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The potential ups and downs of Thunder's new Hartenstein, Holmgren tandem
The Oklahoma City Thunder have been welcoming some fresh new faces into town during this 2024 NBA offseason. Easily the most noteworthy of the bunch was big man Isaiah Hartenstein, who was signed as a free agent after spending the previous two campaigns with the New York Knicks. Hartenstein offers...
St. Jude Dream Home tours start; win big while supporting child cancer research
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — It's time for the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. Today, July 19, kicks off the first day you can actually tour the half-million-dollar dream home. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is an organization like none other, sharing the latest in cancer research and providing free cancer treatment to the world's children.
Tulsa Area United Way Accepting Applications For Social Innovation Grant
The Tulsa Area United Way is now accepting applications for a grants program to help support Oklahoma startups and existing organizations in need. The Tulsa Area United Way's Social Innovations Grant will provide $45,000 dollars to four organizations. Semi finalists also get 5,000 to help them give back to the community.
Indians Lose in Stan Musial Pool Play
The Doenges Ford Indians fell a game short of making the semifinals of the Oklahoma Stan Musial World Series on Thursday evening. Bartlesville battled and led early but faltered late in a loss to the Tulsa Sandlot in their final home game of 2024. Tulsa topped the Indians 7-2. The...
The MAPS 4 'Beautify OKC' plan is being drafted. Check out proposals for its next phases.
The vision for beautifying Oklahoma City with the MAPS 4 initiative is becoming clearer and clearer, as consultants and engineers provided MAPS advisers with preliminary plans for projects throughout the city in the coming years. The MAPS 4 program, approved by voters in 2019, is budgeting $32.9 million total toward...
Operation Christmas Child coordinators to share firsthand experiences of Vision Trips at July events
Operation Christmas Child (OCC) will host two opportunities on July 20 to hear firsthand accounts from Area Coordinators who recently visited with recipients of shoebox gifts. At 10 a.m., OCC Area Coordinators will be speaking at First Baptist Church in Bonham. Then, at 3 p.m., they’ll be speaking at Silo Baptist Church in Durant, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma's defensive leaders confident heading into the SEC
The Oklahoma Sooners defense took a huge step in 2023. They improved from 99th in the nation in scoring defense to No. 49, cutting their points per game allowed by nearly a touchdown in the process. It’s a group that is expected to take another step as the Sooners head into the SEC.
Church information for July 20
The deadline for submitting items for church briefs to be published in our print edition is 2 p.m. Wednesday. To have an item listed, email Trish Choate at tchoate@gannett.com. Please limit announcements to special events, meetings or special guests. Church brief items cannot be taken over the phone. Christ Church Anglican, West Campus...
Oklahoma state superintendent went from ‘excited’ to ‘disgusted’ over standards he helped create
OKLAHOMA CITY — Bob Blackburn can still picture the room where he helped decide how Oklahoma students would learn their history. Six years ago, the then-executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society sat at the head of a table with five other members of a committee spearheading the next state academic standards for social studies […] The post Oklahoma state superintendent went from ‘excited’ to ‘disgusted’ over standards he helped create appeared first on Oklahoma Voice.
Focus: Black Oklahoma was at the RNC in Milwaukee. Here's what they heard
Trump is incredibly popular in Oklahoma, winning all 77 counties in 2016 and 2020. Reporters from KOSU’s Focus: Black Oklahoma were in Milwaukee to cover the spectacle from an Oklahoma political angle. Here is some of what they’ve found. Oklahoma Republican leadership confident in Trump. One Oklahoma political...
Oklahoma City Zoo becomes first in nation to breed Volcán Alcedo giant tortoises
For years, Katie Porth shined a light on a rare species of Galapagos tortoise eggs, hoping to see movement. Year after year, batches of about two dozen eggs remained empty and unfertilized. But last April was different. For Porth, a Senior Animal Caretaker at the Oklahoma City Zoo, it was...
The Porch: Porter Peach Festival Continues Tradition Of Giving Back To Community
The small town of Porter is welcoming 10,000 people to the area for its annual Peach Festival. The three-day event dates back to 1967. "The community came together and decided to host the Porter Peach Festival to help raise funds to build a civic center," said this year's Miss Peachy Keen, Jennifer Ledezma.
Tulsa Area United Way Accepting Applications For Social Innovation Grant
The Tulsa Area United Way is now accepting applications for a grants program to help support Oklahoma startups and existing organizations in need. The Tulsa Area United Way's Social Innovations Grant will provide $45,000 dollars to four organizations. Semi finalists also get 5,000 to help them give back to the community.
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know
Tulsa’s Board of County Commissioners today will consider hiring David Parker to manage the beleaguered Family Center for Juvenile Justice. As the Tulsa World reported, the possible move comes as county officials grapple with a series of allegations, arrests and investigations related to the facility, which last week was placed on probationary status for the second time in two years.
Daily Bullets (July 19): Themes for the Home Football Games in Stillwater, Looking at Incoming Cowboy Basketball Transfers
Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. • OSU released themes, events for 2024 football games (PFB) • Alex Noren is tied for fourth, leads all former Cowboys through round one at the British Open (The Open) • 247 Sports dove...
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