Category Archives: State

OSU President Hargis Honored

By Staff Report

Oklahoma State University’s Hargis Leadership Institute is established to mentor the leaders of today and tomorrow; now in a newly renovated space. Nearly four years to the day after its launch, HLI was the site of another ribbon-cutting ceremony. This time, for its revamped home on the second floor of the Student Union.

“The Hargis Leadership Institute empowers our students to lead with character, humility and purpose,” OSU President Jim Hess said. “It’s about learning how to lift others, living the Cowboy Code and making a difference in the world.”

OSU President Jim Hess and Burns Hargis, Photo: Eric Priddy/OSU
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Bureaucrats Stifling Student Athletes

By Marven Goodman, Sooner Sentinel

From COVID Mandates to Crony Cover-Ups: Why Oklahoma Must Dismantle the OSSAA and Restore Local Control Over Student Athletics

Investigative Analysis: In Oklahoma, where freedom and local control have long been cherished values, an unelected nonprofit bureaucracy has quietly amassed power over the lives of thousands of young student athletes. The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA), founded in 1911 as a voluntary organization, now wields near-monopolistic control over high school interscholastic activities, from athletics to music and debate. This entity, governed by a board of superintendents and principals without direct accountability to voters or taxpayers, enforces eligibility rules, classifications, transfers, and safety protocols that often trample on individual liberties and school choice. From 2019 to 2025, the OSSAA’s missteps have exposed it as a prime example of government overreach by proxy, meddling in decisions best left to local school boards, families, and communities.

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Warriors Honor Flight Returns to Tulsa

By Julie Dermody

Tuesday night around 7:30 p.m., the quiet rhythm of Tulsa International Airport transformed into a patriotic symphony. Crowds of all ages — young, old, and elderly — gathered draped in red, white, and blue. Some waved small American flags. Others clutched handmade signs or proudly carried full-size flags on six-foot poles.

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Big Rig ‘No Name Given’ Drivers

By David Arnett

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has gathered a significant amount of state and national media over the arrest of 130 commercial drivers taken off the road for various violations as part of a three-day effort conducted at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission‘s (OCC) Ports of Entry. The story was illustrated graphically by a New York State issued Commercial Driver License that says, “No Name Given.” Who knew a person could get a license without a name, even in cow-chip-crazy New York State.

In a release Monday, OCC detailed their welcome for visitors from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to share space at the Beckham County Port of Entry the previous week. A special enforcement emphasis and focus on, specifically, CDL drivers and commercial trucks licensed and registered in the state of California was conducted in conjunction with DPS Troop S and OCC. The most outrageous was No Name Given from the formerly-great New York State.

No Name Three Year Big Rig License Road Danger
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Oklahoma Guardian 2.0 Launch

By David Arnett

UPDATED: The launch of Guardian 2.0, Oklahoma’s next-generation campaign finance & public reporting system will happen – someday in October officials say. It did not happen when promised October 1 and now the public and candidates for office have no exact date for this important ethics system launch. The old Guardian system has been shut down.  The “fast-paced” development effort began in early 2025 by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.

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