Oklahoma
Puppy Bowl 2025: Meet Redbud, the mini Shepherd, Australian Cattle mix from Oklahoma
Puppy Bowl XXI: Adorable shelter pups compete for ‘Lombarky’ trophy
This year’s Puppy Bowl XXI features a record-breaking 142 dogs, including 11 with disabilities.
Puppy Bowl XXI is back with a new group of pups, including one from Oklahoma, amped for some furry pre-game football action ahead of Super Bowl LIX.
Adorable, adoptable puppies should be a pleasant distraction until the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs take the field for Super Bowl 59.
This year’s event will feature Redbud, a miniature American Shepherd and Australian Cattle mix adopted from the Oklahoma Humane Society.
Here’s what we know about the Puppy Bowl XXI event, how to watch, and this year’s Oklahoman on the roster:
What is the Puppy Bowl?
The Puppy Bowl is an annual program Animal Planet has presented since 2005 to raise awareness about adopting pets from shelters and rescuing abandoned animals.
This year, the Puppy Bowl will host a record number of four-legged athletes with 142 rescue puppies from 80 shelters across 40 states and two countries. It will be centered on their lives, from their births and rescues to their adoptions and the people behind the shelters that make it all possible.
The event is held in a dog-sized football field stadium measuring 19 feet long by 10 feet wide. The game will feature two opposing sides — Team Ruff and Team Fluff — that will play a game resembling football except there is a human “rufferee” keeping score as the dogs drag football-shaped toys into the end zone for a “puppy touchdown.”
When is the Puppy Bowl 2025?
The Puppy Bowl 2025 is scheduled to air at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, Feb. 9.
It will be simulcast across Animal Planet, Discovery, Discovery+, TBS, truTV, and Max.
Puppy Bowl Teams
The Super Bowl and Puppy Bowl are both full of deja vu as both teams feature a match-up we may have seen before: Team Fluff vs Team Ruff.
The two teams compete for the Walmart “Lombarky” trophy and the MVP (Most Valuable Puppy) title. An online poll decides MVP.
Meet Redbud: Puppy Bowl 2025 participant from Oklahoma
Redbud is undeniably a good girl. She was originally a dog in the Oklahoma Humane Adoption Program before she was adopted.
Redbud is a mixed breed of Miniature American Shepherd and Australian Cattle Dog.
The Humane Society has made some merchandise for Redbud’s biggest fans while she plays on Sunday.
The limited-edition merchandise includes a mug, shirt and sweatshirt with Redbud’s face. Mugs can be purchased at the OK Humane Adoption Center in Oklahoma City, and shirts can be purchased here.
Puppy adoption
This year’s Puppy Bowl will also bring back adoptables segments “featuring puppies – and a few kittens – that will be available for adoption during the game,” Warner Bros. said.
Saman Shafiq contributed to this report.
YUKON, Okla. (KOKH) — Oklahoma City Police are investigating after a man was shot near Yukon Monday night.
The shooting happened near Northwest 10th Street and South Yukon Parkway near the border of Yukon and Oklahoma City.
Police are on the scene, and officials said the victim was transported to the hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the hip.
OKCPD said they have at least one person in custody.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma lawmakers consider bill to require annual fee for transmission lines on private property
As consumer electricity needs grow, lawmakers are discussing strategies to ease the burden on landowners who don’t want the towers and wires carrying that energy on their property.
As it’s written now, the bill would require transmission owners to pay landowners $2 per foot of line annually. During the committee meeting, Murdock said he introduced the legislation to “start a conversation.”
“ This is an idea of, maybe moving forward, if the landowners are getting a royalty off of the power being pushed across their property, it may make it a little more palatable for someone to have a transmission line go across their property,” he said.
Landowners can enter into easement agreements with companies to set aside portions of their land for the builds. But in some cases, eminent domain is used to obtain a right-of-way.
“ I’m not saying that this is going to do away with eminent domain,” Murdock said. “What I’m hoping is this just makes it a little more palatable.”
Murdock said he spoke with utility companies about the legislation, though he didn’t name them. The bill’s language could change after creating an alternative rate based on conversations with the companies, he said.
Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa, said the bill could raise utility rates for consumers living in Oklahoma’s most populous counties if companies charge more to make up for the annual fee.
Murdock pushed back, noting the lines are necessary to deliver electricity to other counties.
“You understand that you flip that light on because — and have that ability to have electricity because — the people in my district have a transmission line that goes across them, getting you that power,” he said.
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