UCM’s Phillips wins Oklahoma Stroke Play Championship

By Joe Andrews, joe.andrews@warrensburgstarjournal.com Posted 6/20/25 Central Missouri men’s golf’s CJ Phillips found himself on the winning side of a three-way playoff, claiming the Oklahoma Golf Association’s Stroke Play Championship on Thursday, …

Oklahoma City Zoo welcomes birth of new Asian elephant calf: Xerxes

The newest member of the Oklahoma City Zoo family: A healthy male Asian elephant calf, the zoo says. The Oklahoma City Zoo says Achara, a 10-year-old elephant, gave birth to Xerxes just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The zoo says Xerxes is the first offspring …

Federal judge finds poultry waste is still polluting eastern Oklahoma waters

OKLAHOMA CITY — Now with a critical court decision in hand, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said he hopes to settle a 20-year-long lawsuit over pollution to the Illinois River Watershed. In a decision released this week, a Tulsa federal judge determined …

Oklahoma AG joins call to stop fake investment ads on Facebook

Summary: – Drummond and 41 other AGs urge Meta to better detect fake investment ads. – Victims lost life savings after clicking on ads mimicking investors. – Officials say Meta’s ad review process is failing and must improve. OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma …

Brent Venables faces massive blow as four-star QB from Oklahoma's 2026 class makes major career decision

Brent Venables' Oklahoma Sooners are looking to bounce back after a disappointing 2024 season. The team only had six wins, a sharp drop from the 10 they amassed the year before, and lost the Armed Forces Bowl 21-20 to Navy. Venables is now working to …

Portion of Oklahoma Ave. closed Friday for vigil remembering 3 lives lost due to reckless driving

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A stretch of road in Milwaukee is closed, one year after a crash took the lives of three young people in Milwaukee. This Friday, June 20, from 1:30 to 8 p.m., the eastbound lanes of Oklahoma Ave. from S. 49th St. to S. 51st St. will …

Oklahoma colleges tackle food insecurity, an in…

EDMOND — It’s not unusual to see a line snaking its way down the hallway leading to the entrance of a small room tucked inside the University of Central Oklahoma’s student union. The university’s students and employees wait in those long lines to choose …

Utility regulator: Oklahoma’s energy demand to grow at ‘unprecedented’ rate

During its June 18 meeting, Corporation Commissioners heard energy demand projections and updates from representatives of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), which supplies power to Oklahoma and 13 other states, and utilities PSO and OG&E. The multi-hour …

Oklahoma City to get EPA funds for brownfield site cleanup

The Oklahoma City Council approved a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June to remediate properties with environmental contaminants like asbestos or mold. The project will last four years. Brownfields are typically more …

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