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.
Picture of horror
A century later, the photograph of an Oklahoma lynching still resonates.
Challengers in Oklahoma City Council races discuss online photos
Photos in revealing poses, of Confederate flags
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.
The former Color Me Badd members have never told their whole story in one place, until now
Creative dissent
Opposition came in various forms at last week’s rally against the Personhood Act.
Thursday 20 Jun
OKG Newsletter
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CEOh, brother!
CFN
Gazette staff
Oil and gas execs in Oklahoma are having a rough patch (not oil) these last few weeks.
Puttin’ on the Switz
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Gazette staff
The Internet flew into one of those Internet tizzies last week when a photo surfaced of Barry Switzer sporting a fur coat at the University of Oklahoma Sooners’ spring practice.
Speak English!
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Gazette staff
For all of you perturbed by the dizzying number of languages you might encounter these days, fear not! Language-loving lawmakers have your back.
‘Sex Machine’: Still chuggin’!
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Gazette staff
Way back on Oct. 13, 2004, Oklahoma Gazette reported from the set of Sex Machine, a microbudget indie film shot in the Oklahoma City metro. Its director and co-writer, then local graphic designer Christopher Sharpe, had no visions of making anything other than a good time.
Feelin’ hot, hot, hot
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Gazette staff
In a Men’s Health rundown of 2013’s hottest celebrity couples, Oklahoma’s own Blake Shelton and wife Miranda Lambert nabbed the No. 7 spot on a list of 20.
Boxed in
Local developer David Box says he has no option but to pursue razing the historic Gold Dome building.
News
Tim Farley
As owner of the historic Gold Dome in Oklahoma City, David Box finds himself in an untenable position.
From board to booked
Controversy erupts after District Attorney David Prater files criminal charges against the state Pardon and Parole Board.
News
Jerry Bohnen
Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater has met a storm of criticism since his March 13 filing of criminal charges against the state Pardon and Parole Board. In the wake of an investigation that began last summer, Prater has accused the board’s five members of repeatedly violating the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
Walk on
Work is ready to get under way on the first phase of sidewalk construction under MAPS 3.
News
Tim Farley
Sidewalk construction may not be the sexiest MAPS 3 project, but it will serve a practical purpose for a number of Oklahoma City’s neighborhoods and main thoroughfares.
Paseo visionary
Arts patron and urban developer John Belt leaves behind a lasting legacy with OKC’s historic arts district.
News
Tim Farley
During a Christmas party last year at Paseo Originals Art Gallery, John Belt walked up a flight of steps, looked to the crowd and immediately burst into a booming rendition of “O Holy Night.”
Flatlined
Oklahoma grapples with serious health care challenges without expanding Medicaid.
News
Clifton Adcock
Sitting in the folding chairs that would serve as their beds that night, bundled up under heavy coats and blankets, they waited for morning.
What’s a billion, anyway?
CFN
Gazette staff
Aubrey McClendon, soon-to-be-outgoing CEO of Chesapeake Energy, is no longer one of the wealthiest people on the planet. Rest easy, however; he’s still very, very, very rich — just not in the billionaire stratosphere. At least that’s according to the latest Forbes list of human beings with the most moolah in the entire universe.
'Terror' alert!
Ridicu-laws
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Gazette staff
When Chicken-Fried News goes into a courtroom — or anywhere, really — we come armed with whichever laws we need, regardless of where they’re from: international law, Murphy’s law, Jude Law ... makes no difference to us.
Fish takes the bait
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Gazette staff
When Derek Fisher left the Dallas Mavericks in December to be closer to his family in California, only to re-sign with the OKC Thunder a couple of months later, Mavs owner Mark Cuban offered his opinion, which is basically this: Fisher is a back-stabbing megalomaniac who will roundabout his way to another championship ring (because five isn’t enough, clearly).
Vote gloat
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Gazette staff
Could Nicoma Park residents be more civic-minded than their counterparts in the big city?
