In The News 06.04.2025

Here are the headlines shared on Wednesday, June 4, 2025

The Heartland Flyer route between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth is in jeopardy due to a lack of funding from the state of Texas. (Read) / Image: Wikipedia

In The News

Here are the headlines shared on Wednesday, June 4, 2025

• Parents express concerns over Epic Charter School layoffs (KFOR)

• Gov. Stitt regrets calling out Senator's wife before Friesen firing (KFOR)

• Heartland Flyer's future uncertain after Texas fails to fund it (KOCO)

• Tulsa Trump rally protester gets $700k, says fight 'is not over for our country' (KJRH)

• Hominy city manager hopes mandatory water boil order will be lifted next week (KOTV)

• The Greenwood Beat to host national Juneteenth poetry showcase, accepting submissions (KOKI)

• Applications open for Texas Rangers baseball and softball grant program (KXII)

• PSO monthly bills to rise with regulatory approval of power plant purchase (KGOU)

• Tulsa mayor says city should consider changes to highway over Greenwood (KWGS)

• Judge orders release of remaining Tulsa police discipline records to The Frontier (The Frontier)

• Weather radios down in Oklahoma for scheduled maintenance (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma Voice reporter wins national contest for reports on changes in state test scoring (Oklahoma Voice)

• Christian School’s Runoff Email Sparks Debate Over Partisan Lines (Oklahoma Watch)

• New doc tells harrowing history of OK’s Marshallese community (OKC Free Press)

Extras

Public Knowledge, the EFF Fighting ATSC 3 DRM for Over the Air Television! (Lon.TV)

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