ARDMORE - Three area individuals – North Rock Creek’s Caleb Hawkins, Tecumseh’s Kiara Stallin and Chandler’s Eli Smithey – earned state championships in their respective events and classes at the State Track and Field Meet Saturday at Ardmore High School. Hawkins won the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 2.5 inches.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oklahoma Baptist softball players Sammie Greene and Morgan Max were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s (NFCA) All-Central Region First Team on Thursday.
Oklahoma Baptist University recognized employees for milestone years of service during a recognition event on May 8 at the Geiger Center on the OBU campus. Alan Dodgion, plumber, was honored for 45 years of service.
Seminole State College and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN) were recently honored for their decades-long partnership supporting education, business development, and regional economic growth. The collaboration was recognized at the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award ceremony, held May 6 at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.
Ke’Tarrious ‘TK’ Bouchum made the most of a first impression Friday night at Firelake Arena. Playing in his first game for the Potawatomi Fire, Bouchum was ultraefficient, going 11-of-14 from the floor, scoring a game-high 25 points, grabbing seven rebounds, handing out four assists and registering one steal in a 139-97 Potawatomi victory over the Little Rock Lightning in The Basketball League (TBL).
Oklahoma Baptist University celebrated a historic achievement on May 7 as the first cohort of its Prison Divinity Program (PDP) graduated with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Christian Studies. The commencement ceremony, which recognized the achievements of incarcerated students who had completed the rigorous four-year program, was held at the Recreation and Wellness Center on the OBU campus.
Playing their second game in as many nights, the Potawatomi Fire received 29 points from Chuck Guy and 21 from newcomer Ke’Tarrious ‘KT’ Bouchum in rolling to a 125-111 triumph over the Enid Outlaws in The Basketball League (TBL) Saturday night at Firelake Arena. The win came 24 hours after the Fire blitzed the Little Rock Lightning 139-97 on Friday night.
Recently, Shawnee City Commissioners followed up on discussions on how to proceed forward concerning the adaptive kayak launch at the Shawnee Twin Lakes -- ultimately voting to move the dock.
MUSKOGEE - Back-to-back pitching gems from Cason Coomer and Caleb Looper were enough to spark the North Rock Creek Cougars to their first-ever trip to the State Baseball Tournament on Friday in Class 4A area play.
Sequoyah Elementary was bustling with business as 5th-grade students brought innovation and entrepreneurship to life during the school’s long-standing project-based learning event, Economic City. Led by 5th-grade teachers Taryn Burks and Mikayla Brannam, the event gave students an opportunity to experience economics in action by creating and running their own small businesses.