Oklahoma
A library’s canceled romance book club calls attention to growing censorship
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Nevertheless, the Public Library of Enid and Garfield County’s Board of Administrators initially mentioned the guide membership and the sexual assault consciousness guide show might keep. Based on Enid Public Library’s interim director Theri Ray, library workers and metropolis officers later nixed the initiatives “in accordance with the adopted coverage.”
“The library director is tasked with implementing the coverage as written,” Ray informed CNN.
Nguyen and her workforce have been paying shut consideration to the occasions unfolding in Enid.
“We all know it is fairly clearly linked,” she informed CNN.
The ties do not finish there. Final summer season, a Pleasure Month-themed show on the Enid Public Library drew outcry from a number of residents, and was extensively mentioned at a July 2021 library board assembly.
Ray mentioned on the assembly she must resolve whether or not to incorporate Mom’s Day and Father’s Day shows, for instance, because the phrases are technically gender- and sex-based classifications.
What is going on on on this city of roughly 50,000 folks might not keep native for lengthy, Nguyen warned.
Nguyen mentioned the generality of insurance policies just like the one in Enid make them significantly harmful, as a result of they are often enforced as broadly or as particularly as native leaders see match. To keep away from operating afoul of the principles, libraries might need to resolve how extensively ideas like sexuality or race could be interpreted — and what components of these identities are almost definitely to be punished.
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Oklahoma
PHOTOS: Oklahoma athletes sign to play at next level | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Poteau (Okla.) standout Ethan McBee signed with Southwestern Oklahoma State University. (Submitted photo)
Poteau (Okla.) standout Ethan McBee signed with Southwestern Oklahoma State University. (Submitted photo)
Pocola (Okla.) standout Garrett Scott signed for basketball at University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. (Submitted photo)
Pocola (Okla.) standout Garrett Scott signed for basketball at University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. (Submitted photo)
Poteau (Okla.)’s Aiden Sockey signed for baseball at Seminole State. (Submitted photo)
Poteau (Okla.)’s Aiden Sockey signed for baseball at Seminole State. (Submitted photo)
Poteau (Okla.) baseball player Coby Bell signed at Cowley College. (Submitted photo)
Muldrow (Okla.)’s Cailey Grinstead signed for volleyball at Missouri State. (Submitted photo)
Poteau (Okla.) baseball player Coby Bell signed at Cowley College. (Submitted photo)
Muldrow (Okla.) standout Colton Pulliam signed for baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. (Submitted photo)
Muldrow (Okla.) standout Colton Pulliam signed for baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. (Submitted photo)
Spiro (Okla.)’s Corbin Miller signed for baseball with University of Arkansas-Rich Mountain. (Submitted photo)
Spiro (Okla.)’s Corbin Miller signed for baseball with University of Arkansas-Rich Mountain. (Submitted photo)
Muldrow (Okla.) standout Kiki Wight signed for basketball at University of the Ozarks. (Submitted photo)
Muldrow (Okla.) standout Kiki Wight signed for basketball at University of the Ozarks. (Submitted photo)
Poteau (Okla.) baseball player Coby Bell signed at Cowley College. (Submitted photo)
Pocola (Okla.) standout Garrett Scott signed for basketball at University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.
(Submitted photo)
Poteau (Okla.)’s Aiden Sockey signed for baseball at Seminole State.
(Submitted photo)
Muldrow (Okla.)’s Cailey Grinstead signed for volleyball at Missouri State.
(Submitted photo)
Poteau (Okla.) baseball player Coby Bell signed at Cowley College.
(Submitted photo)
Muldrow (Okla.) standout Colton Pulliam signed for baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
(Submitted photo)
Spiro (Okla.)’s Corbin Miller signed for baseball with University of Arkansas-Rich Mountain.
(Submitted photo)
Muldrow (Okla.) standout Kiki Wight signed for basketball at University of the Ozarks.
(Submitted photo)
Oklahoma
Baby Gronk Flips Commitment to Oregon After Washington, Oklahoma Pledges
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Baby Gronk’s “commitment” carousel continued on Saturday.
The 11-year-old social media sensation took to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to claim that he was flipping his commitment to Oregon.
This comes after he had announced his commitment to various schools, including Washington, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Alabama and Georgia.
Of course, none of these are true commitments, as a scholarship offer can not be offered officially until a player has reached his junior year of high school. Baby Gronk, who’s real name is Madden San Miguel, is years short of this mark.
He has seemingly “committed” to the the majority of the Power 5 schools at this point, so it will be interesting to see if he looks toward Group of 5 programs and non-FBS programs in the near future.
Oklahoma
MitchellTalks: Insight On Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner's Race
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Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen discuss the upcoming Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner’s race.
Saturday, June 15th 2024, 11:32 am
By:
Scott Mitchell
OKLAHOMA CITY –
News 9 and News On 6 political analyst Scott Mitchell talks with energy reporter Jerry Bohnen about the candidates seeking to succeed long-time Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony and the issues that will impact the pocketbooks of Oklahoma ratepayers in the future.
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