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1 week ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
We all know Oklahoma summer heat can be brutal, and while we’ve been blessed so far with not-so-hot temperatures, it’s never too soon to get ahead of the heat. “It’s really important that we look at for our vulnerable customers and seniors are some of the most vulnerable customers that we have,” said Kara Givens, community outreach coordinator with OG&E. The partnership started about six years ago with the Oklahoma City Meals on Wheels program and OG&E.
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1 week ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
Crews are hard at work getting the field and facilities ready at Devon Park for the college softball world series, but there is another crew hard at work in a hotel room downtown. “It’s one of those things that happens behind the scenes that people really don’t know about,” said Carolan Bledsoe, the patch lady. For 26 years, Carolan Bledsoe, known this time of year as the patch lady, has been putting the College World Series patches on the uniforms for every team.
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1 week ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
Known for their versatility in music, the Ambassadors Concert Choir has been wowing and inspiring audiences since 1979, but this summer they’ll take on a new challenge. “The reason the choir was formed it was that Kenneth wanted, I think the world to know that predominantly black choirs don’t just sing gospel,” said Dr. Sandra Thompson, Artistic Director for the Ambassadors Concert Choir.
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1 week ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
In eighth grade, Brenton Stidham found his passion, but unlike most kids, it wasn’t with video games or sports; it was flying airplanes. “I think they’re fascinating, I like the science behind how they fly, they’re very interesting to me,” said 17-year-old Brenton Stidham. Spend any amount of time around planes with Stidham and you quickly realize he knows his stuff. “Slight difference in the throttles, the 262 you have to push the throttle in and out, the 264 is more of a lever,” said Stidham.
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2 weeks ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
It was somewhat an unusual request for Mrs. Sharp’s fourth-grade STEM class at Prairie View Elementary School in Mustang, but it will have a lasting impact not only on the students but also on the teachers. “When people ask me what I do, who are not familiar with STEM, I tell them that I teach kids how to think,” said Prairie View STEM teacher, Paula Sharp.
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2 weeks ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
It’s an initiative typically done by corporations and lots of volunteers; however, in just one year of operation, the Kindness Kitchen has collected over seven thousand pounds of food for Oklahoma families. “I am a current full-time student at OU, a health and exercise science major,” said University of Oklahoma student, Kendal Harvey. She has that drive that is typically not found in a lot of young people. “I work two other jobs.
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2 weeks ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
It was an act of kindness that all started with a social media video, using the platform to create a life-changing experience. “He was rocking the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shirt,” said Edmond Central Middle School teacher Jonathan Kerby. The TikTok video that Kerby posted quickly went viral. “After five hours over it blew up into five hundred people, the next day, over a thousand people commented on it,” said Kerby.
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3 weeks ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
For 10 years, the kids in northeast Oklahoma City have had a place where they can come and be accepted, respected, and loved, and that place is the Bridge Impact Center. It was the brainchild of founder Marcus Jackson to infuse hope into youth in the northeast community. “We have our STEM program; we have our mental health programming that works in groups and also individuals. We have a music studio, we have a film club,” said Marcus Jackson, Founder of the Bridge Impact Center.
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3 weeks ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
We are literally just weeks away from the Boley rodeo on Memorial Day weekend, and as the thousands of cowboys roll into town, the upgrades will be very noticeable. “I immediately saw that there needed to be some investment into the arena itself,” said Karen Ekuban director of the Boley Legacy consortium. Ekuban and her group took the planning of the rodeo last year and made some noticeable upgrades. This year guests can look forward to a continuation of what they’ve come to expect.
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3 weeks ago | 
news9.com | Mike Glover
It was the brainchild of third-grade schoolteacher Rhonda Clements, a grade schoolteacher with a love for her students and a love for reading, so, she and her husband began a labor of love combining the two passions. “She goes, 'I want a van.' And I said, 'A van?' And she, 'Goes yeah,'” said Leslie Clements, Rhonda’s husband. But this wouldn’t be just any van; Rhonda wanted a reading van to take to schools for kids to read in, with just one more added task for her husband, Leslie.
