Headlines for Thursday, June 8, 2017:
University of Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops is retiring. (KGOU)
Special elections to fill two legislative seats bring in 17 candidates. (NewsOK)
Lawmakers get ready for interim studies. (Journal Record)
Limits in small claims court are increasing. (NewsOK)
Budget cuts force fundraising by the historical society. (Journal Record)
GOP lawmaker from Slaughterville questions the constitutionality of the state budget. (Norman Transcript)
Tulsa approves next year’s budget. (Tulsa World)
Comanche Tribe is working to fix its fiscal house. (Journal Record)
Attorney General Mike Hunter is going after a rising opioid epidemic in Oklahoma. (Journal Record)
Midwest City is working on options after Sears leaves. (NewsOK)
Tulsa gets set to lose its last K-Mart. (Tulsa World)
Walmart is testing out automated kiosks at a store in Warr Acres. (NewsOK)
School focusing on coding opens in Tulsa. (NewsOK)
Oklahoma’s largest film festival kicks off its 16th season in downtown Oklahoma City today. (Okie Geek Podcast)