Average gasoline prices in Oklahoma have risen 0.8 cents per gallon in the last week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 18, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Oklahoma have risen 0.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 2,294 stations in Oklahoma. Prices in Oklahoma are 16.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 43.7 cents per gallon higher than…
Read MoreOU Named Oklahoma’s Top University by U.S. News & World Report
OU Named Oklahoma’s Top University by U.S. News & World Report NORMAN, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma is again the state’s No. 1 university, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Colleges list. This year, OU rose to No. 124 overall, placing No. 64 among public universities nationwide. Among all public…
Read MoreHelen Louis Jackson
Helen Louis Jackson Helen Louis Jackson, 94, of Ardmore, OK, passed from this life on August 29, 2023. Helen was born on March 4, 1929, to Dorotha and Ollie Brown in Okemah, OK. She graduated from Okemah High School. She attended the First Christian Church of Okemah. Helen and George Fowler Jackson were married April…
Read MoreGame Notes: Oklahoma State Opens Big 12 Play at Iowa State
Game Notes: Oklahoma State Opens Big 12 Play at Iowa State Complete Notes (PDF) The Basics The Oklahoma State football team (2-1 overall; 0-0 Big 12) opens Big 12 play this week as it travels to face Iowa State (1-2 overall; 0-0 Big 12) in Ames with kickoff set for 3 p.m. CT on…
Read MoreOkemah City Council to hold special meeting
Okemah City Council to hold special meeting The city of Okemah will conduct a special meeting of the City Council for the purpose of conducting a workshop session for the upcoming Water System Improvements. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the Okemah City Hall located at 502 West Broadway…
Read MoreOML Annual Conference
OML Annual Conference The Oklahoma Municipal League will host the 108th Annual Conference and Expo on Tuesday, September 19 through Thursday, September 21 in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. The conference brings together a statewide audience of over 600 mayors, councilmembers, trustees, city managers, clerks, and other municipal professionals representing communities from…
Read MoreCAPTURED. Notification of walkaway: Adrian Sample, #596268
Captured: Adrian Sample, #596268 UPDATE: Adrain Sample captured near Clara Waters Community Corrections Center and now in DOC Custody. Notification of walkaway: Adrian Sample, #596268 OKLAHOMA CITY – Adrian Sample (ODOC #596268), an inmate at Clara Waters Community Corrections Center in Oklahoma City unlawfully walked away at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2023. Inmate…
Read MoreWanda Sue Barnes
Wanda Sue Barnes Funeral services for Wanda Sue Barnes will be held Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 10:00 AM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment will follow at the Schoolton Cemetery of Okemah. Wanda Sue Barnes was born June 24, 1948 in Bakersfield, California to Herman and Lois (Morphis) Williams. She…
Read MoreCHICKASHA MAN SENTENCED TO SERVE 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR KILLING HIS FATHER WITH A CINDER BLOCK
CHICKASHA MAN SENTENCED TO SERVE 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR KILLING HIS FATHER WITH A CINDER BLOCK OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, PHILLIP KEITH RAY, 45, of Chickasha, was sentenced to serve 300 months in federal prison for murder in the second degree in Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. On March 1,…
Read MoreThinking Out Loud: Bewildered!
Thinking Out Loud: Bewildered! Love and life are funny things that often bewilder us, creating feelings within our body that are not really caused by any physical injury. Heartbreak is a good example. Heartbreak is not a pain caused by a physical injury, but is an emotionally generated pain to the heart. The pain we…
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