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'Hurricane-force winds': Destructive winds brought widespread damage to central Oklahoma
Severe thunderstorms brought intense, destructive winds to the Oklahoma City area on Tuesday evening. KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane said parts of central Oklahoma will look like a tornado came through the area due to the storms. The storms produced 85 mph winds in Oklahoma City, and more damaging wind was recorded just north of the OKC area.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Active For Green Country Until 11am
The mid-level ridge of high pressure is shifting westward, allowing a favorable upper airflow from northwest to southeast to brush parts of southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma Tuesday night into Wednesday before the ridge expands back over the region. During this period of northwest flow, there's a chance for a complex of storms to approach the area.
As diversity education threatened, students spend summer days learning about Greenwood's past
Teaching history in Oklahoma has become controversial thanks, in part, to state lawmakers forbidding instruction that may cause students to feel discomfort around their identities. Educators in the state have tried to work around House Bill 1775 restrictions or supplement kids' history education through alternative means or programs. One such...
“Jumping the Shark” as Bad in Politics as on TV
Oklahoma City – Growing up as a child in the 1970s, I enjoyed my fair share of television shows. One of my favorites was “Happy Days,” celebrating its Fiftieth anniversary this year. “Happy Days” starred Ron Howard, a Duncan native, who played Richie Cunningham. The show followed...
Former OSDE staff say Walters, not them, to blame for missed federal grant funds
OSDE leaders blamed former staff for the department’s failure to secure $1.4 million in federal grant funding for school security, but those former staff say OSDE leadership refused to give them the necessary resources to secure the funds at all.
Brandon Tatum, Stitt's chief of staff, picked to lead the Regional University System of Oklahoma
Brandon Tatum, the chief of staff for Gov. Kevin Stitt, will serve as the next executive director of the Regional University System of Oklahoma, RUSO regents announced Monday. RUSO, as it’s commonly known, oversees six public universities — Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, East Central University in Ada and the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Combined, they have more than 40,000 students, making RUSO the largest four-year university system in Oklahoma.
Deadline Approaching Oklahoma's Promise Scholarship Program
Summer is here and kids are enjoying the break but there is an important deadline coming up next week that parents need to know about. Oklahoma's Promise is a program that offers qualified Oklahoma students an opportunity to earn a scholarship for college tuition. Dr. Laura Latta is the executive director of the Tulsa Higher Education Consortium and she joined News on 6 to explain the benefits of the program.
Oklahoma joins states with ‘release time’ laws letting kids leave school for religious lessons
Children in American public schools traditionally learned the three R’s: reading, writing and arithmetic. Today, students in more than half of the U.S. states can study a fourth R: religion. Oklahoma is the most recent state to allow school boards to implement “release time”: off-site classes with religious or moral instruction that K-12 students can […] The post Oklahoma joins states with ‘release time’ laws letting kids leave school for religious lessons appeared first on Oklahoma Voice.
Free Business Class Available To Oklahoma Veterans Aspiring To Be Entrepreneurs
The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs is helping veterans bring their business ideas to life through its OK Vet Works program. OK Vet Works is a program that provides veterans and their spouses free business advice. The program includes a class called ‘Boots To Suits,’ which teaches veterans how to...
NorSun Plans $620M Investment in Oklahoma
Norwegian solar energy company NorSun has selected Tulsa, Oklahoma, for its first U.S.-based factory, an initial planned investment of $620 million. The investment into Tulsa will create more than 320 jobs, announces the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Norwegian solar energy company NorSun has selected Tulsa, Oklahoma, for its first U.S.-based...
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