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Major Renovations, Including AI Enhancements Planned For Will Rogers Museum In Claremore
It’s been nearly 40 years since the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore received a major renovation but work is being done to attract a new generation. A new event center will be built overlooking Claremore. There will also be a collection area to showcase Will Rogers’ memorabilia collection. A new entryway will open up for the museum and officials said they want it to be more appealing for events and programs.
Bartlesville's own 10-year-old MMA prodigy chases world champion dreams
In a quiet corner of a fighting gym located in the once-bustling Washington Park Mall in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, a young girl not only longs to be crowned the mixed martial arts world champion but go down as the greatest fighter of all time. Since age five, Alaina Stout, now age 10, has trained...
Cherokee Nation Citizenship Registration and Photo ID Field Events coming across Reservation
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Throughout the remainder of the year, Cherokee Nation will be hosting several citizenship registration and photo ID field events across the reservation with a few at large events scheduled. “We want to invite all Cherokee Nation citizens who need an updated photo ID to join us...
Jail bookings July 15-25
The following information is provided by the Kay County Detention Center. Those booked in the county jail July 15-25 include:. Jody Forrest Angel, 54, Ponca City, firearm charges. Joseph Atijar, 30, Ponca City, embezzlement of bank fund. Roy Dean Atkins, 51, Newkirk, obstruction. Kristen Doss Baker, 30, Ponca City, child...
Oklahoma health system is shutting down hospital
Looking to cut costs, the Norman Regional Health System is consolidating two hospitals. Its longtime hospital in downtown Norman will shift to urgent care. For more than seven decades, the Norman Regional Hospital has served patients in downtown Norman, Oklahoma. But aiming to reduce costs, the Norman Regional Health System...
Edmond Sam's Club launches new recycling unit free to the public
EDMOND, OKLA (KOKH) — The Sam's Club located at 1117 W I-35 Frontage Road in Edmond just launched a new Community Recycling Unit in partnership with Walmart. The free, self-service drop-off container provides a free recycling location that can accept materials that may not be accepted in local curbside bins.
High levels of harmful algae detected near Arcadia Lake dam, public advised to avoid water
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA (KOKH) — The City of Edmond announced the presence of blue-green algae at Arcadia Lake. Visitors and pets are encouraged to take precautions in and around the water. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality conducted testing that found levels of blue-green algae in an area near...
Norman to shift recycling operations to the city starting in August
NORMAN, OKLA (KOKH) — The City of Norman will be taking over recycling operations beginning Aug 1. According to the City of Norman, utility customers will experience savings due to the shift from a third-party contractor to a city service. There will be no changes to what can be...
Southwest Airlines publishes its initial redeye schedule
Southwest Airlines has new flights available for booking today as the carrier continues responding to Customer demand and preferences with additional service around popular events in Southwest® destinations, as well as redeye operations for the first time. Flexibility for Football. After expanding our college football and professional football playbooks,...
CN strives to meet child care needs across reservation
TAHLEQUAH – For more than 30 years the Cherokee Nation has offered child care services to its citizens, but the current administration is ramping up efforts to fill in the gaps. The tribe’s ongoing plan is to replace aging Head Start facilities and build new child development centers across...
Oklahoma City Police seek three shoplifters at Dollar General
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA (KOKH) — The Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) is seeking information on three individuals allegedly involved in a shoplifting incident at Dollar General. According to OKCPD, the three individuals captured by surveillance footage shoplifted from the Dollar General near Hefner and Western. The three individuals fled...
3 Players Thunder must pursue with potential $2.5 million DPE following Topic news
Wednesday afternoon, the OKC Thunder announced that recent lottery-selected guard Nikola Topic had officially undergone successful surgery to repair his partially torn ACL sustained earlier this year while with the Red Star Belgrade of the Serbian SuperLiga. Despite the repair, according to numerous health professionals and NBA Insiders, the rehabilitation...
Kirk Herbstreit thinks this SEC team is a sleeper to make the Playoff
The way a team can compete for a national championship in college football has changed this year. After ten years of the four-team College Football Playoff, we’ve arrived at the expansion season for the CFP, with a whopping twelve teams having a chance to play their way to a title. For the Oklahoma Sooners, the standard has always been to compete for national championships. Regardless of what conference the program is in, what the postseason format loos like, or how good outsiders expect OU to be, winning is the expectation in Norman. That’s no different under head coach Brent Venables, who...
Osage Nation new counseling center complex now completed
Osage Nation officials on the morning of July 22 celebrated the completion of a complex of five new buildings to be used to provide substance-abuse treatment to adults and youth. The complex sits on land just north of the Pawhuska Elks Lodge. The property was formerly the Ellis Thomas Ranch....
State closes Gum Springs School
—The Oklahoma State School Board of Education voted unanimously at a special meeting Tuesday to deny Gum Springs School accreditation, Sandy Garrett, state superintendent of schools, said. This means Gum Springs will face mandatory annexation, she said. Garrett said it wasn’t a happy time for the state board, “We don’t...
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