To help improve roadway safety, Canadian County officials will now have access to an online database of commercial driver’s license, CDL, holders.

Canadian County commissioners agreed to register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse through the U.S Department of Transportation.

About 50 Canadian County employees are CDL drivers.

“We agree with the concept of what it does,” Canadian County Commission Chairman Jack Stewart said.

Legislation that would limit women’s sports to individuals who are biological females has been approved by a state House committee.

“Two out of every five young women in the state of Oklahoma choose to participate in sports,” said Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin.

“And I’m trying to prevent those women from being denied opportunities when they have to compete against male-bodied athletes.”

In the late 1980s, as a pre-med major at the University of Pittsburgh, I pulled many all-nighters at Scaife Hall at Pitt’s School of Medicine.

My friend Dirk and I knew the only way we would ever make breakfast at the cafeterias at the Towers or Lothrop dorm-halls was by staying up all night studying and then sauntering in zombie-like at 6 a.m. for eggs and pancakes.

Otherwise, the typical early morning fare for me and my buddies was “O Fries” from the iconic Original Hot Dog Shop, washed down with cheap beer around 2 a.m.

Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter from Catholic League President Bill Donohue to Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.

Dear Commissioner Manfred:

As president of the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, I would like to commend you for your new-found interest in policing human rights in the United States.

While your objections to the voting reform law in Georgia are baseless, let’s assume nonetheless that you have a genuine interest in alleged violations of human rights.