LOWELL, Arkansas, May 15 -- Arvest Bank issued the following news: Arvest announced that Rodney Shepard has been promoted to regional executive where he'll be responsible for overseeing Arvest's banking operations in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. He replaces Brad Krieger who retired after 28 years with the bank. Shepard has been with Arvest for 30 years and previously served as chief customer experience officer. Prior to that, he served as president for the Springfield, Mo., and Fort Smith, A  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a lawsuit against major diabetic drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) for an unfair and deceptive pricing scheme that has cost Americans billions of dollars. Alleging violations of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act (OCPA), Drummond said manufacturers have significantly raised the prices of their diabet  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 15 -- The Oklahoma House issued the following news release: The governor recently signed legislation to provide financial grants to construct or retrofit homes against the destructive forces of tornadoes, windstorms, and hail. Rep. Mark Tedford, R-Tulsa, authored House Bill 3089, establishing the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Act within the Department of Insurance. It would make grants available to residential property owners with insurable property who reside in an ap  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 15 -- The Oklahoma House posted the following statement on May 14, 2024, from State Rep. T.J. Marti, R-Broken Arrow: * * * Rep. T.J. Marti, R-Broken Arrow, released the following statement applauding Attorney General Gentner Drummond's recent lawsuit against major diabetic drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMS) for unfair pricing. "I commend General Drummond and his office for advocating for Oklahomans struggling to make ends meet while PBMs and h  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 14 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: A great program with an even better story is a perfect way to describe the Friends for Folks Inmate Dog Training Program at the Mable Basset Correctional Center in McLoud, Oklahoma. The program gives Oklahoma inmates the opportunity to give back to the community by training abandoned shelter dogs. For 11 weeks, each inmate is paired with an abandoned dog from the Oklahoma animal shelter. The facil  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, May 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: Ghost towns have fascinated Jeffrey Schmidt, an associate professor of marketing and innovation at the University of Oklahoma, since the late 1990s. Now, after four years of academic research and road trips across the state, he has published Here Today: Oklahoma's Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds - a book that examines 100 interesting towns from the panhandle to   more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 14 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. Raj Singh was selected as Oklahoma State University-Tulsa's 2024 President's Outstanding Research Award recipient for his research excellence at OSU. He was honored at the spring 2024 commencement on May 13th and will be featured as one of OSU-Tulsa's faculty honor marshals at the spring 2025 commencement ceremony. Dr. Raj Singh, a College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology Regents Profes  more

EDMOND, Oklahoma, May 15 -- The University of Central Oklahoma issued the following news release: The University of Central Oklahoma Jackson College of Graduate Studies (JCGS) has awarded the 2023 E.C. Hall Graduate Scholar Award to Central alumna Fleur Eggink. The award is given to one graduate student post-graduation based on the student's significant scholarly, creative and/or professional achievements. Eggink completed a Master of Arts in crime and intelligence analysis with a 4.0 GPA in   more

EDMOND, Oklahoma, May 15 -- The University of Central Oklahoma issued the following news release: University of Central Oklahoma students took first place in the High Growth Undergraduate Division at the 20th annual Entrepreneur's Cup Business Plan Competition presented by Love's Travel Stops, a first for the university. The statewide, collegiate entrepreneurial competition, managed by Oklahoma-based Innovation to Enterprise (i2E), simulates the real-world process of researching a market, writ  more