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OU'S New President Running with the Ruf/Neks
Sooner history forever changed on July first of this year. That's the day the 14th president officially took office. Jim Gallogly, an OU graduate and long-time Sooner fan hit the ground running literally. For Jim Gallogly the first 90 days in office have been filled with all kinds of fun and it started the moment he was announced as the school's 14th president. While on stage with cheerleaders… → Read More
Report: OU president to recommend beer sales at football games to Board of Regents
Beer sales could be coming to Oklahoma home football games soon, according to the Norman Transcript. University of Oklahoma president James Gallogly says he plans to make a recommendation to the Oklahoma Board of Regents at a later date to talk about beer sales at athletic events, per the report. The next time the Board of Regents meet is at the end of October. Oklahoma would have only two… → Read More
Oklahoma marching band takes 'pride' in keeping OU fans captivated
The Pride of Oklahoma has been promoting Sooner spirit with every footstep for over a century.For the pride, practicing in the Oklahoma heat is tough. The work the band puts in, however, is key to their success, according to trumpet section leader Gabriel → Read More
Oklahoma Veteran remembers attack on Pearl Harbor
“This brings back all my memories. I see all of this and I remember the first time I went in to Pearl Harbor.”At 99-years-old, Navy veteran Allen Vann has a lot of history to remember and a trip to the World War II Memorial is bringing back even more.“We f → Read More
Oklahoman tells his story of the Vietnam War
At 19-years-old, Gary Monks became one of the 1.8 million young men drafted into service during the Vietnam War.It was a war that would ultimately cost more than 58,000 American lives. While serving in the Army, Monks was assigned a very dangerous job on a → Read More
Oklahoma Veterans Visit Memorials Honoring Their Service
As the crowds gathered in the hallways of the Norman Veterans Center, inside a small room veterans were getting ready for a trip of a lifetime.Martha Higgins was in the Air Force from 1951 to 1954.I'm just excited about the whole trip! Higgins said. Willia → Read More
How Millennials are changing the face of farming
What if we told you more and more millennials are trading in their desk jobs for the farm life?FOX 25 shows you how young people are turning the agricultural world on its head and how they're changing the face of American farming.Watch it May 8 on the FOX → Read More
David Boren reflects on 23 years at OU and Sooner football
For years David Boren has led the University of Oklahoma from a lavish office inside Evans Hall.With Saturday's Big 12 Championship game drawing close he sat down with FOX 25's Mike Brooks to discuss the football legacy of the Sooners.Football wasn't alway → Read More
Oklahoma non-profit works to rehab, retrain and re-home Thoroughbreds
It’s the most exciting two minutes in sports. Thoroughbred horse racing is big business and the training involved only teaches the horses one thing.They're taught how to go fast and that's all they want to do.” Trainer Lynn Sullivan said. For 30 years, Sul → Read More
Family calls for public's help after mother of two killed in hit and run in Oklahoma City
The family of a woman hit and killed while walking in the street in northwest Oklahoma City are asking for the public's help.Tauvao Kaeloni, 27, as struck and killed just before 9 p.m. August 15 near Melrose and Rockwell. Her aunt Linda Deason says she had → Read More
Wild Mustangs: How to adopt a living legend in Oklahoma
Heather Morsman traveled hundreds of miles from Rose, Oklahoma, for one special reason.I'm hoping to find that special horse today, Morsman said.Morsman and her family are in Pauls Valley to choose their first Mustang.They're very smart, intelligent, and c → Read More
Tell Me Something Good: Jason Hall
A car accident during his time at Putnam City High School changed the course of Jason Hall's life.I fell face first , Jason said, I tripped over the seatbelt, I was in the back seat and I fell face first into a puddle of gasoline.The fire burned 80-percent → Read More
Edmond high schools have their own football stadium
For more than 90 years Edmond athletes have been playing football away from their schools. That is about to change with a new stadium all three teams will share.The stadium is a 9.34 million dollar facility that will be shared by Edmond North, Edmond Sante → Read More
'Pink Tax' costing women more money for everyday items
Women are being forced to pay a Pink Tax for common, everyday items.Many women's products cost more than similar products for men.FOX 25's Mike Brooks delves into the Pink Tax Wednesday on the FOX 25 Primetime News at 9! → Read More
'Pink Tax' costing women more money for everyday items
It's across the board. It doesn't just effect women, it effects women, children and seniors. It's really unfair!OSU-OKC Associate Professor Lisa McConnell is talking about the Pink Tax. It's the extra amount of money women are charged for good and services → Read More
Where are the male African-American teachers?
Tim Gates knew exactly what he wanted to be at a very young age. → Read More
The dangers of dating in the Digital Age
Forget bars and forget blind dates or even mainstream sites like Match.com or E-Harmony.There's a whole generation experiencing dating with a simple swipe and there are safety concerns that these apps can create.Watch our report on the dangers of digital d → Read More
Tell Me Something Good
Do you know someone making your community a better place to live? → Read More