It's about time
A century-old time capsule is opened in an OKC church.
Live. Local. Leaving.
Longtime KOCO chief meteorologist Rick Mitchell heading to severe skies of Dallas TV.
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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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.
Avenging the kitty
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.
‘21’ ain’t just blackjack, folks
CFN
Gazette staff
A few weeks ago, Chicken-Fried News profiled an effort by state Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, to push a bill prohibiting state and local governments from participating in the implementation of United Nations initiative — here we will speak in an ominous whisper — Agenda 21.
Sweet charity
CFN
Gazette staff
Oklahoma-born country music sweetheart Carrie Underwood and actress Olivia Munn have been busy shaming the rest of us self-absorbed brats. The two, by virtue of bestowing charitable gifts of kindness upon those less fortunate — human and animal alike — made DoSomething.org's list of 2012’s “Top 20 Celebs Gone Good.”
Hot or not
CFN
Gazette staff
The past year was an interesting one for Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, and 2013 is shaping up to be an interesting one for his former partner, current SandRidge Energy CEO Tom Ward.
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.
Cliff hanger
CFN
Gazette staff
Now that the dust has settled with the averted fiscal cliff, there are dubious Beltway winners and losers, but among the unequivocal winners is Oklahoma's own U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore. Early on, he urged his Republican colleagues to accept tax hikes on the wealthiest 2 percent and wait until spring to battle over spending cuts, and the political postmortems have been more than kind to him.
Hand job
CFN
Gazette staff
Word to the wise if you plan on traveling to Australia anytime soon with a bag full of novelties: Keep your eyes on your giant stage props. The Flaming Lips learned that the hard way last week when someone swiped the supersized laser hands favored by front man Wayne Coyne.
