Metropolitan Library System looking for public submissions, preserve NBA Championship Parade history
It was a historic season for the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Metropolitan Library System is working to preserve the moment the city held its first NBA Championship Parade.
THIS IS KOCO FIVE NEWS AT 8:00. COULD END OF THE YEAR. TESTING SOON BE COMING TO AN END. WHY? STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS SAYS HE’S PUSHING FOR THIS. AND A REACTION FROM LOCAL TEACHERS UNIONS AND OTHER LAWMAKERS. THAT’S COMING UP. AND THE HEAT ALERTS ARE HERE TO STAY. METEOROLOGIST JOSEPH NEUBAUER HAS YOUR UPDATED FORECAST. WHO COULD SEE SOME RAIN THIS WEEKEND? HOW HIGHER TEMPERATURES WILL GET. HE’S GOT IT ALL COVERED. THAT’S COMING UP. HEY GOOD MORNING OKLAHOMA. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WAKING UP WITH US. IT’S ALMOST 8:00 ON YOUR SATURDAY. I’M JORDAN RYAN. I’M DAKOTA PAPAKEECHIE. WE’VE GOT JOSEPH NEUBAUER WITH US HERE. LIKE SHE MENTIONED, THE SUN WAS COMING OUT. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL IN OKLAHOMA RIGHT NOW. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN STAY THAT WAY FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER. YEAH, WE JUST NEED A FEW HOURS. IT’S BEEN SO WARM AND HUMID ALREADY, BUT THIS IS LIKE, SORT OF THE SWEET SPOT. AND WE KNOW JUST A COUPLE HOURS HOT AND SOUPY GET EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO OUTSIDE. DONE NOW RIGHT. I’VE JUST SENT A TEXT TO MY DAD. YOU’RE SUCH A GOOD SON. THAT’S SO SWEET. HE NEEDS TO GET OUT AND GET OUT THERE NOW, OR ELSE IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE TOO LATE. HERE IN OKLAHOMA WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. NORTH TEXAS DOES NOT. IT’S BEEN DRY HERE IN OKC, BUT I’VE BEEN WATCHING SOME TARGETS THERE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA DOWN INTO GREER AND KIOWA COUNTIES. SOME LITTLE SPOTTY SHOWERS THERE, PROBABLY NEAR HOBART, ELK CITY, ERICK UP TO SWEETWATER, CHEYENNE AND CRAWFORD TOO. NOT BAD THERE. ROGER MILLS AND ELLIS COUNTY GETTING SOME LIGHT LITTLE SHOWERS AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DOWN NEAR ALTUS TOO. I MEAN, THAT’S SOME GOOD STUFF FOR OUR FRIENDS IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. SOME LINGERING LIGHT RAIN UP THERE IN NORTHERN ALFALFA COUNTY, GRANT COUNTY, BY 9 A.M., THE RAIN FOOTPRINT WILL EXPAND TO INCLUDE OKC. BUT TRUTHFULLY, JUST BEING COMPLETELY HONEST HERE, IT’S A REALLY LOW CHANCE OF RAIN DURING THE DAY. TODAY. IT’S GOING TO BE SPOTTY SPRINKLES, MAYBE A POP UP CELL OR TWO. HEAT IS GOING TO BE THE MAIN STORY. BANGING ON A DRUM, STEALING ALL THE ATTENTION. WE’RE ALREADY PRETTY WARM. WE’RE IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S WILL BE UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S BY THE END OF THE MORNING, AND THEN HIGH HEAT STRESS KICKS IN. WE’RE IN THE UPPER 90S, LOWER ONE HUNDREDTHS HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES, SO THIS IS DEFINITELY THE STAR OF THE SHOW WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE WEATHER HEADLINES. THE RAIN IS NICE. HEAT STEALS THE SHOW. THAT’S ACTUALLY GOING TO FLIP THOUGH. I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE FIVE PLUS FIVE DAY FORECAST WHEN IT COMES TO RAIN AND HEAT RELIEF. I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT HERE OVER THIS NEXT HOUR. DAKOTA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AN UPDATE TO SOME BREAKING NEWS WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL MORNING LONG. 15TH STREET AND TIMBERLAKE AVENUE IN EDMOND IS NOW OPEN. YEAH. THE REASON IT WAS CLOSED EARLIER THIS MORNING. POLICE SAYING THAT THEY WERE DOING AN INVESTIGATION. THE ROADWAY WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THEY SAID IN A FACEBOOK POST EARLIER TO AVOID THE AREA, LIKE WE SAID, IT IS NOW BACK OPEN AS FAR AS WHAT THAT INVESTIGATION ENTAILS. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION AND DEVELOPING. THIS MORNING WE’RE GETTING A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS CHAOTIC SCENE. YEAH, THIS WAS WHEN AN OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE OFFICER FIRED A SHOT AT A SUSPECT WHO WAS SEEN WAVING AROUND. WHAT THAT OFFICER THOUGHT WAS A WEAPON IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A TOY GUN. PROMISE YOU, I’LL SHOOT YOU. GOT HIM AT GUNPOINT RIGHT NOW. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE OFFICER SPOTTED ZACHARIAH MILLS WHILE HE WAS ON PATROL A FEW WEEKS AGO. WHEN THE 22 YEAR-OLD SPOTTED HIM. HE TOOK OFF INTO THIS WOODED AREA. THE OFFICER DID FIRE HIS WEAPON DURING THE FOOT CHASE, BUT MISSED THE SUSPECT. IT WASN’T UNTIL LATER THAT THEY DISCOVERED THIS GUN WAS NOT REAL. THE OFFICER HAD BEEN PUT ON ROUTINE ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. MILLS IS IN JAIL FOR THIS, ALONG WITH ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE HE WAS ALLEGEDLY ARMED WITH A FAKE GUN. WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REDIRECT OUR RESOURCES AWAY FROM PAYING FOR A MASSIVE END OF YEAR TEST TO SUPPORT THE ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS SAYS HE’S PUTTING AN END TO THE END OF THE YEAR. STATE TESTING FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO ALLEVIATE STRESS FOR TEACHERS. NOW, IN A STATEMENT FROM THE OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE DEPARTMENT SAID OUT OF 23,000 PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS SURVEYED, OVER 80% OF THEM SAID THEY FELT STATE TESTING ISN’T NECESSARY. DAKOTA, YOU’VE REALLY BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY. YEAH, I HAVE. AND THIS IS TESTING THAT THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS. LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY’RE TESTING IN ENGLISH, MATH AND SCIENCE. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUT OUT A QUOTE FROM STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS WHEN HE WAS PUSHING FOR THIS. AND HE SAYS THAT THE TEACHER UNION APPROACH IS FAILING OUR KIDS. SO WE TALKED WITH THE OKLAHOMA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ABOUT THIS MOVE. THAT’S AMUSING. WE’VE FOR DECADES ARGUED AGAINST STANDARDIZED TESTING, AND WE THINK THAT SHOWING STUDENT GROWTH SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO PROVE WHETHER OR NOT THEY’VE ACHIEVED THE ACADEMIC CONTENT. WELL, ALLEGE SAYS THAT STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. LEARNING THAT’S BUILT AROUND THEM, NOT A STATE TEST. BUT SHE WONDERS ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF REMOVING THESE TESTS ALTOGETHER FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN EVEN BE ACHIEVED, BECAUSE THERE ARE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS THAT DICTATE HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ROLLED OUT IN A CLASSROOM. SOME LAWMAKERS ARGUE THAT SAME POINT ABOUT STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. OTHERS SAY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION NEEDS TO SIGN OFF ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO TAKE EFFECT. NOW, WE’RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THIS VERY CLOSELY. LISTEN TO THIS, DEVELOPING THIS MORNING, A FORMER PAYROLL DIRECTOR FOR MUSTANG PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS HEADED TO FEDERAL PRISON. 68 YEAR OLD KIM WENRICK WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOR WIRE FRAUD AND FLEEING, FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN AFTER STEALING NEARLY $470,000 FROM THE DISTRICT OVER SIX YEARS. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY WENRICK MANIPULATED PAYROLL SYSTEMS TO BOOST HER OWN PAY AND LIED ON HER TAXES. HER SCHEME ALSO CAUSED UNDERREPORTING ISSUES FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES. SHE’S BEEN ORDERED TO PAY NEARLY $600,000 IN RESTITUTION TO BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE IRS. WENRICK WILL ALSO SERVE THREE YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE FOLLOWING HER PRISON TERM. MUSTANG PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, COMMENTING ON THE SITUATION, SAYING THIS WAS A BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST BY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, SAYING, QUOTE, THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT DEFINE MUSTANG PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT RATHER DEMONSTRATES OUR RESOLVE TO PROTECT THE RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO US BY OUR COMMUNITY. WELL, TAKE A LOOK RIGHT HERE. THIS WAS THE SCENE IN SEMINOLE AT AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY ON FRIDAY. THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO PUSH MANY OF THEIR ANIMALS OUT. THESE ARE ANIMALS, INCLUDING KANGAROOS, BECAUSE OF A FIRE THREATENING THEIR PROPERTY. WELL, THEY DECIDED TO JUST CUT THE FENCE LOOSE AND LET THEM GO. AFTER THAT, FIRE WAS REALLY CLOSE TO THE SANCTUARY ALONGSIDE THEIR FENCE. WE LET OUT 40 TO 42 FOXES AND WE LET OUT 15 DEER, THREE KANGAROOS, THREE WALLABIES. WE MOVED OUR MONKEYS IN OUR HOUSE AND AND YOU KNOW, OUR PROPERTY IS TRENCHED IN. SO WE LET THEM OUT OF THE ENCLOSURES, BUT THEY’RE STILL CONTAINED IN OUR PROPERTY. THEY SAY NO MAJOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEM ALL TO SAFETY. THE COMMUNITY RUSHING TO HELP AFTER THAT PARK PUT OUT A
Metropolitan Library System looking for public submissions, preserve NBA Championship Parade history
It was a historic season for the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Metropolitan Library System is working to preserve the moment the city held its first NBA Championship Parade.
Updated: 11:19 AM CDT Aug 9, 2025
It was a historic season for the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Metropolitan Library System is working to preserve the moment the city held its first NBA Championship Parade.Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.Officials with the library system said their Special Collections and Research Department are collecting photos and videos from the parade and are asking those at the parade to contribute.“Help us preserve the story of the very first NBA Championship parade for generations to come,” officials wrote in a social media post.>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelYou can submit photos and videos from the parade by clicking here.Top HeadlinesGet the Facts: Why ground beef prices are soaring and could continueGeorgia authorities identify suspect in CDC shooting as a 30-year-old man from suburban AtlantaThreatt Filling Station, safe haven for Black travelers during Jim Crow, gets new installationNFL preseason game between Detroit and Atlanta has been postponed after serious injury
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It was a historic season for the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Metropolitan Library System is working to preserve the moment the city held its first NBA Championship Parade.
Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.
Officials with the library system said their Special Collections and Research Department are collecting photos and videos from the parade and are asking those at the parade to contribute.
“Help us preserve the story of the very first NBA Championship parade for generations to come,” officials wrote in a social media post.
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