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Ardmore City School investigating comment made by teacher
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Ardmore City Schools is investigating a comment made by an employee on social media concerning the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump. An X account called ‘Libs of TikTok’ posted a screenshot Tuesday morning of music teacher Alison Scott saying “wish they had a better...
'You dare not walk on 200th street without your head on a swivel'
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (KTUL) — A Broken Arrow resident reaches out to NewsChannel 8 frustrated with drivers blowing through stop signs and speeding at excessive rates. The resident stated that he has reached out to the city of Broken Arrow for years and has not gotten anywhere. After getting...
Her hearing implant was preapproved. But she still received multiple $139,000 bills
Even when patients double-check that their care is covered by insurance, health providers may send them bills as they haggle with insurers over reimbursement. It's stressful and annoying — but legal.
'Where else could we go?': Bacone College alumni, staff discuss historic college's past and future
Johnnie Diacon remembers his college days with nostalgia. “I’ve got so many Bacone stories to tell,” the Muscogee, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town and Deer Clan citizen said. “After I got there, it just became real dear to my heart.”. Bacone College, known historically as “Indian University,” opened in...
Brickbat: I Can't Get Into That
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters recently told members of the state legislature that he has been locked out of the state Department of Education website for two years. In a video posted to X, Walters and another man, who wasn't identified, said that employees created individual websites during a previous administration, and they did not leave the information on how to access those sites when they left. But some lawmakers wondered why the issue hasn't been solved in two years.
Oklahoma AG continues push to dissolve religious charter school contract with latest motion
Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a motion Monday opposing St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School's request for the Oklahoma Supreme Court to stay an order to rescind a state board's contract with the school. Drummond submitted his response to the St. Isidore request a week ahead of the deadline...
‘Entirely Contrary to the Law of the Land’: Total Wine Heads to Court Over This State’s Constitutional Law Prohibiting Big Box Retailers
The Oklahoman reported on Thursday that Total Wine & More is pushing back at Oklahoma’s constitution, which prohibits larger liquor retailers from setting up shop within the Sooner State. The big box retailer’s attorney, Mark Hornbeek, argued in front of a judge that the state’s residency requirement went against the federal constitution.
Oklahomans Anticipate Trump's Speech At Republican National Convention
Oklahomans in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention say they are looking forward to hearing from former President Trump later this week. The state Republican party says nearly 200 Oklahomans are in Milwaukee for the convention. On Monday, the party officially selected Donald Trump as the nominee for November's general...
Oklahoma officials make education look like the ‘Twilight Zone,’ and no one wants to see the twist
Every time it seems like our public school policies can’t get any more bizarre, our education officials manage to up the ante. In the past month alone, they’ve announced that: Bibles must be used in public school classrooms. Not as a dust collector or doorstop but as a historical text. Rather than relying on traditional […] The post Oklahoma officials make education look like the ‘Twilight Zone,’ and no one wants to see the twist appeared first on Oklahoma Voice.
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