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Two Tyrone, Okla., teens were injured in an accident Monday evening in northeast Texas County, Okla.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported around 5:20 p.m. Monday, a 2006 Chevy Cobalt was eastbound on U.S. Highway 54 just less than two miles northeast of Tyrone.
Worker’s compensation can be a tough process to wade through after an on-the-job injury and recently, the state of Kansas took action to help with just that.
Last Wednesday, Gov. Laura Kelly signed Senate Bill 430, legislation that comprehensively updates Kansas’ workers compensation system.
“This legislation is a win for our workforce, our businesses, and organized labor,” Gov. Kelly noted in the State of Kansas release. “The reforms in this legislation will create a more just and efficient workers compensation system that increases the benefits for injured workers while creating administrative efficiencies and maintaining stability for businesses. The legislation increases the maximum benefits for injured workers and adds a cost-of-living adjustment to those benefits beginning in July 2027, and also provides workers compensation coverage for members of the Kansas National Guard and significantly reduces the Social Security retirement offset for certain disability benefits.”
The communications department at an area college was recognized nationally recently as part of the 2023 Collegiate Advertising Award, and the recognition helped Oklahoma Panhandle State University secure placement in the top 5 percent nationwide across various categories.
The OPSU Communications Department’s creativity and strategic marketing efforts garnered Gold and Silver awards for outstanding achievements in advertising and promotion.
The Collegiate Advertising Awards is an elite program recognizing higher education organizations for excellence in communications, marketing, advertising and promotion of universities nationwide.
This Saturday, Liberal’s Grace Place Pregnancy Care Center is giving running enthusiasts a chance to help raise money to help with the center’s operating costs.
The center is hosting its annual Run Baby Run event this weekend, with registration time scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday and race time at 9 a.m., both at the center at 311 N. Grant Ave.
Participants can choose from the one-mile walk, the 5K run and the 10K run, and Grace Place Director Letty Hernandez said she is excited for Saturday.
“We’re hoping we get a lot of people to come out and enjoy a nice day, some exercise and ultimately help fund Grace Place so we can continue to serve the women and families who are in need of our services,” she said.
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