(Photo by Sarah Phipps)
July 2012 was a hot, hot month. The state had been drying up for a while, but emergencies were finally being declared. Check out the headlines that made Oklahoma history last year around Independence Day…
- Oklahoma Hispanic population continues to grow
- Concerns about State Capitol building and art displays mount
- OKC Thunder and Scott Brooks come to a coaching contract agreement
- Robin Leander Howard died four days after police used force to arrest him
- Agritourism and Oklahoma vineyards work together for growth and development
- Six athletes from the University of Oklahoma are London-bound for the Olympic games
- Judge upholds Edmond man’s 15-year prison sentence for an Iraqi civilian killing
- Higher education leaders worry about shrinking state funding
- Oklahoma City district is set to launch a free online school this fall
- An audit of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church reveals $110K missing
- Mother is sentences for her part in fire that killed three children
- Celebration of what would have been Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday are held across the state, nation and world
- Shannon Miller reflects on her multi-medal Olympics 20 years ago
- 10,000 attend American Idol auditions in Oklahoma City
- Gene Stipe dies at age 85
- Drought worsens across the state; Fallin declares states of emergency
- Olympics in full swing, Oklahoma City Thunder players enjoy playing time