Byron, OK

CLAREMORE – Cherokee Nation citizen and violinist Kenslea Barnwell is making her way in music by performing in several local showcases, including a high school production. Barnwell started playing the violin in fourth grade with music teacher Steven Janke, also known as Mr. J. “I really wanted to try...

In my late teens and early twenties, I worked in various grain elevators in the Alva, Oklahoma area during the wheat harvest in order to earn a little money for college (or else to keep the car running). It was dirty work, for sure, but it also was great money,...

An Oklahoma woman died in a vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon.

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Special teams are the third unit of college football that doesn’t receive much attention compared to the offense and defense. The Oklahoma Sooners hope that new special teams coordinator Jay Nunez will turn the special teams into an elite unit that will gain notice. The Alva, Oklahoma native will oversee the Sooners’ special teams unit in an off-the-field position. Nunez has been in charge of special teams for Eastern Michigan for the last five seasons. The Eagles were not elite in kickoff and punt returns. Their best year was a No. 96 ranking in kickoff returns in 2018; No. 21 in punt returns a year later.