NORMAN — There’s no place like home. 

No. 3 Oklahoma is excited to get to spend an entire weekend at Love’s Field after spending much of the last two weeks on the road. 

The Sooners first traveled to Memphis before rolling to Oxford for a three-game series with Mississippi. 

How to Watch Oklahoma vs. Kentucky

• Game 1: Thursday, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network+
• Game 2: Friday, 1 p.m., SEC Network+
• Game 3: Saturday, 11 a.m., SEC Network+

OU then trekked to Baton Rouge to battle LSU, before finally returning to Love’s Field to roll past Wichita State on Tuesday night. 

Oklahoma senior Isabela Emerling acknowledged that the consecutive weekends spent on the road take their toll, but at this stage in the year, you have to find a way to push those thoughts to the side. 

“It’s just not letting those outside factors get too big,” Emerling said on Tuesday. “And acknowledging that when you’re feeling tired, not suppressing it. Acknowledge it, kind of take it for what it is and then get over it.”

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — A tornado watch has been issued for multiple counties statewide until 12 a.m. Wednesday night.

The counties included in the watch are Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, McClain, Murray, Noble,, Oklahoma, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Stephens, Tilman, Washita, Woods and Woodward.

The National Weather Service in Norman said that, along with a chance for tornadoes, hazards include large hail and damaging winds.

Oklahoma could see strong to severe storms across most of the state on Wednesday.

There is a slight to enhanced risk of severe weather after 4 p.m. for most of the state.

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(KXII) – Foragers from across the country travel to Oklahoma each spring for the chance to find morel mushrooms.

The rare, wild, edible fungi are known for their honeycomb-like caps and a savory, nutty taste.

Steven Landseadel, a Florida resident, said he travels halfway across the country to hunt for the mushrooms. He has found as many as 20 morels near the Red River.

“I was ecstatic, to say the least,” Landseadel said.

The mushrooms are so popular in Oklahoma that Rep. John George, R-Newalla, is giving them a chance to be the state mushroom.

“I decided I’m gonna run a fun bill. It’s OK to have a little fun at the capital because tens of thousands of people hunt morel mushrooms,” George said.

George is the author of House Bill 3263 and said it was inspired by his own love of hunting the fungi.

“I grew up as a hunter and in a good year I find 300 or 400,” George said.

Many foragers are protective of the mushrooms and keep their locations secret, making it harder for others to find them.

“All I’ll tell you is I find them in the woods,” said Jacob Toews, a local morel hunter.

“A lot of people have a spot but they don’t want to tell you it because they left all their mushrooms growing there,” Landseadel said.

When foragers do find the mushrooms, they use them in various meals.

“I bread them and fry them and I also make a soup. It’s delicious,” Toews said.

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