College football QB battles 2025: Michigan taps Bryce Underwood, Hauss Hejny wins Oklahoma State job

With Week 1 of the 2025 college football season fast approaching, the quarterback dominoes have mostly fallen. With Week 0 in the books and the first full weekend of competition days away, some coaches are still in decision-making mode when it...

Labor Day 2025: AAA shares advice on travel times and fuel prices

Holiday travelers across the country will set out this Labor Day weekend, clogging highways and airports on the way to their end-of-summer destinations. Whether you're staying in Oklahoma or heading cross-country for a few days, the...

Labor Day travel: Last minute tips, best times to hit the road

As Americans prepare to soak up the final holiday weekend of summer before shoulder season, there are plenty of strategies to help make planning and travel during this peak time more manageable. Plus, there's still time to score last-minute deals...

Cooler Weather Ahead? Time to Explore Oklahoma’s Best-Kept Secret

With the cooler weather approaching this week, it's the perfect time for hiking in the great outdoors. Beavers Bend State Park: The Ultimate Hiking Destination Mario Garcia, TSM Mario Garcia, TSM Beavers Bend State Park in Broken Bow is the...

Oklahomans targeted in out-of-state addiction treatment scheme

Summary: – Recruiters lured 880+ Oklahomans to out-of-state treatment programs while manipulating insurance. – Blue Cross alleges the scheme cost $46M; some facilities provided minimal care. – Policy changes now limit out-of-state treatment,...

Oklahoma City Katz Drugstore sit-ins: History and impact

In the summer of 1958, a small group of Black students led by teacher Clara Luper walked into Katz Drug Store in downtown Oklahoma City and quietly took their seats at the lunch counter. Their request for service was denied, but their decision to...

Oklahoma Patient Pipeline: How an Insurance Scheme Brought Hundreds to California for Drug Treatment

Sign up today for First Watch! Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Recruiters approached people struggling with addiction on streets throughout Oklahoma and...

Oklahoma authorities stress labor day weekend water safety

OKLAHOMA (KOAM) -- The countdown to Labor Day Weekend is on, and local authorities are reminding those looking to celebrate of water safety. “Labor Day weekend is a very popular time for people to visit the lakes and the river,” said GRDA...

As Oklahoma Prisons Embrace AI, Critics Warn of Risks

Sign up today for First Watch! Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The John H. Lilley Correctional Center doesn’t scream high-tech. The men’s minimum-security...

Extreme travel: Swim with jellyfish, board volcanoes, chase storms

Swimming with jellyfish in Palau Did your mother always tell you to keep away from jellyfish? As much as you should usually stand by her advice, you can take no notice in Palau in the South Pacific, where you can swim with millions of them safely...

Underrated National Forest Hikes in Oklahoma That Rival National Park Hikes

Your Gas Price Could Drop to $2.50

Travel bigtunaonline / iStock via Getty Images After $5 a gallon gasoline prices and $100 a barrel oil at the start of the Ukraine war, both of those numbers could fall by half by next year. Goldman Sachs forecast the price of Brent crude futures...

Insurance scheme targeted Oklahomans seeking drug treatment, lawsuit says

Recruiters approached people struggling with addiction on streets throughout Oklahoma and offered a lifeline: treatment and housing, in beautiful Southern California, for free. The recruiters knew that at a drug treatment facility, with the right...

Human case of New World screwworm confirmed in U.S. traveler

IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com The Department of Health and Human Services reported the first human case of New World Screwworm in the U.S. The diagnosis was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control. The disease appeared in a traveler who’d...

Cheapest regular gas in cities across Oklahoma County in week ending Aug. 16

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Oklahoma County...

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Continues Annual Food for Kids Match Campaign

(OKLAHOMA CITY) – Aug. 25, 2025 – Learning can’t begin until hunger ends. As thousands of Oklahoma children return to the classroom this month, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma wants to ensure that no child goes to school on an empty stomach....

Oklahoma treasurer making another attempt to change…

Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ is making another run at using a state tobacco settlement investment portfolio to put his stamp on social and cultural issues at publicly traded companies. At Russ’ behest, the Board of Investors of the Oklahoma...

Summer heat retreats as heavy rains cross US, Oklahoma: What to expect

Just before Labor Day weekend kicks off, Oklahoma is staring down multiple days of rainy weather that could dash some outdoor vacation plans. Meteorologists expect the chance of rain to persist through the weekend, but the long-range forecast...

Two Wichitans dead in Oklahoma wreck

Two Wichita Falls people were killed in a traffic accident in Oklahoma about 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a vehicle traveling north on Interstate Highway 44 in Cotton County veered off the highway and into a grassy area,...

Corps experience: UMBC ROTC cadet travels halfway across country for USACE internship

LAUREL, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES 08.25.2025 Courtesy Story A University of Maryland, Baltimore County student and Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet completed an internship with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Aug. 21....