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Oklahoma contractor charged with embezzlement
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 13, 2024) – A Tulsa-area contractor faces 17 counts of felony embezzlement and one count of engaging in a pattern of criminal offenses following an investigation by Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Consumer Protection Unit. Charges were filed yesterday in Creek County against Todd Douglas Briggs,...
Paul Finebaum Names College Football Powerhouse Teetering On Playoff Contention
The Oklahoma Sooners are just over a week away from the start of a new era for their program. The Sooners are no longer members of the Big 12 conference, which they dominated by winning 14 conference championships since its founding in 1996. Oklahoma now enters a conference that the Alabama Crimson ...
College football winningest programs: Where Oklahoma Sooners rank entering 2024 season
The 2024 college football season begins with Week 0 on Aug. 24. Anything can happen throughout the course of the new campaign, which will include a 12-team College Football Playoff for the first time. But some programs have come to expect success. This includes OU, which ranks sixth among FBS teams in all-time wins...
Oklahoma Sooners set 'astounding' fundraising record for 2023-24 fiscal year
NORMAN — OU Athletics set a fundraising record for the second time in three years, the program announced Tuesday. The Sooners received a record $110.3 million in total donations and pledges during the 2023-24 fiscal year, surpassing the $109 million raised during the 2022 fiscal year. OU raised $79 million in fiscal year 2023 and $58 million in fiscal year 2021, marking the past four years as the department's top four fundraising efforts. ...
5 players who improved their stock during Oklahoma football preseason camp
NORMAN — The camp portion of preseason practices is in the books for Oklahoma, as the Sooners began classes this week and shifted their attention toward game prep with the season opener quickly approaching. Oklahoma will host Temple on Aug. 30 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, with the Friday night Week 1 matchup kicking off at 6 p.m. on ESPN.
OKC Thunder: Jalen Williams Holds Seventh Best Odds to Win Most Improved Player
The Oklahoma City Thunder have seen Jalen Williams rank seventh in the odds to win the Most Improved Player Award, lagging behind former teammate and current Chicago Bulls Guard Josh Giddey.
Oklahoma City Mayor Preparing For 2028 Olympics Following Return From Paris Games
With the conclusion of the 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, the spotlight is now on Los Angeles, and to a smaller extent Oklahoma City, for the next Summer Games. Although Los Angeles will host much of the 2028 games, the softball and canoe slalom events will be held at Devon Park and Riversport OKC, respectively, in Oklahoma City.
'She was crying': Mom describes scene after hit-and-run suspect crashed into teen's car
OKLAHOMA CITY — Police are searching for a hit-and-run suspect after a crash Tuesday morning in a southwest Oklahoma City neighborhood. The incident started around 8 a.m. on Southwest 44th Street and Shartel when the suspect crashed into a car. Inside the car was a teenage girl on her way to school.
Derek Chauvin is currently serving out his sentence in Oklahoma
It appears that the former Minneapolis police officer is being relocated to Oklahoma. In 2021, Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder for the death of George Floyd on June 25, 2021. He received a sentence of 22.5 years and has been held at an Arizona facility for the past few years. However, Chauvin is now being transferred due to an incident that occurred in late 2023.
Michele Cogdill is Announced the 2024 George Wilkinson Award Winner
Jodi Cox, Executive Director, and CEO of the Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund (OkMRF) attended the City of Harrah’s council meeting on August 15, 2024; to present the George Wilkinson annual award to this year's outstanding authorized agent whose performance of duties is exemplary. Cox explained to the Harrah City...
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