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OSU Extension empowers Oklahoma communities with hands-on learning and youth leadership
Oklahoma State University
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September 3, 2025
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Media Contact: Jami Mattox | Digital Manager | 405-744-1884 | jami.mattox@okstate.edu During the first quarter of 2025, Oklahoma State University Extension provided hands-on learning, fostered new partnerships and...
The Oklahoma Panhandle's biggest city doesn't have enough water. That's about to change
High Plains Public Radio - Kansas
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September 3, 2025
In early July, one of the hottest stretches this summer, one of Guymon's city water wells clunked to a halt. Not just any well — this was Well Number 21, the city's best well. The one that pumps a quarter of the water Guymon uses each day. "That...
'Cool matchup': Oklahoma could take big step forward vs. fellow blue blood Michigan
The Detroit News - Michigan
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Norman, Okla. – For most of the past 50 years, when Oklahoma showed up on the schedule, folks knew what was coming. In the 1970s and 1980s, coach Barry Switzer’s wishbone offense relentlessly ran over and by opponents to help claim three national...
Science Museum Oklahoma offers fall break STEM camps and free Discoverfest event
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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September 3, 2025
SO KIDS HAVE BEEN BACK IN THE CLASSROOM FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT FALL BREAK ALREADY ON THE HORIZON AND REGISTRATION FOR SOME FALL BREAK CAMPS ARE NOW OPEN. AND FOR THIS WEEK’S STEM SPOTLIGHT, OUR METEOROLOGIST SABRINA BATES JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON...
OHP: Driver dies after crashing into school bus unloading children on Oklahoma highway
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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September 4, 2025
IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE. AND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL ON THE SCENE OF A FATAL CRASH INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS. THIS IS HAPPENING IN ROGERS COUNTY. HAPPENED AROUND 315. OHP SENDING OUT A NOTICE THAT BOTH THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF US...
Oklahoma Local Food for Schools Program now accepting applications
The Duncan Banner - Oklahoma
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The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry is now accepting applications to participate in the Local Foods for Schools program for Fiscal Year 2026. The program will reimburse schools for approved purchases of minimally processed...
OU Health Ph.D. candidate earns National Cancer Institute grant
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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September 9, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — University of Oklahoma Health Campus Ph.D. candidate Alex Arreola has earned a prestigious National Cancer Institute grant – one of only 15 awarded nationwide this year. He is the first trainee from OU Health Stephenson Cancer...
Tobacco board should let Oklahomans speak for themselves
The Oklahoman
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A four-member, state board tasked with overseeing the investment of nearly $2 billion intended to make Oklahoma healthier has suddenly decided it’s also the morality police, and our last line of defense against the “dubious values” of...
K.C. Star Names First Black Top Editor
Journal-isms
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September 9, 2025
Managing Editor Andale Gross Once Led AP’s Race Coverage Homepage photo: Andale Gross, second from bottom, left, in blue tie, and the Kansas City Star news staff. (Credit: Kansas City Star.) Andale Gross speaks in 2023 at the Society of...
Kratom and 7-OH in Oklahoma: Is the opiate-like substance dangerous?
News9 - Oklahoma
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Amid growing concerns, News 9 took an in-depth look at a substance that is widely available at Oklahoma smoke shops and convenience stores: kratom and 7-hydroxy (7-OH). The concern is so strong that the FDA recently issued a warning, citing risks...
Venables, Oklahoma could take major step forward vs. fellow blue blood Michigan
Lethbridge Herald
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September 3, 2025
By Canadian Press on September 3, 2025. NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — For most of the past 50 years, when Oklahoma showed up on the schedule, folks knew what was coming. In the 1970s and 1980s, coach Barry Switzer’s wishbone offense relentlessly ran over...
College football odds, picks, predictions: Michigan vs. Oklahoma, Oregon vs. Oklahoma State highlight Week 2
CBS Sports - Florida
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September 3, 2025
Unless you placed a futures bet on Alabama winning the national championship this season, you're likely feeling pretty good after a jam-packed opening weekend of results across college football. The Week 2 slate pales in comparison to the litany...
Cheapest regular gas in cities across Oklahoma County in week ending Aug. 23
East OKC News - Oklahoma
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September 3, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Oklahoma County...
Rep. Shaw announces Save Oklahoma Plan to hold Republicans accountable to the people
KOKH - Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA (KOKH) — Representative Jim Shaw, R-Chandler, announced the Save Oklahoma Plan in an effort to hold Republicans in the 2026 legislative session and Oklahoma primaries accountable to the people. In a release on Tuesday, Rep....
View From The Eighth Pole: After 15 Years, Oklahoma Jockeys Deserve A Raise
Yahoo Sports
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Can you imagine working the same job for 15 years and never getting a raise? Actually, can you imagine working the same job for 15 years and having part of your income stripped away? That’s been the case with Thoroughbred jockeys in Oklahoma, who...
Blue vs. Crimson: Michigan and Oklahoma in a Battle of College Football Giants
Film Daily
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September 2, 2025
College football thrives on history, tradition, and rivalry. Few matchups can capture the nation’s attention like Michigan vs. Oklahoma, two programs draped in championship banners, legendary coaches, and fan bases that bleed maize or crimson. As...
New law likely means flood of utility rate hike requests in Oklahoma
KUSH - Oklahoma
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September 2, 2025
Oklahoma’s Corporation Commissioners are bracing for an anticipated flood of new rate requests thanks to a new law that utilities lobbied to get, but is one that Commissioners opposed and now believe it could be unconstitutional. The bill that one...
Raising Oklahoma’s minimum wage would benefit public safety, report finds
Oklahoma Voice
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September 2, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Spending on crime, incarceration, and corrections would be reduced in Oklahoma if the minimum wage were raised to $15, according to a report. Higher wages could help break the “cycle of poverty and incarceration” while reducing the...
Kansas City activists fight global company’s plans to open industrial waste recycling facility
Butler County Times Gazette - Kansas
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September 2, 2025
By: Anna Kaminski Kansas Reflector KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Activists and community members are attempting to shield a historic Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood from further industrialization as a recycling company, touting a new age of...
In-state star Xavier Okwufulueze commits to Oklahoma after receiving coveted offer
On3
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September 2, 2025
Xavier Okwufulueze had been waiting for an offer from Oklahoma throughout his recruiting process, and it came on Monday from Sooners wide receivers coach Emmett Jones. A day later, the 6-foot-4, 200-pound athlete has committed to OU, choosing the...