9 To Know: April 3, 2023

Here are the nine stories you need to know in both Oklahoma and around the world.

9 - The Phoenix Suns outshine the Thunder in OKC last night. It’s Oklahoma City’s third loss in four games. OKC stays at number 10 in the West.

8 - Fifty-five Oklahoma churches are asking to leave the United Methodist Church organization. The split comes amid differences over same sex marriage and openly gay clergy.

7 - People across the state will head to the polls Tuesday for municipal and school board elections. County Clerk will be top of the ticket in Oklahoma County. Democrat Derrick Scobey is facing Republican Maressa Treat.

6 - Tuesday, Former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender to authorities in New York. Sources tell CBS charges relate to hush money payments to an adult film star.

5 - San Diego State will face UConn in the men’s basketball championship tonight at 8p.m. LSU claimed the women's title Sunday over Iowa.

4 - Oklahoma County Sheriff's deputies snag more than two million dollars’ worth of meth. Deputies say a 27-year-old driving a rental car on I-40 was loaded with more than a hundred pounds of the drug.

3 - Thirty-two people are dead after storms swept across the country Friday. Fifteen people perished in Tennessee. At least five are dead in Arkansas.

2 - The Oklahoma Red Cross has classified 38 homes as 'destroyed' from Friday's wildfires. Thirty-six are in Logan County where the flames stand at 30 percent contained. Two in Oklahoma County where the fire is 100 percent contained.

1 - It was a violent weekend across Oklahoma City. City police responded to five shootings including one at a Southwest OKC bar that left three dead and three injured. Another shooting happened near the Oklahoma River walking trails. At last check, no arrests have been made in any of these cases.