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Oklahoma community honors business icon Bob Funk Sr.
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 16, 2025
ON THE SOONER STATE. THE CITY OF YUKON SAYS FROM HERE AT MAIN STREET, THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE TOWN. BOB FUNK SENIOR’S CONTRIBUTIONS WILL FOREVER BE PART OF THEM. BUT LEADERS ACROSS OKLAHOMA SAY THE ENTREPRENEUR AND CATTLEMAN MADE OUR ENTIRE STATE A...
Oklahoma lawmakers call on JNC members to set aside partisan politics
CityNewsOKC - Oklahoma
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In a letter sent to members of the Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC), 10 state lawmakers have urged the JNC to set aside political agendas and instead focus on identifying three Oklahoma Supreme Court nominees committed to upholding the law....
Oklahoma Judges: Men can be women
CityNewsOKC - Oklahoma
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In numerous cases in recent years, Oklahoma judges have declared that men are women (and vice versa) and ordered that state documents, such as birth certificates, be altered. On Aug. 2, Nathan Alexander Wylie petitioned the district court of...
Oklahoma sports legends, philanthropists to be receive John F. Kennedy Community Service Awards
The Norman Transcript - Oklahoma
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University of Oklahoma coaching legend Sherri Coale, OU Athletic Director Joe Castiglione and philanthropists Liz and Tim McLaughlin will be honored at the 2025 John F. Kennedy Community Service Awards. The gala event is set for 7 p.m., Sept. 25...
Oklahoma Sooners take the spotlight at SEC Media Days
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 16, 2025
Oklahoma Sooners take the spotlight at SEC Media Days Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables addressed numerous questions at SEC Media Days in Atlanta, as the team faces high expectations for the upcoming football season. IT WAS THE OKLAHOMA...
Oklahoma man faces charges in three states after New Hampshire jail escape
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 16, 2025
CHARGES IN ANOTHER STATE. RIGHT? THAT’S RIGHT. 33 YEAR OLD YAO MING ZHENG FACES CHARGES IN CLEVELAND COUNTY FOR OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, HE’S RACKED UP MORE CHARGES. AND NOW COUNTY OFFICIALS TELL ME TODAY THEY...
Oklahoma City's new arena plans revealed. Here's a look at the future home of the Thunder
News9 - Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt unveiled preliminary designs for Oklahoma City's new downtown arena, which will be the future home of the Oklahoma City Thunder, during a news conference Wednesday. CLICK HERE TO SEE OFFICIAL ARENA PLANS Watch the...
"I am not gassing it up": Brent Venables spills beans on Oklahoma's offseason achievements as Sooners aim for playoff in 2025
Sportskeeda
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July 16, 2025
Oklahoma coach Brent Venables spoke at the Southeastern Conference media days on Wednesday and discussed OU's offseason work, including the areas his team needs to work on. Venables is entering his fourth year as the Sooners' coach and is hoping...
2025 SEC Media Days: Can Oklahoma Shine as a CFP Contender?
BVM Sports
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July 16, 2025
SEC Media Days highlights the pressure facing coaches from Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi State as all missed the College Football Playoff last season. Each team is in a pivotal position to improve in 2025, with coaches needing to...
"Turned the money down to be here": Brent Venables shows massive admiration for Oklahoma QB John Mateer at 2025 SEC media days
Sportskeeda
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July 16, 2025
Brent Venables will be entering his fourth year as Oklahoma's coach in the 2025 season. At the Sooners' Southeastern Conference media days on Wednesday, Venables heaped praise on quarterback John Mateer, who will be the team's QB1 for the upcoming...
Brent Venables shares injury update on Oklahoma WR Javonnie Gibson
Daily Comet - Louisiana
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The Oklahoma Sooners are hoping for much better fortune on the injury front in 2025, especially at wide receiver. One of OU's big portal additions, Javonnie Gibson, suffered an injury in spring ball, breaking his leg during practice. By all...
See photos from The All-American Rejects' secret pop-up show in Oklahoma
The Oklahoman
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Tyson Ritter, frontman of The All-American Rejects, performs during the band's secret home-state pop-up show Monday, July 14, 2025, at WOMPA, a four-acre venue and coworking community just west of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in Stillwater in...
"Its better than any national championship": Brent Venables raves about prominence of Texas - Oklahoma red river rivalry
Sportskeeda
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July 16, 2025
The Red River Rivalry is among the biggest games played out every year. Each season, the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns face off at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The latter leads the all-time series, but Oklahoma has won five of the...
Rivalry game with Texas may be another indicator of how Oklahoma fares under coach Brent Venables
Sporting News
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July 16, 2025
Without a doubt, a measuring stick game for any Oklahoma football coach happens to be the annual October rivalry matchup against Texas in Dallas. The current Sooners’ coach, Brent Venables, knows full well about the magnitude of the game commonly...
What we know about Oklahoma City's new arena
News9 - Oklahoma
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Renderings for the new $900 million downtown Oklahoma City arena, which will host the Oklahoma City Thunder and events of all types, were unveiled Wednesday at the State of the City address hosted by OKC Mayor David Holt. Oklahoma City New Arena...
Jeff Lebby a believer in Brent Venables, Oklahoma
Daily Comet - Louisiana
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The Oklahoma Sooners are banking on a bounce-back season from their head coach and the program in 2025. On the whole, 2024 was more of an aberration than anything. It's hard to truly take anything away from the offensive side of the ball due to...
A latter-day exercise in Dada: Nature Theater of Oklahoma reviewed
The Spectator
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July 16, 2025
What to make of the Nature Theater of Oklahoma, which this week made its British debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall? The bare facts indicate that it’s a ‘crazy shit’ performance group of some repute, the brainchild of Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper,...
Oklahoma City State of the City 2025
News9 - Oklahoma
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Mayor David Holt will deliver his annual State of the City address on Wednesday, July 16, at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. Hosted by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, the sold-out event will bring together more than 1,400 business and...
John Mateer expected to guide Oklahoma back to winning ways
WKZO - Michigan
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July 17, 2025
In the summer of 2021, John Mateer committed to FCS program Central Arkansas since nobody anywhere viewed him as a major-college quarterback. A decommitment five months later and an eventual signing with Washington State paved the road of...
Oklahoma Supreme Court stays new business courts, weighs constitutionality after oral arguments
NonDoc - Oklahoma
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July 16, 2025
A new law to create a pair of so-called business courts would violate a section of the state constitution prescribing the election of district court judges, attorney Bob Burke claimed during oral arguments to the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday....