Local headlines for Friday, December 18, 2020:
- 16 more deaths from COVID-19 bring the state’s total to 2,144. (Tulsa World)
- Teachers moved up on vaccination priority list. (NewsOK)
- Muscogee (Creek) Principal Chief tests positive for COVID-19. (Tulsa World)
- Cherokee Nation begins vaccinations. (NewsOK)
- New nurses from Francis Tuttle are joining in the fight. (Journal Record)
- Feds charge man with COVID-19 loan fraud. (Tulsa World)
- Stitt’s digital transformation secretary faces bribery charge. (NewsOK)
- Bice picks new chief of staff. (NewsOK)
- No state report cards this year. (Tulsa World)
- Expansion of 1921 Race Massacre graves considered. (Tulsa World)
- Tulsa Police now have new place to take people with mental health issues. (Tulsa World)
- Oklahoma unemployment claims decline. (Tulsa World)
- Oklahoma County approved nearly $9M for businesses. (NewsOK)
- Buy for Less plans to sell seven of its eleven stores in the OKC metro. (NewsOK)
- Oklahoma liquor stores are seeing a rebound. (Journal Record)
- The Golden Hurricane gets ready for Cincinnati. (Tulsa World)