman Nikki Nice got the word out.
The building called the Brockway Center served as a meeting place for an African American women s group.