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Living in tornado alley, most Oklahomans have had some experience with tornadoes. From shelter in place orders to damages done to homes, the people of Kay county have and always will be affected by these natural disasters. Unfortunately, our neighbors to the east have seen the worst of the danger of tornadoes. On May 6, Barnsdall was hit with a tornado that the national weather service has given the preliminary rating of an EF4. One citizen was left dead and another missing in the wake of this disaster, the rest of the community is picking up the pieces of their lives.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia started a new offensive around his country’s second-biggest city as Kremlin forces moved to breach the border in the northeast. Artillery has so far been able to repel the assault in the Kharkiv region, Zelenskyy said during a meeting with Slovak President Zuzana Caputova in Kyiv on Friday.

One key American official is quietly keeping Washington’s lines of communication open across the Middle East as the U.S. and Israel endure their worst falling-out in decades over the war in Gaza.

The Ponca City Senior Center had several members participate in the OKC Senior Memorial Marathon, Saturday, April 27. In collaboration with Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative, participants logged 25 miles in preparation to complete their last 1.2 miles at the marathon.

As the end of this legislative session draws closer, my colleagues and I are laserfocused on finalizing a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The governor, Senate and House are all in agreement that we need to fasttrack relief funding for cities and towns hit hard by the recent tornadoes.