Good morning, Oklahoma!
Here’s what you need to know today:
🌞 Temperature check: Mostly sunny today and breezy with a high of 99 degrees, low of 78; a heat advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. in Oklahoma City, according to AccuWeather
📅 Today in History: In 1521, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés won Mexico for Spain by capturing Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec empire, and Emperor Cuauhtémoc, after a three-month siege. We know the place today as Mexico City.
News you can use 📰
- 📰 ICYMI: Oklahoma State Fair launches new policy for minors after incident at previous fair
- 📸 See the annual FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival in Shawnee.
- 🏈 SEC linebacker rankings for 2024: Danny Stutsman brings the heat for OU football
- 🗳 Oklahoma is closer to adding a minimum wage state question to the ballot. Here’s what’s next
If you only read one thing today:
Statewide Charter School Board rescinds contract with religious charter school, but with a caveat
More than a month after an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling, the Statewide Charter School Board voted Monday to obey the court’s order to rescind its contract with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School – but with a caveat.