Challengers in Oklahoma City Council races discuss online photos
Photos in revealing poses, of Confederate flags
Death of a Sooner
The shocking death of Austin Box raises awareness about athletes on painkillers.
'Mo' money
A group running candidate attack ads is receiving indirect funding from the OKC Chamber.
Kern: ‘I am not a racist’
Fighting back tears, Rep. Sally Kern denied being a bigot and called ‘reverse discrimination’ the ‘elephant in the room’
Picture of horror
A century later, the photograph of an Oklahoma lynching still resonates.
'The new normal'
With an ongoing budget shortfall, the state Department of Education zeroed out funding for National Board Certified Teachers
‘Stoning’ Sally
In Sally Kern’s forthcoming tome, the Republican lawmaker describes bloggers, activists and media casting verbal stones.
Rep. Kern clarifies science education bill, denies it endorses religion
Opponents claim it backs intelligent design
OU linebacker Austin Box dies
Details of death still not yet released
Citing financial projections, The Oklahoman terminates 46 positions
Those affected by the layoffs were notified Wednesday morning.
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Death to Elmo?
A Tuttle legislator plans to phase out funding for public television.
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Clifton Adcock
An effort is under way at the state Capitol to shut down funding for the state’s public television network, the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority.
No Thunder, just ‘nuclear winter’
Chance of basketball season not looking great, says NBA commissioner.
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Gazette staff
What’s the weather forecast for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s NBA season? Cloudy, with a chance of nuclear winter.
Baby-item drive takes Bedlam theme
Everybody wins in Infant Crisis Services’ football-themed initiative.
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Carmen Forman
One Oklahoma City-based nonprofit organization is taking advantage of an age-old bloodlust to raise donations for needy babies.
Climate change subject of panel discussion at OCU
Sen. Andrew Rice among speakers at Wednesday’s Town Hall Meeting.
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Carmen Forman
A panel of climate-change experts will debate human impact at the Oklahoma Town Hall Meeting on Global Climate Change.
Tired of trash?
City offers free tire recycling tomorrow.
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Carmen Forman
Citizens are encouraged to recycle illegally dumped tires from their neighborhoods at Saturday’s Adopt-A-City-Street project.
Blair niche project
Pastor labels pending policy ‘an attack on religious liberty,’ urges action against LGBT ‘rights.’
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Clifton Adcock
A measure adding sexual orientation to Oklahoma City’s nondiscrimination policy for city employees is being criticized by one Edmond preacher as “an attack on religious liberty.”
Homelessness gets fresh coat of paint
City Rescue Mission awarded grant for upkeep.
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Carmen Forman
A little paint goes a long way as Oklahoma City’s City Rescue Mission got two areas of their shelter repainted as a part of the “Color Care Across America” campaign.
Settlement pending
Maps, millions and management comprise terms of Chesapeake’s legal settlement.
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Clifton Adcock
Chesapeake Energy has agreed to settle a lawsuit by shareholders over CEO Aubrey McClendon’s 2008 compensation package, which despite a huge drop in share prices that year, topped $112 million.
From closet to community: part two
How taking a stand carved out OKC’s gay district.
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James Cooper
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series
highlighting events in Oklahoma City around which a gay community
rallied and coalesced. Much of the reporting is based on Aaron L.
Bachhofer’s 2006 dissertation, “The Emergence and Evolution of the Gay
and Bisexual Male Subculture in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1889- 2005” and
recent interviews.
Standing trial
A judge ruled state Rep. Randy Terrill and former Democratic Sen. Debbe Leftwich should be tried on bribery charges.
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Clifton Adcock
A judge ruled that there was enough evidence for state Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, and former Democratic Sen. Debbe Leftwich to stand trial. The preliminary hearing that wrapped up Nov. 4 began Oct. 31 and ran through most of the week.
Taking the LEED
Green building practices are focus of free Thursday class.
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Carmen Forman
Architects, engineers and residents are welcome to attend a free Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design sustainability class Thursday night.
Grants aimed at curbing city’s pet overpopulation
Three local organizations benefit from PetSmart Charities.
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Carmen Forman
Through its People Saving Pets program, PetSmart Charities granted more than $338,000 to three Oklahoma City animal-welfare organizations — the Central Oklahoma Humane Society, the City of Oklahoma City’s Animal Welfare Division and The Bella Foundation — to improve programs aimed at curbing pet overpopulation.
Trimmed TIF
Cost overruns and funding shortfalls have city planners looking for ways to save money on Project 180.
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Clifton Adcock
A major downtown streetscape project is being reduced in scope because of revenue shortfalls in the funding plan and cost overruns, city officials said, dropping E.K. Gaylord Boulevard off the project list.
Deceased ‘Poet’ remembered by Occupy OKC
Louis Cameron Rodriguez was a homeless teenager.
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Carmen Forman
Members of Occupy OKC mourned the loss of their friend Saturday and vowed to continue their protests in his name at his memorial service.
Kirkpatrick Foundation awards $1.25 million in grants
Local arts organizations among beneficiaries.
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Carmen Forman
The Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc. awarded about $1.25 million to local nonprofits in the first three quarters of the year, keeping up with its usual projections.
