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Center for Disease Control reported Thursday that Tulsa County is at a high-risk level for COVID-19 transmission. Tulsa currently has 236.05 cases per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. Until the next booster vaccine is developed, Dr. Holden recommends wearing an N95 or KN95 mask when traveling and in areas with heavy foot traffic. BA.5 lingers in the air longer, he said, so places where many people constantly come and go are potential hotspots. Not only did Dr. Holden reiterate that masks work, but he stressed that COVID vaccines are both safe and effective. It may seem like they were...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)’ campaign on Friday unveiled a list of actors, directors, musicians and tech industry players and who have endorsed the independent Vermont Senator and self-described socialist’s bid for the presidency. Actors Will Ferrell, Jeremy Piven, John C. Reilly, Danny DeVito, and Sarah Silverman are among the 128 “artists and cultural leaders” that have put their names to an open letter calling for Sanders to be the Democrat presidential nominee.

Federal agents have arrested a Morgan County sheriff's deputy suspected of distributing marijuana. The deputy, Gregory Lamar Johnson, said Monday the accusations are false and come from people trying to mitigate their own trouble. Johnson was released from custody by U.S. Magistrate Judge Harwell Davis III on a $10,000 unsecured bond. Johnson and his lawyer, Robert Shipman of Huntsville, have waived a preliminary hearing. Federal prosecutors can seek an indictment from a grand jury. Prosecutors filed a complaint in federal court Monday signed by FBI special agent Patrick Stokes. In the court papers, Stokes said several accusers stated that Johnson...