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Gophers help fill need on defense with Oklahoma State linebacker
The Gophers football program addressed a need in the middle of its defense for the 2025 season with Oklahoma State linebacker Jeff Roberson on Thursday night.
The 6-foot-2, 225-pound graduate transfer from Choctaw, Okla., totaled 58 tackles, including 8.5 for lost yards, three sacks and one interception in 12 games in 2024. He had a middling 57.7 grade from Pro Football Focus, along with 19 pressures, but also 11 missed tackles last season.
Roberson played 670 snaps last season, but only 107 across 2021 and 2023. He played special teams as a freshman in 2020 and missed the 2022 season with injury.
Roberson will help fill the void left by leading tackler Cody Lindenberg; the Anoka native declared for the NFL draft after the regular season and skipped the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Maverick Baranowski and Devon Williams top the U’s depth chart at linebacker going into next season.
The Gophers have added 15 total players via the NCAA transfer portal since early December and are still looking for help at cornerback and possibly defensive line.
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EBT shoppers in Oklahoma to lose access to candy and soda starting Sunday
OKLAHOMA CITY- (KOKH) — Starting Sunday, when you walk into stores, you won’t be able to buy the sweets you’re used to getting with an EBT card.
According to Oklahoma DHS, this goes for chocolate bars, hard candies, gummies, caramels.
Interestingly enough though, baked goods like cookies cakes or muffins don’t apply, and if you wanted to get cocoa powder or chocolate chips by themselves, you could.
When it comes to the fridge, you can’t get soda or energy drinks, and you can’t even get tea or lemonade that’s sweetened bottled or canned.
Things you can still get include meat, poultry, bread, pasta, 100% fruit or vegetable juice, and fruits and veggies.
Dairy products are also allowed, so maybe you could get away with chocolate milk.
Flavored water and sweetened water is also not allowed.
But we still have questions when you get to the check out or self checkout line: Who’s in charge of enforcing these changes? Is it the stores? And what happens if you try to buy these items?
Oklahoma DHS wrote back with answers, saying the enforcement will be done by our federal partners at food and nutrition service department, and that cards will only work to purchase items that are considered eligible.
DHS said snap customers don’t need to take any action at this time and add Oklahomans will continue to receive their benefits as usual.
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Oklahoma City apartment complex catches fire, forcing evacuations
Firefighters responded after an apartment complex caught fire Friday morning in northwest Oklahoma City, authorities say.
The Oklahoma City Fire Department says crews responded to the Retreat at Lakeside Apartments near Northwest 50th Street and North MacArthur Boulevard just before 4 a.m.
Upon arrival, firefighters encountered smoke coming from a first-floor apartment and discovered heavy fire in a bedroom located at the rear corner of the unit. Crews evacuated the remainder of the building as a precaution.
The fire was quickly knocked down and contained to the room of origin, which OKCFDS believed to be vacant.
Later, investigators said there was evidence indicating unauthorized individuals had recently been staying inside the unit. OKCFD says the apartment manager stated that individuals experiencing homelessness had previously been removed from the unit on multiple occasions.
No injuries were reported.
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