It's about time
A century-old time capsule is opened in an OKC church.
Live. Local. Leaving.
Longtime KOCO chief meteorologist Rick Mitchell heading to severe skies of Dallas TV.
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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Water matters
OKC enacts outdoor water rationing for residents and businesses.
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Clifton Adcock
The City of Oklahoma City announced today that it is implementing mandatory water conservation measures, effective immediately.
A 'transformational' gift
The OKC National Memorial & Museum receives the largest private donation in its nearly 12-year history.
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Phil Bacharach
The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum has received a $3.5 million gift from the Inasmuch Foundation, the largest private donation since the museum's opening in 2001.
Stark words
CFN
Gazette staff
Just after Thanksgiving, Oklahoma Gazette devoted a cover story to the 50th anniversary of Stark Fear, a B-level slice of film noir primarily conceived and lensed in Norman by two University of Oklahoma faculty members.
Hurri-can’t
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Gazette staff
When you’re from a state that has its fair share of natural disasters — tornadoes, drought, Toby Keith — it’s easy to understand the importance of helping other areas stricken by calamity.
School pride
CFN
Gazette staff
What makes a college worthy of consideration? A good football team? Availability of copious amounts of booze? Or something as quaint as academic excellence?
R.I.P. Pokey
CFN
Gazette staff
Anyone who grew up in the OKC area between the 1960s and ‘80s likely has fond memories of Ho-Ho and Pokey. No, that’s not a cheeky way of describing how Kate Middleton got pregnant, but rather the beloved clown and sock puppet whose children’s show on KOCO Channel 5 entertained kids for nearly 40 years.
Drought bout
Record low levels at Lake Hefner prompt city officials to look at drawing water from Canton Lake.
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Clifton Adcock
Oklahoma City officials are considering their options now that three lakes supplying the city’s drinking water have reached alarmingly low levels.
A vital resource
The new food resource center at the City Rescue Mission is more than a traditional food pantry.
Avenging the kitty
Defining rape
A former metro teacher accused of rape challenges state law involving consensual sex between teacher and student.
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Clifton Adcock
A former Oklahoma City high school teacher is seeking a law barring school employees not in direct supervision of students from having sex with students who are 16 or older.
Ethics exec
The state Ethics Commission names a new executive director.
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Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission today voted unanimously to hire Oklahoma City attorney Lee Slater as the agency's new executive director. He replaces Marilyn Hughes, who retired in December after serving in the position since its inception in 1991.
‘21’ ain’t just blackjack, folks
CFN
Gazette staff
A few weeks ago, Chicken-Fried News profiled an effort by state Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, to push a bill prohibiting state and local governments from participating in the implementation of United Nations initiative — here we will speak in an ominous whisper — Agenda 21.
Sweet charity
CFN
Gazette staff
Oklahoma-born country music sweetheart Carrie Underwood and actress Olivia Munn have been busy shaming the rest of us self-absorbed brats. The two, by virtue of bestowing charitable gifts of kindness upon those less fortunate — human and animal alike — made DoSomething.org's list of 2012’s “Top 20 Celebs Gone Good.”
Hot or not
CFN
Gazette staff
The past year was an interesting one for Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, and 2013 is shaping up to be an interesting one for his former partner, current SandRidge Energy CEO Tom Ward.
In the neighborhood
An innovative approach to assisted living centers comes to OKC, but not everyone is happy about it.
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Peter Wright
The house at the corner of Green Valley and Apple Valley Drives doesn’t look too different from the other suburban oases around it. Inside, however, is a home to as many as five elderly residents and at least one visiting nurse at all times. It’s part of a new trend in Oklahoma to make the assisted living center small enough to fit in a four-bedroom home and homey enough to lose the stigma of the institution.
