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Headlines: Latest on COVID-19, Open Meetings Act Altered & Thunder Players Test Negative

Local headlines for Thursday, March 19, 2020:

  • Cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma include an OKC toddler. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Gospel singer Sandi Patty tests positive for COVID-19. (NewsOK)
     
  • State is calling on childcare centers not to close. (Oklahoma Watch)
     
  • Integris struggles with overloaded ER. (NewsOK)
     
  • Health officials call on all communities to adopt Tulsa COVID-19 restrictions. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Governor Stitt says the state is critically low on testing kits for COVID-19. (NewsOK)
     
  • Stitt signs bill altering state’s Open Meetings laws. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Oklahoma’s Senators oppose emergency COVID-19 bill. (NewsOK)
     
  • Lankford holds town hall over Coronavirus. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Small businesses are trying to weather the crisis. (Journal Record)
     
  • Restaurants scramble to stay afloat. (Tulsa World)
     
  • State gets ready for unemployment claims. (NewsOK)
     
  • Cox provides relief for Internet customers. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Oklahomans with food insecurity feeling the brunt of the crisis. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Election officials declare an emergency to move voting to summer. (NewsOK)
     
  • Tulsa Diocese suspends public mass. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Osage Nation suspends operations at its casinos. (Tulsa World)
     
  • First responders make changes in emergency calls. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Federal jury trials postponed (NewsOK)      
     
  • Tulsa County limits access to courthouse. (Tulsa World)
     
  • OSU moves classes online for the remainder of the spring semester. (NewsOK)
     
  • OU plan to continue online classes following spring break. (Tulsa World)
     
  • Another drop in oil prices forces cutbacks from Oklahoma energy producers. (Journal Record)
     
  • Governor Stitt’s Medicaid waiver seeks work requirements. (NewsOK)
     
  • Tribes up the ante on gaming compact lawsuit against the state. (Journal Record)
     
  • Thunder players test negative for COVID-19. (NewsOK)
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