All Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in their curriculums, effective immediately, the state’s chief education officer announced in a memorandum Thursday. At a State Board of Education meeting, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said the Bible is “one of the most foundational documents used for […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms. The directive sent Thursday to superintendents across the state by Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters says adherence to the mandate is compulsory […]
Sun-Ray Cinema will soon be out of its Park Street location, and a new business has officially filed to lease the building it’s in. A corporation called JRFMJAXTOO Inc. filed on May 17 with the Florida Department of State’s Division of Corporations to have its principal place of business at 1028 Park St. according to […]
A former church is set to become a “boutique hotel” in the Oregon District. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, developers with Weyland Ventures plan to transform the old St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church facility into a 70-room hotel. >> Huber Heights city manager charged with OVI; Emergency council meeting called Monday The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will assign artists to treasured bodies of water in the United States under a new program announced Tuesday at a White House-sponsored conference on exploring ways to use the arts and humanities as another instrument for problem-solving. Leaders from government, the arts, academia and philanthropy gathered in Washington […]