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247Sports Lists Each Top 25 Big 12 Team’s Most Exciting Player
In a recent list from 247Sports’ Carter Bahns, the most exciting player for each Preseason Top 25 Big 12 team was listed, with four different teams represented. Bahns listed the most exciting player for Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Utah, and Kansas State, each of which earned a spot in the Top 25.
ConocoPhillips Reinstates Air Shuttle Service to Bartlesville
ConocoPhillips has reinstated its employee air shuttle service, including flights to Bartlesville Airport. The inaugural flight began in July and provides air shuttle service for employees between five different locations — Bartlesville; Houston; Midland, Texas; Carlsbad, New Mexico and Williston, North Dakota. ConocoPhillips uses an Embraer ERJ-145XR, similar to...
Idabel Cross Country Preview – Presented by Guacamole Brothers Mexican Restaurant of Idabel
Idabel hire Jason Barker aims to revitalize Warriors’ cross country program. Idabel track & field head coach John Harjo, who also led the school’s cross country teams before this year, would have been — in his words — “an absolute idiot” to not step aside and allow Jason Barker to take over cross country.
Economist Reacts To Olympic Events Coming To Oklahoma City
As the world prepares for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, Oklahomans are anticipating their own Olympic future in 2028. Officials announced in June that Oklahoma City would host the Canoe Slalom and Softball events during LA28. Economist Steve Agee said basic economic principles have made the practice of spreading events to other cities more widely accepted.
CN celebrates placement of final steel beam on new W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah
TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation leaders gathered Thursday to hold a topping-out ceremony in celebration of the placement of the final steel beam for the future, state-of-the-art W.W. Hastings Hospital. The new hospital, a $470 million investment authorized under the tribe’s Respond, Recover and Rebuild plan, will span 400,000 square...
Emergency services at Porter Avenue will move to Norman Regional HealthPlex
The Norman Regional Health System announced it will move its services on July 29 from 901 N. Porter Ave. Hospital to 3300 HealthPlex Parkway. The Porter Avenue location will now be called Porter Heath Village and will no longer provide emergency services, according to a press release. The Emergency Department...
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee remembered for her role in highlighting 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
TULSA, OKLA. (KTUL) — Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee passed away a week ago on July 19, and her life and legacy are being remembered in Tulsa. Damario Solomon-Simmons, who is the lead attorney for the two remaining Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, said Justice for Greenwood lost a true friend with the death of Representative Jackson Lee.
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...
Pet Of The Week: Puck
Our Pet of the Week is Puck, a 2-month-old dog. Puck is 8 pounds and is a sweet and affectionate puppy. She loves to play and explore, making her the perfect companion for outdoor adventures and walks. However, she's just as happy to cuddle up on the couch and watch...
Late comeback, brilliant playoff birdie lift ORU’s Johnson to OGA State Amateur Championship
Christian Johnson spent his 2023-24 redshirt season at Oral Roberts wisely, gaining 15 pounds of muscle in the weight room and 25 yards off the tee while working hard on his game. The 2023 Class 3A state champion at Christian Heritage Academy in Oklahoma City persevered Friday just as he...
Two separate incidents in Granite lead to drug trafficking charges for 4
GRANITE, Okla. (KSWO) - Two separate incidents in Granite have led to the arrest of four individuals who are now facing charges of trafficking. In the first incident, James Kenneth Ford III and Ajalein D’Undre Tyrik Monroe both face three counts of trafficking a controlled and dangerous substance as well as conspiracy. Ford faces an additional charge of driving without a driver’s license.
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 10 years of the four-team College Football Playoff, we’ve arrived at the expansion season for the CFP, with a whopping 12 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 the conference, the postseason format or outsiders’ expectations, winning is the expectation in Norman. That’s no different under head coach Brent Venables, who is committed to building an elite, winning program at Oklahoma. With OU exiting...
Tulsa Nonprofit Assisting Immigrants On Path To Citizenship
A Tulsa nonprofit has added a new free service to help immigrants in the city on their path to becoming a U.S. citizen. Leaders from the Tulsa Immigrant Community Development Corporation said their new naturalization program helps provide financial assistance to cover the citizenship process. TICDC executive director Luis Flores...
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