• How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July

    How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July - July 30, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after the Biden administration extended the original date by a month. The moratori...

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  • Texas board votes to accept invitation to SEC; OU on deck

    Texas board votes to accept invitation to SEC; OU on deck - July 30, 2021

    The board of regents for the University of Texas voted unanimously Friday to accept an invitation for the Longhorns to join the Southeastern Conference. The University of Oklahoma board of regents wa...

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  • OESC reviewing Back-to-Work Initiative applications

    OESC reviewing Back-to-Work Initiative applications - July 30, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) - The OESC continues to prioritize reviewing Back-to-Work applications. “We are continuing to review applications for the Back-to-Work Initiative," said Shelley Zumwalt, OESC...

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  • Lawmakers looking at eviction policy as moratorium comes to an end

    Lawmakers looking at eviction policy as moratorium comes to an end - July 30, 2021

    Oklahoma City, Okla. (KOKH) — A federal moratorium on evictions ends this weekend and that has some worried about a potential surge of filings against people who struggled to pay rent throughout th...

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  • Oklahoma lawmakers send OU letter expressing disappointment

    Oklahoma lawmakers send OU letter expressing disappointment - July 30, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Almost three dozen Oklahoma House representatives sent a letter to the University of Oklahoma Thursday that voiced disappointment with the way they went about getting into the...

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  • Initial, rolling Oklahoma unemployment claims decline

    Initial, rolling Oklahoma unemployment claims decline - July 29, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of initial unemployment claims and the less volatile moving four-week average of initial claims are both down in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission...

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  • Oklahoma revenue exceeds estimate, leads to $282M surplus

    Oklahoma revenue exceeds estimate, leads to $282M surplus - July 29, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma closed the books on the fiscal year that ended June 30 with a $282 million deposit into the state’s Rainy-Day Fund, state finance officials announced on Thursday. Th...

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  • SEC invites Oklahoma and Texas to join conference — in 2025

    SEC invites Oklahoma and Texas to join conference — in 2025 - July 29, 2021

    Southeastern Conference university presidents voted Thursday to invite Texas and Oklahoma to the league and create a 16-team powerhouse on the field and at the bank. But how soon? The latest step in...

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  • AG Urges the U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade

    AG Urges the U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade - July 29, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – In his first major official act, Attorney General John O’Connor today filed a brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, a decision that for decades has wrongly...

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  • Carts Stolen, Damage Done, Reward Offered

    Carts Stolen, Damage Done, Reward Offered - July 29, 2021

    On July 22nd, 2021 at approximately 4:00 am, it was discovered that suspects had unlawfully entered the cart barn at Wentz Golf Course where they vandalized numerous golf carts. It was also discovered...

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