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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Going downtown
OPUBCO requests $1.5 in city incentives funds to help with its planned move downtown.
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Clifton Adcock
A city oversight committee today unanimously passed a measure to provide public incentives to OPUBCO, the parent company of The Oklahoman newspaper, for its planned move into downtown’s Century Center.
Lethal distraction
Oklahoma teens band together to put the brakes on driving while texting.
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Carmel Perez Snyder
Support for state legislation to ban texting while driving is growing, and among some of the very people who would be targeted by such a law: young drivers.
Health matters
A new community health initiative seeks to improve care for low-income, uninsured people in Oklahoma City.
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Brendan Hoover
Amid the nation’s health care debate, a new initiative is being launched locally to help provide care to low-income, uninsured people. The Oklahoma County Community Health Network seeks to maximize resources for the metro’s 19 free clinics and two federally qualified health centers.
Dog’s best friend
A dog, seriously injured after having been thrown off a bridge, finds a new life with the OHP trooper who arrived at the scene.
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Tim Farley
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Jennifer Fisher has seen a lot of drama during her 15-year career, but on Dec. 5, she was shocked and saddened, like everyone else, about what she found.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Looking for options
City leaders emphasize that a proposed streetcar route is far from final, despite the preference of a MAPS 3 subcommittee.
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Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Council is looking to consider alternatives to a proposed MAPS 3 streetcar route, despite its 2011 acceptance of a route recommendation from the MAPS 3 Modern Streetcar Subcommittee and the Citizens Advisory Board.
Going downtown
Renovation plans are underway for the next home of OCU law school.
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Kelley Chambers
The Oklahoma City University School of Law will move downtown over the next two years after the university last month purchased the former Central High School building. The school currently is spread among four buildings on the OCU campus.
A good Egg
A familiar voice in local radio returns to the airwaves, in a departure from corporate radio.
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Shawn Lealos
A familiar voice in local radio has returned to the airwaves: Greg ”The Eggman” Moore is back with Eggman in the Morning on KZLS, 99.7 FM.
Road test
After lengthy debate, OKC city council approves a controversial plan for a downtown boulevard.
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Clifton Adcock
Oklahoma City’s future downtown boulevard will likely be elevated over part of Western Avenue and Classen Boulevard now that the Oklahoma City Council has passed a measure in support of the plan.
