Artwork Courtesy: Charlize Branch (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) In 1847, the Choctaw Nation gathered up $170 and sent it to Ireland to aid them during the Great Famine, a devastating time of disease and starvation across the pond. Today, Ireland is paying back that favor in a big way. A
Photo Courtesy: NASA, ESA and the HST Frontier Fields team (STScI), Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (HOUSTON, Texas) Space Center Houston is holding a virtual campout this Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and everyone is invited. Organizers said the new program is for guests who would like to
Photo Courtesy: Robert James/OK Steel and Wire in Madill (BRYAN COUNTY, Okla.) Preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was released Thursday, detailing the tornados that spun through multiple counties Wednesday night, killing two people. The first tornado report was received seven miles southwest of Pauls
(TULSA, Okla.) How do we value our success? By who we are? What we have? Or what we do? And how could living through a pandemic change that? Alexie Foster is a licensed professional counselor who founded the company Healing, Actually. “We have a really unique opportunity here where we
(DURANT, Okla.) “I don’t know what’s wrong with him,” a woman is heard saying at the end of a 911 call on January 12, 2017. An 11-week-old baby in her care had stopped breathing. She was performing CPR. Colbert EMS arrived and transported the baby to Texoma Medical
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) On Sunday at 9 a.m., the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum honored 168 family members, survivors and first responders killed in the terrorist attack at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995. Due to social distancing efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) “Although we will miss the face-to-face interaction with our customers, this time of quarantine really exposed what needed to be changed for our business.” Kyle Steppe has owned KC Hemp Co. with his wife Heather since May 2018. The business sources their hemp oil from USDA certified
(BIXBY, Okla.) Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many outreach centers have been forced to increase their output, and Bixby is no different. We’re told the Bixby Outreach Center has doubled the number of families they serve with food and resources on a weekly basis. Families have lost their jobs, and
Photo Courtesy: Divina Rodgers (TULSA, Okla.) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is no evidence that supports coronaviruses are transmitted with food. The current consensus is the virus is spread from person to person through respiratory droplets. But it may possible, experts say, that someone can
(TULSA, Okla.) Apple Barrel Café in Owasso had its Grand Opening on February 10. A little over a month later they were forced to close their doors indefinitely, along with their four other locations. The chain opened their first restaurant in Bixby in 2002. Another in Broken Arrow and two
(TULSA, Okla.) Unemployment claims skyrocketed in Oklahoma the week of March 15 through 21, according to the most recent numbers from the Department of Labor. A new report shows 1,836 claimants filed for unemployment from March 8 through 14. The following week shows 17,720 claims reported by the
(DURANT, Okla.) Businesses aren’t the only ones being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic; non-profits are also feeling the hurt. Lead Advocate and Financial Officer Eileen Meadows told VNN the Crisis Control Center in Durant is low on essentials like laundry soap, dishwasher soap, dish soap and, of course,