Local headlines for Thursday, March 26, 2020:
- The number of deaths from COVID-19 in Oklahoma jumps from three to five. (NewsOK)
- A second Norman nursing home resident dies from COVID-19. (NewsOK)
- Tinker Air Force Base announces first positive case on base. (NewsOK)
- Schools move forward with distance learning. (Tulsa World)
- Teachers take part in parades to connect with students. (NewsOK)
- Regulators open Internet bandwidth for schools and hospitals. (Journal Record)
- Much needed medical supplies are getting withheld pending an audit. (NewsOK)
- Medical professionals face using expired gear. (NewsOK)
- Medical professionals are calling on the governor to expand his executive order. (Tulsa World)
- What businesses are considered essential? (NewsOK)
- Business are still seeking clarity to open or close. (Journal Record)
- Hobby Lobby refuses to comment on refusal to close stores, headquarters. (NewsOK)
- A Tulsa barber plans to not abide with governor’s order. (Tulsa World)
- Oklahoma’s hospitality industry is hurting amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (Tulsa World)
- State waives benefit wage charges for unemployment linked to pandemic. (Tulsa World)
- OKC revises its emergency declaration. (NewsOK)
- Muskogee joins other cities with “Shelter In Place” order. (Tulsa World)
- Tulsa City Council holds its first virtual meeting. (Tulsa World)
- Medical missionaries return from Kenya. (NewsOK)
- Body of Owasso man killed in Iraq returns to Oklahoma. (Tulsa World)
- Cowboy museum security director becomes a Twitter phenomenon. (Tulsa World)
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