Galen Culver

Oklahoma City

Reporter and Photographer at KFOR-TV (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Camp of Champions teaches rodeo and life

3 weeks ago | kfor.com | Galen Culver

SAYRE, Okla. (KFOR) — If you grow up on a horse or with a rope in your hand, like anything else, you get to where you want to go through repetition. But occasionally, kids at places like this unique rodeo camp get a cowboy cheat code from current and retired greats like Cody Custer, a former world champion bull rider and current hall of famer. Working on both riding and dismounting a bucking bull, Custer explains, “I’m trying to make sure their shoulders don’t get out from under them.
Ropin’, Ridin’, Religion: Camp of Champions teaches rodeo and life

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Galen Culver

SAYRE, Okla. (KFOR) — If you grow up on a horse or with a rope in your hand, like anything else, you get to where you want to go through repetition. But occasionally, kids at places like this unique rodeo camp get a cowboy cheat code from current and retired greats like Cody Custer, a former world champion bull rider and current hall of famer. Working on both riding and dismounting a bucking bull, Custer explains, “I’m trying to make sure their shoulders don’t get out from under them.
Free Boat? All this mechanic had to do was bring it back from the bottom of Arcadia Lake

3 weeks ago | kfor.com | Galen Culver

PERRY, Okla. (KFOR) — It’s a cool morning on Perry Lake, still cloudy from storms the day before. It’s not a day made for boating, but people like Dillon Nickel know June brings sunshine and calmer waters for his customers. “Looking into an inboard engine bay,” he describes.
Free Boat? All this mechanic had to do was bring it back from the bottom of Arcadia Lake

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Galen Culver

PERRY, Okla. (KFOR) — It’s a cool morning on Perry Lake, still cloudy from storms the day before. It’s not a day made for boating, but people like Dillon Nickel know June brings sunshine and calmer waters for his customers. “Looking into an inboard engine bay,” he describes.
A new book covers the First 100 Years of Route 66

4 weeks ago | kfor.com | Galen Culver

ARCADIA, Okla. (KFOR) — For Jim Ross and his wife Shellee Graham, just about every single journey on Route 66, for the past 30 years, has included an old stretch of original pavement near Arcadia. Over a generation, the journey continued right onto the pages of a ‘baker’s dozen’ different books, and now to a new volume covering the first 100 years of The Mother Road. “It needed to be done,” insists Ross.
A new book covers the First 100 Years of Route 66

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Galen Culver

ARCADIA, Okla. (KFOR) — For Jim Ross and his wife Shellee Graham, just about every single journey on Route 66, for the past 30 years, has included an old stretch of original pavement near Arcadia. Over a generation, the journey continued right onto the pages of a ‘baker’s dozen’ different books, and now to a new volume covering the first 100 years of The Mother Road. “It needed to be done,” insists Ross.
Perry Enterprises: An OKC success story

1 month ago | kfor.com | Galen Culver

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Comfortable from where he sits, Russell Perry’s office and waiting room are good vantage points from which to see his small business empire, and maybe the only spot where we’re able to pin him down long enough to get him to reflect on his family and business philosophy. “I’m a lucky, blessed man,” he smiles.
The Woodring Wall of Honor in Enid remembers fallen soldiers

1 month ago | kfor.com | Galen Culver

ENID, Okla. (KFOR) — Unable to speak for themselves, fallen soldiers must rely upon the family and friends who knew them. Jesse Mitchell, who died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp, National Guardsman Paul Howell, who died in a car wreck last year were two names spoken at this year’s Memorial Day ceremony. Retired Col. Jerry Shiles, one of several speakers, lost a nephew to an IED in Afghanistan.
The Woodring Wall of Honor in Enid remembers fallen soldiers

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Galen Culver

ENID, Okla. (KFOR) — Unable to speak for themselves, fallen soldiers must rely upon the family and friends who knew them. Jesse Mitchell, who died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp, National Guardsman Paul Howell, who died in a car wreck last year were two names spoken at this year’s Memorial Day ceremony. Retired Col. Jerry Shiles, one of several speakers, lost a nephew to an IED in Afghanistan.
Memories and lessons from 'the darkest day in OHP history'

1 month ago | kfor.com | Galen Culver

CADDO, Okla. (KFOR) — The spotlight of memory can glow or glare depending on what those memories contain. For both Bob Young and OHP Capt. Ronnie Grimes, the events of May 26th, 1978, are impossible to forget. Young was 21 years old in the Summer of that year. Hampton was just a kid, but as they pore over old headlines and pictures from a 47-year-old crime scene, neither can look away. “I needed to know exactly what happened,” explains Young.