(StatePoint) Human plasma donations are used to produce life-saving medicines for people affected by serious and rare diseases around the world. Experts say that right now there is a critical need for plasma donations.

There’s a new law on the books that strengthens Oklahoma’s accessory to murder statute. Sen Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, and Rep. Ross Ford, R-Broken Arrow, are the principal authors of Senate Bill 6, the Sgt. Craig Johnson Act, named for a Tulsa police officer who was shot while conducting a traffic stop in 2020 and later died from his injuries. Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the bill into law on Wednesday.

Oklahoma Transportation The projects below are weather permitting: I-44 narrows to one lane near US-64/SH-51/BA Expwy. Monday and Tuesday nights Eastbound I-44 will be narrowed to one lane between E.

Taxpayers who can't pay the full amount of federal taxes they owe should file their tax return on time and pay as much as possible. This will help reduce penalties and interest. If they can't pay their full bill, they have some other options.

When the IRS needs to contact a taxpayer, the first contact is normally by letter delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Fraudsters often send fake documents through the mail, and in some cases will claim they already notified a taxpayer by U.S. mail. Depending on the situation, IRS employees may first call or visit with a taxpayer. In some instances, the IRS sends a letter or written notice to a taxpayer in advance, but not always.

City council meets The Bristow City Council members, along with the mayor, met in council chambers Monday evening for the council's first meeting in April. After the Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation, the board got down to business discussing agenda items such as discussion and possible action to appoint a resident of Ward 1 to fill the unexpired term of Council member Tex Slyman.

The Bristow Garden Club just announced its third annual garden tour which will tenatively take place on Saturday, June 25, 2022. The garden club holds the tour yearly in order to give area residents the opportunity to showcase their growing skills and beautiful yards.

The nightmare journey from bombed-out cities in eastern Ukraine to the west of the country involved a desperate, high-risk trek, first on foot, then in the back of trucks swerving to avoid constant bombardment, and finally being packed like animals in trains headed towards the Polish border. Panic and chaos everywhere. Food and sanitary facilities in scant supply. The constant fear of death, plus the anxiety about what lay ahead for families being cruelly separated.

School bus driver shortages, exacerbated by the pandemic, have led schools to alter bus routes, shrink areas with service and even cancel school. A recent poll by the National School Transportation Association found more than half of those surveyed were still at least 10% short of drivers.