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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.
 
Thursday, January 17, 2013

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.
 
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

A vital resource

The new food resource center at the City Rescue Mission is more than a traditional food pantry.


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Dawn Watson
For some Oklahomans, having a job doesn’t mean the end of hunger.
 
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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.
 
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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.
 
Friday, January 11, 2013

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.
 
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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.
 
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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.
 
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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.
 
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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.
 
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Bearing arms

Metro gun sales skyrocket in the wake of the Connecticut school massacre.


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Tim Farley
Public reaction to the killings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school was swift and immediate in terms of sympathy for the victims, outrage toward the killer and the expected push for stricter restrictions on guns.
 
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Joining forces

A local group encompasses the causes of environmentalism and gay rights.


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Thomas Larson
At first blush, environmentalism and gay rights might seem to be two distinct issues, but a metro-based group encompasses both.
 
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Road to a vote

A controversial proposal for a downtown boulevard heads toward a city council vote.


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Clifton Adcock
A plan to build the downtown boulevard with an elevated section over Western Avenue will likely be presented to the Oklahoma City Council for approval Tuesday.
 
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Sober school

A unique program offers school for teens recovering from substance abuse.


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Kent Anderson
In an unmarked building on an ordinary corner in northwest Oklahoma City, learning is taking place. Healing happens here, too.
 
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The second time around

City leaders hope to revive interest in the operation of senior wellness centers as part of MAPS 3.


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Clifton Adcock
City officials hope revised guidelines for proposals to operate the planned MAPS 3 senior wellness centers will spur more interest in the projects.
 
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
 
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