Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Nicole Hill
Living with Alzheimer's
By year’s end, Edmond is expected to have the metro's first stand-alone memory-care facility.
News
Nicole Hill
With an aging population and nearly 5.4 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, focus on the chronic illness has shifted from diagnosis to care.
Supply and diversity
A metro organization works to identify LGBT-friendly businesses.
Features
Nicole Hill
On its face, last summer’s Chickfil-A same-sex marriage controversy — in which the company’s president told a radio talk-show that allowing same-sex couples to marry would be “inviting God’s judgment on our nation” — may not seem like an affirming experience for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community.
An app for that
Local tech can help with navigating, drinking and, now, charitable giving.
Features
Nicole Hill
Your smartphone can do a lot for you: stream movies and music, apply vintage filters to photos of your breakfast, occasionally take calls and — depending on your operating system — successfully navigate your travels. It’s life streamlined at the tap of a screen.
The rest of the story
The OKC bombing museum is halfway through a $15 million fundraising campaign to usher in a host of improvements.
News
Nicole Hill
Like so many others, Dennis Purifoy’s world was upended on the morning of April 19, 1995.
Game on
Saturday’s nationally televised softball game commemorates 40 years of equal opportunity.
Sports
Nicole Hill
Title IX Anniversary Game
7 p.m. Saturday
ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
2801 N.E. 50th
asasoftball.com
$7
Thunder city
The Thunder didn’t just make it to the NBA Finals this year — it changed the face of Oklahoma City.
Liquid cooling
A cool cocktail in hand is the only way to beat the summer heat.
Food and Drink Features
Nicole Hill
When it comes to beating the heat, there are two strategies: Stay inside with the cold clutches of the lonely air conditioner, or counteract summer’s scorched-earth policy alongside your fellow sufferers by refreshing your taste buds with some cool cocktails.
Purr-fect fix
OKC’s City Council is slated to take up a measure to reduce the euthanasia rate for cats in the animal shelter.
News
Nicole Hill
Of the 10,000 cats taken in last year by the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter, half never left.
Seeking answers
News
Nicole Hill
The big, block letters and hand-drawn peace sign of Kirsten Hatfield’s final second-grade project and the images of her stark, empty bedroom make for a jarring juxtaposition.
Thunder-drunk
Made in the shade
An Oklahoma City native creates an eco-village in the Costa Rica rain forest.
News
Nicole Hill
Morning routines vary. Some people spring from their beds as if they’re starring in a Folger’s commercial. Others get alarmingly familiar with the snooze button.
In-person treatment
A proposed law requires a doctor’s presence when a patient receives an RU-486 pill terminating early pregnancy.
News
Nicole Hill
Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law a bill mandating that a doctor must be physically present when a woman takes a pill to induce an abortion, the latest measure in a legislative session that has brimmed with abortion-related bills.
Mercedes rules
A local performance car enthusiast converted his 2004 Mercedes-Benz to compressed natural gas. Now he’s racing to break the CNG land-speed record.
Features
Nicole Hill
Bernie Towns has never owned a family car. From the races he grew up watching with his father at New Jersey’s Englishtown Raceway to his first car, a Firebird, it’s always been about performance.
Detox Diary
Hundreds of detox systems on the market promise to clean and recharge your body, but do they work? One brave writer attempted to find out.
Features
Nicole Hill
At 2:42 on a Thursday afternoon, I came to the startling realization that my will to live, at least to some not-so-small extent, is directly related to my consumption of alcohol and high-caloric foods.
