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Walker Buehler allows 4 runs in 4 innings in first rehab start back in Triple-A
Walker Buehler got out of Los Angeles to start another minor league rehab assignment, but still found himself mired in traffic all night in Oklahoma City. The Dodgers right-hander allowed four runs on eight hits with two walks and three strikeouts in his four innings against Tacoma, the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate.
Oklahoma football 2024 fall camp position preview: Special teams
Fall camp is around the corner, and Oklahoma's inaugural SEC season is set to kick off in less than six weeks. As the first day of preseason practice approaches, it's time to take a closer look at each position group for the Sooners and where things stand for each unit entering Year 3 under head coach Brent Venables. The 11-part series continues with an examination of Oklahoma's safeties.
A new CNG van for the Myriad Gardens in downtown OKC will be bought with donated funds
Nonprofit organizers for downtown Oklahoma City's popular Myriad Botanical Gardens will be using donations from a public utility's foundation to boost the gardens' eco-friendly mission. The Myriad Gardens Foundation accepted a $19,000 reward from Oklahoma Natural Gas to support green initiatives at the 15-acre garden, the nonprofit announced this week. ...
Dust Bowl Days Festival revives
A change of venue and activities on Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20, at the 4th Dust Bowl Days (DBD) Farm and Ranch Festival in Sayre reversed a trajectory of declining attendance to one of solid participation. Lead Planner Kay Allen said the purpose of the festival is, “To...
Benefits planned for beloved retired ECHS teacher
Debbie Sisemore is currently battling stage 3 cancer. “Debbie was refusing a benefit because it is her nature not to put others out,” explained former student and long-time friend Jessica Nunez. “She didn’t want others to have to spend time organizing it, but that is just how Debbie is. She is always doing for others, but doesn’t want others to be put out helping her. She isn’t going to be able to work for at least two months as she goes through chemo, so I decided that we were doing this. I knew a lot of people in Elk City would be jumping to help her. Everybody loves Debbie.”
Elk City Cystic Fibrosis Baseball Tournament celebrates ten years
“It is humbling, to say the least,” said Meghan Flowers when asked about the longevity of the Elk City Cystic Fibrosis Tournament held in Elk City every Father’s Day weekend. The tournament was the brainchild of Meghan and her husband Marshall after this first child, Mos, was diagnosed...
A plum of a jam and gospel festival
Well-played red-dirt country music from three Oklahoma- based bands on Saturday, July 20, for the 3rd Wild Plum Jam and graceful gospel singing on Sunday closed-out the Dust Bowl Days (DBD) Farm and Ranch Festival in Sayre’s City Park. Caroline Faith and the Wild Horses band started first. From...
Dennis Furr, longtime Oklahoma high school softball coach, dies at 49
Longtime Oklahoma high school softball coach Dennis Furr died Friday morning surrounded by his family and friends after a battle with cancer. He was 49. Furr's coaching career spanned nearly 20 years as a head coach, with experience at both the high school and college level. He appeared in the state championship game nine times at the high school level and won six fastpitch state titles. ...
Pawhuska's Streetscape project contract approved
After almost a decade and a half, Pawhuska city government is perhaps just weeks away from the beginning of actual work on a downtown beautification effort known as the Streetscape project. The preparation for the project dates back to 2010, when city government applied for a state Department of Transportation...
Former Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin Finds Solace in the Port City
Governor and her husband, en route from Florida to Halifax, make a stop in Oswego. In a year featuring political prominence where either an incumbent president will be re-elected or a former president will reassume our nation’s highest office, hardly any move made by a high-profile politician goes unnoticed.
'Twisters' tears through Oklahoma on the big screen. Moviegoers in the state are buying up tickets
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Grace Evans lived through one of the most powerful and deadly twisters in Oklahoma history: a roaring top-of-the-scale terror in 2013 that plowed through homes, tore through a school and killed 24 people in the small suburb of Moore. A hospital and bowling alley were also destroyed. But not the movie theater next door — where almost a decade later, Evans and her teenage daughter this week felt no pause buying two tickets to a showing of the blockbuster “Twisters.” “I was looking for that element of excitement and I guess drama and danger,” Evans said. Her daughter also walked out a fan. “It was very realistic. I was definitely frightened,” said Charis Evans, 15.
Heard Stars in Volleyball All-State
BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR JENKS – Sapulpa’s Tyla Heard participated in the Oklahoma Coaches Association (OCA) All-State game for volleyball Tuesday night at Jenks and brought a loud cheering section with […]. You are currently unauthorized to view this page. If you are a subscriber, you...
Oklahoma coach Brent Venables on Josh Heupel: ‘He’s always been a winner’
Josh Heupel and Brent Venables won a national championship together at Oklahoma in 2000. Now they'll face off as opposing SEC coaches. The post Oklahoma coach Brent Venables on Josh Heupel: ‘He’s always been a winner’ appeared first on On3.
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