By Keaton Ross
Staff writer
KRoss@oklahoman.com
Eighteen Oklahoma counties are poorly positioned to overcome the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis, according to a national study published late last month by three University of Michigan researchers.
From January 2015 through December 2017, researchers looked at opioid overdose mortality rates and public access to three types of medicine used to treat opioid use disorder in more than 3,000 counties nationwide.
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By Nuria Martinez-Keel and Ben Felder
Staff writers
Over the past several years the Epic Charter Schools system has become one of the most disruptive forces in Oklahoma education, quickly growing into the state’s largest virtual school that critics say operates in the shadows of the law, while supporters see an alternative education model bringing necessary change to the status quo.
Those differing opinions hardened this week when The Oklahoman reported the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation alleged the school had falsified enrollment records and paid several families, schools and learning centers to dual-enroll children who were home-schooled or attended private and sectarian schools, and that the school's leaders had embezzled millions.
Epic, which has 23,000 students enrolled, is a public charter school that receives state education funding for each student enrolled.
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Staff report
Featuring massive displays containing more bricks than most can count, the LEGO BrickUniverse is underway at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City.
The event, which kicked off Saturday, features LEGO creations by professional artists, including a model of New York's Manhattan Bridge that spans 14 feet, among other famous landmarks.
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By Eddie Roach
BrandInsight contributor
An Oklahoma City vascular surgeon has perfected a minimally invasive procedure to restore blood flow to lower extremities — preventing amputation for many — and he’s sharing this knowledge with physicians who come from all over the U.S. and Canada to observe this technique.
Jim Melton, D.O., co-founder of the CardioVascular Health Clinic, said he hosts two or three training courses each quarter to show other doctors the benefits of this procedure.
“The procedure is percutaneous — minimally invasive — lower extremity intervention using a retro-pedal approach,” Melton said.
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Staff reports
Cooler days are ahead this week in Oklahoma City, and there is a chance for rain Monday, the National Weather Service reported.
The high will be 99 degrees Sunday afternoon, then a heat advisory that has been in effect in recent days ends for central Oklahoma.
Winds will shift to the north, northwest after midnight and temperatures will drop.
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By Robert Medley rmedley@oklahoman.com
Fifty years ago, when American astronauts stepped onto the moon, Gerald Taylor watched it happen from Oklahoma City.
Saturday night, Taylor, watched the moon rise again, as its orange and red ball, 80 percent full, popped up about 11:30 p.m.
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Staff reports
Three people died in separate crashes Saturday and Sunday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Two youths died Saturday in a Garvin County collision.
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By Jana Allen
Staff writer
JAllen@oklahoman.com
Days after state investigators alleged the state's largest virtual charter school is using fraudulent enrollment numbers, House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, approved study requests to research virtual learning and state funding formulas for virtual charters.
On Friday, McCall's office announced a list of 90 interim study requests that had been approved.
Not approved was a study proposed by Tulsa Democrats Rep.
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By K.S. McNutt
Staff writer
kmcnutt@oklahoman.com
The Children's Hospital at OU Medicine will more than double its capacity to care for seriously ill and injured children beginning Monday.
A state-of-the-art $27.5 million expansion of the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has 34 new beds for patients up to age 18 who need critical care.
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CLINTON
Sappington, Donald B.: 81, died July 19. Services 10 a.m.
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God of justice, when others cower, grant us the courage to stand up and do the right thing. Amen.
By Carmen Forman
Staff writer cforman@oklahoman.com
NORMAN — The youngest Norman City councilperson in the city’s history plans to seek a state Senate seat next year.
Councilwoman Alex Scott said her frustration with the Legislature taking away decision-making authority from Oklahoma localities motivated her to seek higher elected office.
Scott, 25, is seeking the Senate seat currently held by Sen.
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By Barbara Hoberock
Tulsa World
The state agency that regulates alcohol has seen a historic spike in revenue on the strength of liquor law changes that have pumped millions into its coffers.
“It is a combination of two things,” said Keith Burt, director of the Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Commission.
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Staff reports
Cooler weather arrived in Oklahoma City, but rain skipped the area Monday morning.
High temperatures will be in the 80s Monday and each day until Thursday, when the 90s return, the National Weather Service reported.
The Oklahoma City forecast follows:
Monday: Mostly cloudy with a high near 86.
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Staff reports
A gunshot struck and killed a man's daughter Friday night after he pulled a gun while fighting with a family member, and police are investigating the 45th homicide of the year in Oklahoma City.
The father has been arrested in her death.
Mischa Hill, 47, of Oklahoma City, died of a gunshot wound Saturday she suffered at 9700 Skylark Road about 9:35 p.m.
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Staff reports
A Silver Alert has been issued Monday for an Oklahoma City man missing for 19 days.
Willie H. Jordan, 63, was last seen July 3, police reported.
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