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TAYLOR, GUALTIERE, EMMONS TOP NHRA D4 NOBLE DIVISIONAL WINNERS
It would take more than a challenging, temperamental new combination to hold down 50-time NHRA national event winner Jeff Taylor and team owner/crew chief David Nickens at the second stop on the NHRA Division 4 schedule. Taylor stopped Rick Brown in the Competition Eliminator final round at Thunder Valley Raceway...
Seminole County Deputy Recovers $30,000 Worth Of Stolen Property
A Seminole County Deputy recovers more than $30,000 in stolen property. According to the sheriff's office, Deputy Lt. Gary Brooks was investigating a call of stolen barbed wire valued at over $2,000. He tracked it down to a home in Okfuskee County. A search of the house uncovered more stolen...
Wanted Felon Refuses To Surrender, Arrested Following Hours-Long Standoff In Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office stated that a man was arrested Thursday after barricading himself in his home. A sheriff's office K-9 was released into a Pottawatomie County mobile home where wanted felon, Johnnie Byrd was barricaded inside, according to the sheriff's office. Records show Byrd has a history of running...
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Jacey Davis
HOLDENVILLE – With weeks until her senior graduation, Cherokee Nation citizen Jacey Davis looks back on possibly her last win with Seminole High School’s color guard team. During the OSSAA State Superior Contest, Davis won the title of Overall State Champion Soloist in Color Guard. The competition took...
On the one-year anniversary of the EF2 tornado in Shawnee, volunteers gather to walk the town
SHAWNEE, Okla. — April 19, 2024, marks one year since an EF2 tornado hit the city of Shawnee. The storm hit Shawnee High School, the Oklahoma Baptist University campus and many homes in town. On the one-year anniversary, volunteers who helped the city rebuild went for a walk to...
Entertainment district feasibility study shows increase cost, 3 phases of construction
Construction of the proposed entertainment district that would feature a new arena, for which OU basketball and women’s gymnastics would be the anchor tenants, will cost an estimated $1.205 billion, up over $200 million from prior statements, and would create a negative 10% day trippers loss for OU athletics events, according to two feasibility studies obtained by OU Daily Thursday.
Oklahoma County grand jury clears Del City police officer in shooting last year
A Del City police officer will not be charged for shooting a man in the chest last August after a football game at Choctaw High School ended in chaos. An Oklahoma County grand jury decided against indicting the officer after reviewing police bodycam videos and hearing from him and nine other witnesses.
Oklahoma City metro residents concerned by series of loud booms late Wednesday night
OKLAHOMA CITY — Explosions made Oklahoma City metro residents ask, "What's going on?" Shortly after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Oklahoma City police said they had to get rid of some old explosives that they found at a home and needed to dispose. "I heard what sounded like an explosion...
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Cleveland County leaders unveil plan to help boost Norman’s economy
Gov. Kevin Stitt joined top officials in Cleveland County to roll out a new economic plan for the city of Norman. The multi-million investment is meant to build a new business center and push Oklahoma toward the top 10 in economics nationwide. KOCO 5's Cameron Sibert looks into the plan....
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