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Oklahoma Health Leaders Raise Awareness For National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
July is National 'Minority Mental Health Awareness' month and Oklahoma health leaders are putting a spotlight on issues impacting minority communities. Health leaders said that there can be a disconnect between minorities and health agencies that can often affect their treatment. Stephanie Roberts with the Mental Health Association Oklahoma said...
SECMD24: Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma & Mizzou take the Tuesday stage
Press Conference video courtesy of the Southeastern Conference. Tuesday at SEC Media Days brings representatives from Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Missouri into the spotlight. Each head coach and three player representatives for each school took to the stage on Day 2, along with SEC Coordinator of Football Officials John McDaid.
One More Day of Heat Wave
The heat wave will last one more day before we get a break in the high temperatures. A heat advisory will be in effect for southeast Kansas, most of Oklahoma, southern Missouri and all of Arkansas today. The advisories start between 11 and 1 p.m. and will last until 8 p.m. Coffeyville is expected to see a high of 99 with a heat index up to 109 today.
Oklahoma Delegates Describe First Day Of RNC
Two days after the deadly rally and attempt on former President Donald Trump's life, the RNC is packed with Republicans ready for November. "It's absolutely electric. I mean, right now, the crowd went crazy. The pick of JD Vance was a great vice president pick,” State Representative Jon Echols said.
Brickbat: I Can't Get Into That
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters recently told members of the state legislature that he has been locked out of the state Department of Education website for two years. In a video posted to X, Walters and another man, who wasn't identified, said that employees created individual websites during a previous administration, and they did not leave the information on how to access those sites when they left. But some lawmakers wondered why the issue hasn't been solved in two years.
‘Entirely Contrary to the Law of the Land’: Total Wine Heads to Court Over This State’s Constitutional Law Prohibiting Big Box Retailers
The Oklahoman reported on Thursday that Total Wine & More is pushing back at Oklahoma’s constitution, which prohibits larger liquor retailers from setting up shop within the Sooner State. The big box retailer’s attorney, Mark Hornbeek, argued in front of a judge that the state’s residency requirement went against the federal constitution.
Oklahoma ranks high in food insecurity, local efforts intensify over the summer
Tulsa, Okla. (KTUL) — The fight to end hunger in Oklahoma is a daunting task given that Oklahoma is ranked as one of the worst states when it comes to food security. According to Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma is one of the hungriest states in the nation. One in...
Oklahoma officials make education look like the ‘Twilight Zone,’ and no one wants to see the twist
Every time it seems like our public school policies can’t get any more bizarre, our education officials manage to up the ante. In the past month alone, they’ve announced that: Bibles must be used in public school classrooms. Not as a dust collector or doorstop but as a historical text. Rather than relying on traditional […] The post Oklahoma officials make education look like the ‘Twilight Zone,’ and no one wants to see the twist appeared first on Oklahoma Voice.
Six states passed laws related to the restoration of voting rights for felons or voting by incarcerated individuals
Six states adopted new laws related to voting by individuals convicted of a felony or voting by incarcerated individuals, including two states with Republican trifectas that passed bills to restore voting rights to certain individuals convicted of a felony more quickly. In Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed HB 1629...
Indians Go 2-0 Tuesday Night
The Doenges Ford Indians have now won four straight games after a Tuesday night double header sweep over the Diamond Dawgs of Independence, KS, 5-1 and 11-1. Game one went the full seven innings but was never in doubt. The Indians took an early 2-0 lead after two innings and then piled on three more in the fourth.
New Details Emerge In Investigation Of Grady County Mother's Death
More details are coming out about what may have led up to the murder of a Grady County wife and mother. Investigators say Holly Miller was found dead inside her Chickasha home on July 8. An affidavit for a search warrant reveals more about what happened that day as Miller’s daughter files a protective order against her mother’s husband.
Ex-Thunder big puts LeBron James on blast, calls him 'dictator of the NBA'
Former OKC Thunder big man and current activist Enes Kanter Freedom has frequently and unabashedly made his feelings about the NBA and its members well-known since he last suited up for an organization back in 2022. From criticizing the league's partnership with China to voicing his disapproval over the association's...
Bartlesville Fire crews respond to motel fire
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — The Bartlesville Fire Department responded to a motel fire on Thursday. Fire crews responded to the Budget Inn Motel on Southwest Frank Phillips Boulevard in west Bartlesville. Bartlesville Fire said one room at the motel had major damage and there was minor damage to the exterior...
Oklahoma Sooners Defensive Back Applauds SEC Stance On Horns Down Gesture
Oklahoma Sooners' defensive back Bill Bowman was the first member of the Sooners program to enter the media room on Tuesday at the SEC media days in Dallas, Texas, where he applauded the conference's stance on the Sooners' mock "Horns Down" symbol. Many Sooners fans mockingly display in front ...
Barnsdall Public Works Authority Gets Helpful Grant
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board has given the Barnsdall Public Works Authority two million dollars in funding to improve the Waxhoma Dam. The Authority owns and operates that dam, which maintains Lake Waxhoma. Potable water is also serviced to just over 500 customers and Osage County Rural Water District Number 5. State Senator Bill Coleman and State Representative Judd Strom played a major role in getting this funding and Water Resource Board Executive Director Julie Cunningham had this to say on the aid:
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