Live. Local. Leaving.
Longtime KOCO chief meteorologist Rick Mitchell heading to severe skies of Dallas TV.
It's about time
A century-old time capsule is opened in an OKC church.
Fade out
A Senate bill phases out incentives that lure filmmakers to the state.
Challengers in Oklahoma City Council races discuss online photos
Photos in revealing poses, of Confederate flags
Picture of horror
A century later, the photograph of an Oklahoma lynching still resonates.
Romney and religion
Will Mitt Romney’s Mormonism be a factor for Oklahoma voters in next Tuesday’s presidential primary?
Fame, Sweet fame
Does this OKC woman have time to be a worldwide Internet sensation?
To the letter
The OKC school district begins investigating charges of grade-tampering by a high school principal.
Creative dissent
Opposition came in various forms at last week’s rally against the Personhood Act.
Spirited reformation
Two grassroots organizations seek changes to Oklahoma’s liquor laws.
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Homeward bound
OKC’s chronically homeless population receives help from a nationwide campaign.
News
Greg Horton
The Oklahoma City-based Homeless Alliance has joined forces with a national campaign dubbed 100,000 Homes, which seeks to find shelter and medical care for the chronically homeless and medically vulnerable.
All about TIF
Downtown reaps the benefits of tax increment finance districts.
News
An economic development program created to improve blighted areas is doing better than expected in downtown Oklahoma City, according to the city’s primary private-sector partner for economic development.
Raging river
The SandRidge Sky Trail is among a litany of new attractions transforming the Boathouse District along the Oklahoma River.
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Clifton Adcock
Eighty feet above ground, as a 30 mph wind whipped around her, Sherry Andrusiak began to walk the plank. With the Oklahoma River before her and Oklahoma City’s downtown skyline to her back, she inched out onto the wooden beam jutting from the metal frame of the SandRidge Sky Trail.
Middling money
This year’s city council races saw far fewer campaign dollars spent than in 2010.
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Clifton Adcock
Despite a crowded field in one Oklahoma City Council race and three candidates in another, overall campaign spending and fundraising in this year’s municipal elections is significantly below that of two years ago.
Chosen ONEs
Eight metro organizations nominated as state’s top nonprofit.
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Rachael Cervenka
Nonprofits across the state strive to better lives, one Oklahoman at a time. Some of them will be recognized and rewarded for their efforts at next month’s Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards.
Frank gets clubbed
CFN
Gazette staff
The fiscally conservative Club for Growth is going RINO-hunting, and in its sights is “big government liberal” U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne.
Here comes the judge
CFN
Gazette staff
Freshly appointed federal Judge Robert Bacharach has been receiving so much praise from lawmakers lately, it's enough to make you wonder why it took the Senate so darned long to confirm the Edmond resident to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Yay or neigh?
CFN
Gazette staff
Oklahoma is known for many things — breath-stealing wind, real-life cowboys, annoying Broadway theme songs — but not least among them is that it’s the horse show capital of the world.
Fair-y tale romance
CFN
Gazette staff
Ever locked eyes with a sexy stranger and lamented later that it wasn’t followed by locked lips? If so, the ongoing popularity of Craigslist’s “missed connections” proves that you’re not alone.
Du-real estate
CFN
Gazette staff
Chicken-Fried News didn’t realize Kevin Durant still had any ties left to cut with Seattle. But the Thunder superstar, who began his NBA career with the team formerly known as the SuperSonics, recently sold his house on Washington’s Mercer Island for a cool $2.4 million.
Pants on fire?
CFN
Gazette staff
Whether spontaneous human combustion is real has long been a debate in the scientific world, to say nothing of the world of bong hits in the dorm room. It has neither been proven nor disproven, although there are many theories as to how it might occur, and suspected cases date back to the 17th century.
Vertical limit
CFN
Gazette staff
Oklahoma City’s own The Flaming Lips are no stranger to Austin, Texas’ annual South by Southwest festival — in the music portion, of course.
Seven up
Seven candidates are battling it out in Tuesday’s Ward 7 city council race.
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Clifton Adcock
As Tuesday’s Oklahoma City Council election approaches, Ward 7 candidates are working to stand out amid a crowded field. Seven candidates are challenging incumbent Ronald “Skip” Kelly.
Fashion statement
The OKC Board of Education is expected to vote Monday on mandating school uniforms districtwide.
News
Tim Farley
Deciding what to wear to school may not be a problem for Oklahoma City Public Schools students in the not-too-distant future. The Oklahoma City Board of Education is expected to vote Monday on whether to mandate school uniforms or a stricter dress code.
Living with AIDS
Medical advances have helped the HIVpositive, bringing a new focus of care for the Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund.
News
Greg Horton
Red Tie Night
6 p.m. Saturday
Grand Ballroom, Cox Convention Center
1 Myriad Gardens
okaidscarefund.com
348-6600
$350-$15,000
