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Tulsa gets another shot at SMU in AAC opening round

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No. 7 seeded Tulsa will play No. 10 seeded SMU at 7 p.m. Thursday on ESPNU in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference Basketball Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. If Tulsa wins, they will play No. 2 seed Cincinnati at 6 p.m. Friday. Cincinnati, ranked No. 20 in the nation, drew a bye in…

Insure Oklahoma gets 5 more years

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The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) recently received notification that Insure Oklahoma, the state’s premium assistance program for businesses and employees, has been reauthorized by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for another five years. Historically, the Insure Oklahoma program has been reauthorized on a yearly basis. However, this year CMS approved…

Riley fires Mike Stoops after record-setting Texas defeat

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Ruffin McNeil will take over defensive leadership Oklahoma coaches get fired for losing to Texas and Lincoln Riley just made a point about defensive deficiencies by firing OU defensive coordinator Mike Stoops – the brother of former Coach Bob Stoops. Last Saturday, Texas scored 48 points against Mike Stoops’ defense – the most points OU…

Why such a big paper? The delinquent property tax lists

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Every time we have a really big paper, like this one, we get questions from readers as to why it is so big. The answer is that every other year, Tulsa County Treasurer Dennis Semler buys space in the Tulsa Beacon to publish a list of delinquent property owners. This is done for two consecutive…