From pioneering achievements in medicine and international diplomacy to the founding of iconic American political traditions, July 6 has served as a major launching pad for historic shifts. Closer to home, it marks a significant anniversary for one of our region’s most vital historic resources.
Daily Bible verse: Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord
Daily Bible verse for 7-6-2026 is Proverbs 19:17.
“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.” — Proverbs 19:17
OU football opener changed
University of Oklahoma Vice President and Director of Athletics Roger Denny and OU Head Football Coach Brent Venables announced that OU’s 2026 season-opening football game against UTEP in Norman has been moved to Sept. 4, one day earlier than originally scheduled.
June brings historic winds and uneven drought relief
By Gary McManus, OCS Mesonet
June’s severe weather story wasn’t about tornadoes. It was about straight-line winds.
A powerful derecho and several other intense storm systems combined to produce six of the Oklahoma Mesonet’s top 50 all-time wind gusts in a single month — the most of any month since the network began in January 1994. Three of those gusts topped 100 mph.