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TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — UPDATE:
OG&E says that as of 11:30 a.m., about 76,000 customers are without power.
More than 2,200 OG&E employees are out restoring service to homes and businesses.
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About 124,000 Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers are without power after severe storms tore through Green Country the night of June 17.
There were strong winds that caused several power lines to be struck down.
OG&E assures customers they are working to restore service for everyone as soon as possible.
“Crews have been working through the night and will continue working around the clock to restore power as quickly and as safely as possible until every customer has service,” said a statement from OG&E.
In the meantime, OG&E has a few tips to share to stay safe while dealing with storm damage.
Refrain from touching downed power lines. They could still be alive and have the potential to seriously harm you. If you see a downed power line, report it to 800-552-6870.
OG&E customers can report outages through their app, or online at OGE.com/outages.
Text OUT to 32001 to receive alerts from OG&E.
You can call OG&E for OKC Metro at 405-272-9595 and all other areas at 800-552-6870.
Please secure any animals and allow access to your property if crews are coming to restore power.
OG&E also said that they will move trees and limbs from roadways and move them to the curb, but it is the customers’ responsibility to dispose of them.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Katie Kistler hit a solo homer for the game’s only run and Keagan Rothrock threw a two-hitter as No. 4 seed Florida defeated No. 5 Oklahoma State 1-0 on Thursday night in the Women’s College World Series opener for both teams.
“What a great game,” Florida coach Tim Walton said. “Kind of a good old-fashioned softball game. Something we haven’t seen in a long time.”
Rothrock, a freshman, struck out three and walked two. She threw just 94 pitches to claim the win for the Gators (52-13). It was her 31st victory of the season, which ties her for the nation’s lead.
Oklahoma State’s Lexi Kilfoyl, a first-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American and a top-three finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, took the loss. She allowed just two hits and struck out five in six innings. It was just her fourth loss in 30 decisions this season.
“I really think it was a good softball game,” Oklahoma State coach Kenny Gajewski said. “We just came up on the wrong end. They had the one big blow. It felt like a dogfight right from the start. I thought both pitchers were extremely sharp.”
Kilfoyl took a no-hitter into the fifth before Kistler’s blast. Kistler immediately raised her right arm and pointed her index finger to the sky after connecting. It was just her fifth homer of the season.
“All I felt was just straight joy looking at my teammates, everybody jumping up and down,” Kistler said. “I was happy to do it for my team and Keagan, as well, pitching her butt off that game.”
Florida will play No. 1 seed Texas on Saturday, with the winner heading to the semifinals.
Oklahoma State will play No. 8 Stanford on Friday in an elimination game. The World Series is a double-elimination tournament in bracket play before it shifts to a best-of-three format for the championship series.
“Got our work cut out for us here,” Gajewski said. “But I like what this team has always done, and that’s respond. That’s all we can do at this point.”
Oklahoma State had a chance to possibly produce some offense with the game still scoreless. With the bases empty and one out in the fifth, Oklahoma State’s Lexi McDonald got a hold of a Rothrock pitch and drove it to the wall. Florida’s Kendra Falby caught it and ran into the fence, where Korbe Otis immediately hugged her. Oklahoma State did not score in the inning.
“Just going out there and being like, ‘I’m going to catch every ball,’” Falby said. “That’s all I was focused on. Like everything kind of just went, sound, and then it was just me and the ball. All I thought about was catching at that moment. I wanted to keep the game 0-0 again for Keagan because she was pitching amazing.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Kinzie Hansen homered and knocked in three runs, and three-time defending national champion Oklahoma opened its title defense with a 9-1 win over Duke in six innings on Thursday in the Women’s College World Series.
Hansen, Jayda Coleman and Alyssa Brito each had two hits for the second-seeded Sooners (55-6).
Kierston Deal threw 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to get the win for Oklahoma, which looks to become the first team to win four straight national titles.
Cassidy Curd, who got both wins against Missouri in super regionals, started and gave up one run on three hits in two innings. Jala Wright a second-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American, allowed five runs on four hits in one inning and took the loss.
Oklahoma will play No. 6 seed UCLA on Saturday, with the winner reaching the semifinals. Duke will play No. 14 Alabama in an elimination game on Friday.
The 10th-seeded Blue Devils (52-8) made their first World Series appearance under coach Marissa Young. Duke led Thursday’s game 1-0 when Hansen’s two-run blast in the third put the Sooners ahead. Alynah Torres added a two-run shot later in the inning to make it 4-1.
Duke loaded the bases against Oklahoma starter Kelly Maxwell with two outs in the fourth, and Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso replaced her with Deal. Jayda Coleman’s diving catch in centerfield saved the Sooners from allowing any runs.
Cydney Sanders’ two-run blast in the fourth made it 6-1. Brito closed the scoring with a single that knocked in two runs in the sixth.
LIBERAL, Kan. (WIBW) – A man has died after he was injured Wednesday morning in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Seward County in southwest Kansas, authorities said.
The crash was reported at 10:36 a.m. Wednesday in the 1800 block of Frontage Road in Liberal. The location was just north of the Cosmetology Building near Seward County Community College.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Polaris ultra-terrain vehicle was traveling north on a campus road and turned the corner to travel east. The patrol said that as the driver turned the corner and accelerated, the occupant in the bed of the Polaris lost his balance and fell out of the vehicle.
The passenger, Jacob G. Still, 29, of Tyrone, Okla., was transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, where he later died. The patrol said Still wasn’t wearing a seat belt.
The driver of the UTV, Tucker J. Smith, 26, of Kismet, and another passenger, Breckin W. Buttry, 20, of Liberal, were reported to be uninjured. The patrol said neither Smith nor Buttry was wearing a seat belt.
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