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.
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
News
For women
OKC native Kristin Davis returns to the state to head the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition.
News
Mia Cantu
In 2004, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research ranked Oklahoma fourth among the worst states for women. That statistic motivates members of the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition (OWC), which since its 2007 inception has advocated for policies that improve women’s lives. To further its efforts, the nonprofit last month hired its first executive director, Kristin Davis.
Pigging out
Animal-rights activists go to the Oklahoma Pork Congress to decry how pigs are treated in the state’s farms.
News
Phil Bacharach
A 10-foot inflatable caged pig and a handful of protesters greeted participants today at the annual Oklahoma Pork Congress outside the Reed Conference Center in Midwest City.
Presidential visit
Next week, Barack Obama will make his first presidential trip to Oklahoma.
News
Clifton Adcock
The White House announced today that President Barack Obama will make the first visit of his term to Oklahoma next week.
Testing, testing
A new requirement for high school graduation is meeting resistance.
News
Phil Bacharach
Seven years ago, Gov. Brad Henry signed into law a set of education reforms that included a requirement for high school students to pass at least four of seven end-of-instruction exams as a condition for graduation. Now that mandate finally is slated to take effect this year, and some opponents of the measure want it scrapped.
A heavy duty
Government and nonprofit initiatives try to counter childhood obesity.
News
Rachel Curtis
Waistlines in the U.S. have ballooned over the past 30 years, with one in three Americans today considered obese. As the nation struggles to tame the health crisis, some states are faring better than others.
Open books
The City Council passes symbolic support for increased transparency in campaign financing.
News
Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Council passed a resolution March 6 supporting any effort by the Legislature or the state Ethics Commission requiring more disclosure in campaign financing.
Looking ahead
A temporary transformation of a city block seeks to make a lasting impression on residents and developers.
News
Clifton Adcock
The Urban Land Institute wants to make a tactical strike on blight by introducing a vision that, if only briefly, will put people in an interactive rendering of what could be.
Fade out
A Senate bill phases out incentives that lure filmmakers to the state.
News
Clifton Adcock
A plan to pay for income tax cuts by doing away with several tax credits and incentives is facing some push back from a group that contends the measure essentially would end moviemaking in Oklahoma.
Spirited reformation
Two grassroots organizations seek changes to Oklahoma’s liquor laws.
News
Greg Horton
Oklahomans might see some changes to their liquor laws this year. While one group is attempting to secure a state question on the November ballot about wine and strong beer in grocery stores, another organization is working with state lawmakers for parity in laws that affect breweries.
Dogged park
A pair of Oklahoma City Council members assail plans surrounding renovation of a downtown park.
News
Clifton Adcock
Controversy over the city’s plans for Bicentennial Park erupted during the Feb. 28 Oklahoma City Council meeting, with some council members irked that the park had been prioritized over other projects, and wondering who had made that decision.
Creative dissent
Opposition came in various forms at last week’s rally against the Personhood Act.
News
Mia Cantu
“Get the U.S. out of my uterus,” is just one of nearly 40 handwritten signs held by stern-faced activists in Grace Fallen’s photography portraits. The black-and-white collection displayed on Facebook imparts an equally stark message of opposition to state Senate Bill 1433. Known as the Personhood Act, the measure asserts that life begins at conception.
Walk this way
An online survey aims to help OKC officials determine where to put up to 70 miles of sidewalks.
News
Mia Cantu
Oklahoma City officials are hoping additional sidewalks will make the metro more pedestrian-friendly, but determining where to build them isn’t so easy. Among the goals of MAPS 3, the latest chapter of the Metropolitan Area Projects aimed at improving quality of life in the city, is the addition of 50 to 70 miles of new sidewalks.
Stunning discrepancy
OKC police dispute an Amnesty International report that the department leads the nation in stun-gun deaths.
News
Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Police Department is taking issue with a recent report by Amnesty International listing the force as having the highest number of Taser-related deaths among U.S. law enforcement agencies.
Honoring Shadid
A public memorial service will be held Saturday for foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid.
News
Phil Bacharach
The public is invited to a memorial service Saturday afternoon honoring the life of Anthony Shadid, an Oklahoma City native and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent who died Feb. 16 while on assignment in Syria.
Drug-testing for dollars
A flurry of legislative proposals requires drug screening for public assistance.
News
Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma Legislature is considering a number of bills this session to require drug-testing for applicants to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
