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WASHINGTON – More than $6 million in public broadcasting funding in Oklahoma could be at risk following a vote by the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday. More than $1 million of that is for the state‘s NPR stations, including KGOU in Norman, KOSU in Oklahoma City and KWGS in Tulsa, KCCU in Lawton, KUCO in Edmond and KCNP in Ada, which is owned by the Chickasaw Nation.
MAGNOLIA, AR - Southern Arkansas University has announced that 550 students earned a 3.5 GPA or higher for the spring 2025 semester and have been named to its Dean's List.
WASHINGTON — Richard Glossip, now 62, who has had nine dates set for his execution and has eaten three “last” meals since he was first sentenced to death 25 years ago, next week will turn another page in his long-running legal odyssey. Glossip- the death row prisoner whose case has drawn national scrutiny and sympathizers for more than two decades, will face prosecutors from the Oklahoma attorney general’s office rather than lawyers from the Oklahoma County district attorney.
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announces tax relief for individuals and businesses in parts of Oklahoma that were affected by wildfires and straight-line winds that began on March 14, 2025. These taxpayers now have until Nov.
Editorial cartoons
Father's Day celebrations began on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it wasn't until 1972 that a day honoring fathers became a national holiday.
A new paper led by Oklahoma City Zoo Conservation Scientist Dr. Chase LaDue in the journal Biological Conservation sheds light on how social media could have an adverse effect on conservation tourism related to Asian elephants in Sri Lanka.
On Tuesday, during a Special Call meeting of the Airport Advisory Board, Patrick Barnas, of H.W. Lochner, offered a summary of construction plans and potential schedules for a three-pronged project under the city’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
Project: SAFE has just received a $91,464.19 grant from Avedis Foundation that will be used for security and sustainability.