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South Western Oklahoma Development Authority are asking that Oklahomans join them in honoring the lives lost to suicide and supporting Oklahomans struggling with substance use disorders during National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month this September. This is a significant opportunity to raise awareness, discuss the highly stigmatized topic, shift stigma, and spread hope and vital information to those affected by suicide and substance use.

The Oklahoma State Department of Education has been awarded a nearly $10 million competitive grant from the United States Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration to support increased efforts in partnership to provide, improve, and expand services that address the transition needs of Oklahoma youth with disabilities.

CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID-19 illness this fall and winter. Updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will be available later this week.

The Oklahoma City Thunder is hosting Thunder Fan Fest, Sunday Oct. 8 from 5:308:30 p.m.

A Tuttle, Oklahoma, mother is sounding a cautionary alarm about the dangers of stroke in adolescents after her son collapsed at a summer wrestling camp. Valorie Champion beamed as members of the OSU wrestling team, along with team coach John Smith, visited her son’s physical therapy session Thursday at INTEGRIS Health Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Center in Yukon, but she didn’t forget her mission to talk about stroke in young people.