Good morning, Oklahoma!
Here’s what you need to know today:
🌞 Temperature check: Partly sunny and humid in Oklahoma City with a chance for thunderstorms; High of 86 degrees, low of 69
📅 Today in History: In 2021, the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan, ending a 20-year mission with the Taliban back in power. The withdrawal was chaotic and widely criticized .
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If you only read one thing today:
Oklahoma grocery tax cut means savings, but inflation still an issue
Jim Coffman went grocery shopping Thursday morning at Crest Foods at 4503 NW 23 St., stocking up on his usual grocery items. Soda, Oreos and manufactured snacks poked out of the paper bags packing his full cart. Many of those items fall under the state’s new grocery tax cut, yet Coffman had no idea the law had gone into effect.