Oklahoma City, new team pleased with speed of transition (USA Today)
A team nickname and color scheme for Oklahoma City's new NBA team has yet to be announced, no site has been chosen for its permanent practice facility and it's unknown how many team employees might be moving from Seattle.

Military veterans allege mismanagement of little-known retirement colony in Oklahoma (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WILBURTON, Okla. - Nestled among the lush forests and mountain foothills of rural southeastern Oklahoma is a soldier's utopia, a sleepy enclave where U.S. military veterans can claim their share of the American dream for pennies on the dollar.

Oklahoma jail escapee arrested in Arkansas (The Wichita Eagle)
An inmate who climbed out of a bathroom window at the Grant County jail and fled in a sheriff's department truck has been recaptured in Arkansas, authorities said today. Joshua R. Albright was in custody in Johnson County, Ark., about 60 miles east of the Oklahoma state line, according to Sheriff Roland Hula. Authorities had believed that Albright might be in Kansas, Missouri or Arkansas. ...

Two Oklahoma Couples Feed Hundreds In Africa (News On 6 Tulsa)
Two Oklahoma couples thought they were on a once-in-a-lifetime African mission trip, but that changed when they saw the desperate need for food.

About 40 airmen returning to Oklahoma Monday (KVII 7 Amarillo)
Friday, July 25, 2008 at 11:19 a.m. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- About 40 Air Force Reserve security team members with the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base will return Monday from duty in Iraq.