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Headlines: Walters’ bible mandate, medical marijuana layoffs & OKC tiny homes
Several Oklahoma schools are standing against Ryan Walters’ bible mandate. (KOSU) Walters responds to Ardmore teacher’s comments online. (NewsOK) Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority lays off 29 workers. (KOSU) Appeals court throws out pot case against expectant mother. (NewsOK) Oklahomans travel to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. (KOSU)
Oklahoma narcotics bureau seizes over 36,000 marijuana plants in Tyrone raid
TYRONE, OKLA (KOKH) — The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) seized 36,591 marijuana plants from a cannabis grow on July 18 in Tyrone. According to OBN, the search warrant of Boomer Buds Cannabis Company LLC was part of an ongoing investigation into marijuana trafficking. In addition to the 36,591...
Bixby Public Schools won't follow Ryan Walters' Bible directive, announces new cellphone rules
BIXBY, Okla. — Big changes are coming to Bixby Public Schools regarding cellphones and the directive issued by State Superintendent Ryan Walters about teaching the Bible in classrooms. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here. First, the district will ban cellphones for students in grades 10...
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...
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