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The Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission licensing division issued one beer and wine license, four mixed-beverage licenses and one retail beer license from July 20 to July 24.

Many employers need to take a hard look at a permanent reduction in force, a local employment attorney said.

Officials have arrested a teenager following a deadly shooting at an Oklahoma City apartment complex.

This school year is going to look a lot different than years past as districts and teachers try to balance education with safety in the midst of a global pandemic.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 765 new coronavirus cases across the state, bringing the total cumulative number of the states positive cases to 44,728.

KOCO 5 is providing you with the latest information on COVID-19, or the coronavirus, in Oklahoma, as well as resources to be prepared and keep your family safe.

By Cameron JourdanTulsa Union football player Juan Cruz died Sunday in a car crash. He was 16.Coach Kirk Fridrich told the Tulsa Worldthat Cruz was a great teammate who loved being a Union football player.Read more on NewsOK.com

It took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It took just over six weeks for that number to double.The worldwide count of known COVID-19 infections climbed past 20 million on Monday, with more than half of them from just three countries: the U.S., India and Brazil, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.The average number of new cases per day in the U.S. has declined in recent weeks but is still running high at over 54,000, versus almost 59,000 in India and nearly 44,000 in Brazil.The severe and sustained crisis in the U.S. over 5 million cases and 163,000 deaths, easily the highest totals of any country has dismayed and surprised many around the world, given the nations vaunted scientific ingenuity and the head start it had over Europe and Asia to prepare.South Africa, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Russia and the Philippines round out the list of the top 10 countries contributing the most new cases to the global tally since July 22, according to an Associated Press analysis of Johns Hopkins data through Monday.The real number of people infected by the virus around the world is believed to be much higher perhaps 10 times higher in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention given testing limitations and the many mild cases that have gone unreported or unrecognized.In other developments, Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a vaccine against the virus.Read more on NewsOK.com