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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Rabbis making history
For the first time in OKC history, both its congregational rabbis are women.
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Greg Horton
When Vered Harris became the rabbi of Temple B’nai Israel, only the fifth in its 109-year history, the arrival also proved historical for another reason. It marked the first time in metro history that its only two congregational rabbis are women. Harris’ colleague, Abby Jacobson, is rabbi at Emanuel Synagogue.
To protect
One woman’s fight for survival has changed Oklahoma law — twice.
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Kevan Goff-Parker
Lynne Mullins said she made a “bad mistake” when she got married. Her husband abused her and she soon feared for her own and her children’s lives.
A tale of email
Questions arise from emails unearthed by a school district investigation into a former high school principal.
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Jerry Bohnen
Documents obtained from Oklahoma City Public Schools show that former Frederick A. Douglass Mid-High School Principal Brian Staples changed failing grades of some students, as alleged by teachers he had fired. Emails written by Staples suggest he improved Ds and Fs to Cs because some teachers had not complied with grade reporting standards created at the high school. Douglass’ standards were different from district policy due to a federal education improvement program.
Win win
An Oklahoma Gazette reader wins a Dodge Challenger from the OKC Barons.
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Gazette staff
Kenneth Cooley has the car he dreamed about since the 1970s: a new Dodge Challenger.
A closer look
A disaster relief fund for survivors of the OKC bombing comes under scrutiny amid criticism from some families.
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Clifton Adcock
In the wake of complaints from some survivors of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing and their families, the Oklahoma City Disaster Relief Fund is being audited. The critics claim that the Oklahoma City Community Foundation (OCCF), which oversees the fund, has been difficult to deal with and chronically unresponsive to requests for assistance.
Ease the pain
Prescription drug abuse reaches epidemic proportions in Oklahoma.
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Carmel Perez Snyder
Five years after being lauded for establishing one of the first Prescription Monitoring Programs in the nation, Oklahoma recently garnered another distinction. The state is second only to Alabama in the highest use of prescription painkillers, according to a pharmacy benefit-management firm called Express Scripts And painkiller abuse in the state is having lethal consequences.
The rest of the story
The OKC bombing museum is halfway through a $15 million fundraising campaign to usher in a host of improvements.
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Nicole Hill
Like so many others, Dennis Purifoy’s world was upended on the morning of April 19, 1995.
Quality costs
In an active year for the state’s Quality Jobs Program, 10 companies received more than $38 million in taxpayer funds.
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Clifton Adcock
Ten companies received more than half of $68 million in taxpayer money distributed to businesses last fiscal year under the state’s Quality Jobs Program.
Capitol commandments
With little fanfare, a monument of the Ten Commandments is erected outside the state Capitol.
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Clifton Adcock
A large granite monument of the Ten Commandments was erected outside the Oklahoma state Capitol building today.
Sun and shade
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Kevan Goff-Parker
Visitors at Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center can’t miss it: A massive, gray and black solar-panel system now looms over half of the parking lot, providing both shade and power for the medical facility and the more than 225,000 veterans it serves.
Looking for laws
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Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Council on Nov. 6 laid out the city’s wish-list for next year’s state legislative session.
Report-card reaction
Parents and educators mull over the state Education Department’s grades for OKC public schools.
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Tim Farley
Surprise was not among the reactions administrators and parents showed when the state Department of Education last month released its grades for Oklahoma’s public schools.
Killing fields
Metro police are baffled by an exceptionally bloody year in city homicides.
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Jerry Bohnen
It would be easy to assume that this year’s spike in murders in Oklahoma City has been gang-related. But that might be the wrong conclusion based on a study of the 81 homicides recorded by Oklahoma City police as of Nov. 9. It appears probable the city’s murder list could creep into the 90s by year’s end.
A new hope
Supporters of an American Indian cultural center say the results of a state audit boost chances of completing the beleaguered project.
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Tim Farley
A state audit that found no wrongdoing within the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority (NACEA) during the last nine years has given new life to a multimillion-dollar project in Oklahoma City.
Viva la comunidad
Five years after a controversial state law sought to reduce illegal immigration, the impact on OKC’s Latino community appears minimal.
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Peter Wright
The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007, better known as House Bill 1804, was tough for its day. It remains the gravitational center of illegal immigration arguments in Oklahoma, even as it has been dissected by lawsuits, eclipsed by bills in other states and rendered less relevant by an increasingly young and legal Latino community.
