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Sunset of Counselor Corps Leads to Budget Cuts, Staff Reductions
Through guitar lessons and group music sessions, Leticia Castro helped students in her small, rural district in western Oklahoma build confidence and form deeper relationships with their peers. Over a semester, she taught 60 students in kindergarten through 12th grade how to express their emotions and encourage others through music.
Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools
Welcome to the Friday, July 26, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:. Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools. Eleven new measures certified for the ballot, 25 pending signature verification. Did you know that from 2016 to 2024, the 100...
Oklahoma School Districts Facing Urgent Need For Bus Drivers, Child Nutritionists, Support Staff
The new school year is just around the corner, and many school districts are still looking to fill open positions for bus drivers, child nutrition specialists, and even daycare programs. Broken Arrow Public Schools is one district still looking to fill open support staff positions, but the district said it's...
Top 100 class of 2026 QB Jaden O'Neal is recruiting hard for Oklahoma
Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne Top 100 quarterback Jaden O'Neal is one of the best in the class of 2026. The 6-3, 200-pounder is a strong-armed signal-caller that can make all of the throws. On June 24, O'Neal committed to Oklahoma. He could have gone just about anywhere in the country,...
Christi Erbar named Lady Jays assistant softball coach
Guthrie High School is excited to introduce Christi Erbar as the new assistant coach for the softball team, bringing a wealth of experience and accolades to the program. This marks Erbar’s fourth year teaching reading at Guthrie Junior High and her first year coaching softball at the high school. “I am so thrilled to be given an opportunity to assist my fellow coaches in taking the program to amazing heights and to help produce intelligent, confident, and strong young ladies,” Erbar shared.
Large turnout expected for 2nd annual Clay Tarter Memorial Invitational
With six weeks still to go, excitement is building as the 2nd Annual Clay Tarter Memorial Invitational. Races are set for Friday, September 6th, at Cottonwood Flats, where around 750 young runners will take to the course in what promises to be an unforgettable event. The event has already grown...
Oklahoma City Police Searching For Suspects After Vehicle Crash
A search for two people is underway Friday morning after a vehicle crash in northwestern Oklahoma City, police say. Oklahoma City Police said they responded to the scene of the crash around 4 a.m. near North Walker Avenue and Northwest 89th Street, but only found the vehicle involved. OCPD said...
Sharing Stories Of Forgotten Communities: An Arts & Culture Project On The Porch
A new arts and culture project started over the summer sharing the forgotten stories of Oklahoma City's black communities. Leondre Lattimore joined Storme Jones on the Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch to share more about that project. The project is called Oklahoma City's forgotten black communities. This project started...
Oklahoma City enacts 180-day moratorium on new Airbnbs
The Oklahoma City Council voted overwhelmingly for an emergency moratorium on new applications for short-term home-sharing, like Airbnbs, last week. Only Ward 4 Council Member Todd Stone voted against the measure. Ward 2 Council Member James Cooper supported the moratorium. He said residents in his ward complain home-sharing leads to...
Only slight rain chances before temps soar
As of Thursday, we have had a nice 8 day stretch of below average temperatures, but that is about to change. OKC was 91 Wednesday, and temperatures are already running a bit warmer Thursday. Expect low 90s for the end of the work week. Only very small isolated shower chances continue Friday.
Chat With The Chief: Summer Speeders
With an increase in traffic in an ever-growing city, the Oklahoma City Police Department is changing how they approach traffic safety. News 9 spoke with OCPD Chief Wade Gourley about how his department is keeping the roads safe this summer.
"Something that we're dealing with each & everyday": Road rage incidents surge in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Oklahoma has been ranked one of the worst states in the nation for road rage incidents according to a recent Forbes study. Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson III said deputies respond to road rage calls in Oklahoma regularly, even earlier this month an Oklahoma City couple was shot during a road rage incident while their 1-year-old son was in the back seat.
Thunder rookie Nikola Topic undergoes ACL surgery, will miss 2024-25 season
Thunder rookie Nikola Topic undergoes ACL surgery, will miss 2024-25 season Oklahoma City Thunder rookie guard Nikola Topic officially underwent surgery to repair his torn ACL, the team announced Wednesday. As expected, he plans to miss the entirety of the 2024-25 NBA season. “We’re going into that extremely optimistic with what it is that we’ve […] The post Thunder rookie Nikola Topic undergoes ACL surgery, will miss 2024-25 season appeared first on Vendetta Sports Media.
Coast Guard searching for 2 Oklahomans who went missing while diving off Texas coast
MATAGORDA, Texas — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two Oklahomans who were reported missing while diving off the shore of Matagorda, Texas. Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following. A news release states that Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders received...
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