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Marland’s Place hosted the Fostering Connections mobile connection vehicle at an event held on the Marland’s Place grounds on Thursday, July 13 from 11 am to 1 pm. Fostering Connections is a resource for children in foster care that also assists with guardianships, children adopted from foster care, children in safety plans, and child reunification that is based in Tulsa.

Nearly 100 Venezuelans at a roundtable this week showed support for passing the Venezuelan Adjustment Act, legislation that would grant Venezuelans a pathway to permanent residency, but the bill needs work, according to experts.

Chinese President Xi Jinping finally appears to be extending an olive branch to private businesses battered in recent years by regulatory crackdowns and the world’s most restrictive COVID-19 policies.

Cindy Leonard took a break from the summer heat earlier this month to cool off on the water steps on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The price was right, she said — free. “With the price of groceries going up, gas, electrical bills, you have to watch what you buy,” she said.

A state health department inspector found a man lying in soiled clothing during an unannounced examination of the Kiowa County Jail in early September. Months earlier, in February 2022, an inspector cited the Bryan County Detention Center for failing to have working intercoms in every cell, raising the odds that detainees in distress would not be able to reach staff.