Oklahoma Gazette
Cover: In Oklahoma, where one in eight adults turns to payday loans, are alternative financial services the best deal for Oklahomans?
By Laura Eastes
Local leaders make moves to establish a Regional Transit Authority
Former Vietnamese orphans reunite 41 years after finding refuge in Oklahoma
Coding games
Building on its existing STEAM program, F.D. Moon Academy captures donations to secure the building of a robotics program.
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, F.D. Moon Academy, Botball, robotics, Aaron Kellert, STEAM, Strong Neighborhoods Initiative, Botball Educational Robotics Program, Erin Shipp, education, Tim Corbly
Community ministry
Church leaders and public health officials team up for a health seminar for seniors.
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church, CareLink of Oklahoma, Community Alliance for Healthy Aging, Being Your Best at Any Age, Oklahoma City-County Health Department, Northeast Regional Health and Wellness Campus, financial exploitation, Kimethria Jackson, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Nursing, Patsy Smith, OU, Janet Wilson, Carol Reinke, OUHSC College of Nursing
Bird’s eye
A Crown Heights youth successfully lobbies for the red-tailed hawk as the official state raptor.
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, 4-H, raptors, Ephraim Bowling, Metro North 4-H Club, red-tailed hawk, Cyndi Munson, House Bill 2997, Wildlife Committee, J.J. Dorsett, Mary Fallin, Peppers Ranch Foster Care Community
Place of solace
Oklahoma City’s Dragonfly Home serves all survivors of human trafficking through unique programs that cultivate hope after crisis.
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, The Dragonfly Home, human trafficking crisis center, human trafficking, Whitney Anderson, Melissa Eick, sex-trafficking shelter, National Human Trafficking Hotline
Another path
Emerson South students who have struggled in school get a second chance to earn a diploma.
Tags: Education, Emerson South, Brad Buxton, Oklahoma City Public Schools, alternative education school, alternative school, Beth Harrison, Emerson North
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