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2 Oklahoma Students Receive National Award
Two Oklahoma students were honored with a national award for their vocal talents. Hayley Hitt and Cole Rogers were the winners of this year's Plimpton Foundation Award. They each received $2,500 and sang at the award presentation at Saint Paul's United Methodist Church in Muskogee. The Plimpton Foundation Award was...
New interstate highway coming, thousands wait for housing vouchers and how SEC membership helps OU academically
🌞 Temperature check: More thunderstorms are likely in the OKC metro area this morning, becoming less frequent in the afternoon. Highs expected in the upper 70s, dropping to mid 60s tonight. 📅 Today in History: in 2011, NASA launched its last space shuttle mission. The final mission of the...
Oklahoma governor rejected food aid for children. Now tribes are offering it instead
A new summer food program helped feed at least one in six Oklahoma children in its first month, after several tribal nations stepped in to distribute federal aid rejected by the governor. The program pays families up to $120 per child to cover groceries while school is out of session....
How did almost half the state's colleges and universities avoid raising tuition and fees?
The presidents or chief financial officers of 14 Oklahoma public colleges and universities had to go before the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to present their rationale for requesting increases in tuition and fees for the 2024-25 academic year. Most, but not all, were approved at the regents' meeting last week, but...
Cherokee filmmaker dives into Oklahoma Superfund Site in short film 'Meet Me at the Creek'
Cherokee filmmaker Loren Waters didn't anticipate just how strongly she would feel connected to the land while working on her short film "Meet Me at the Creek." "As tribal people, we were removed from our homelands to be in northeastern Oklahoma. So, it wasn't a place we wanted to be. But we have to make it work," said Waters, who is also a citizen of the Kiowa Tribe. ...
Oklahoma best sellers: July 7
This week's Oklahoma best sellers are based on total number of sales at Tulsa's Magic City Books, Best of Books in Edmond, Brace Books in Ponca City, and Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City. Here are the Oklahoma best sellers for Sunday, July 7:. Fiction. “First Frost” by Craig Johnson...
Amber Portwood’s Fiancé Gary Wayt Spotted in Oklahoma Following Disappearance
Hours after Amber Portwood spoke out about her missing fiancé, Gary Wayt, authorities confirmed that he has been spotted. Video footage obtained shows Wayt, 39, on June 11 in Oklahoma, more than 900 miles away from where he was last seen in North Carolina. He was first reported missing...
A consequential decision looms for the first meeting of the Statewide Charter School Board
As the new Statewide Charter School Board prepares for its first — and potentially consequential — meeting on Monday, it has almost a full slate of members. Three appointments made during the final week of June — one by state House Speaker Charles McCall, two by Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat...
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