Local headlines for Thursday, April 8, 2021:
- 28 More Deaths from COVID-19 bring the state’s Provisional Death Count to 7,994. (NewsOK)
- COVID-19 Death and infection numbers jump after data glitch. (Tulsa World)
- Oklahoma drops its residency requirement for receiving the coronavirus vaccine. (Tulsa World)
- A bill to derail the governor’s Medicaid privatization plan advances at the capitol. (Tulsa World)
- Another GOP lawmaker gets in trouble for calling abortion worse than slavery. (Tulsa World)
- Death row inmate gets indicted in federal court. (Tulsa World)
- Transportation official questions delay of road projects. (Tulsa World)
- TPS plans listening session for its strategic plan. (Tulsa World)
- Oklahoma innovation program helps businesses bounce back from pandemic. (Journal Record)
- American Airlines gets idle jets ready to fly again. (Tulsa World)
- Doctor Kayse Shrum gets ready to take over at OSU. (Journal Record)
- Tulsa is getting a $900,000 grant for mental health programs. (Tulsa World)
- Oklahoma musicians get added to cast of “Killer of the Flower Moon”. (Tulsa World)
- The struggling Thunder falls to the Charlotte Hornets. (NewsOK)
