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.
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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Safe room
The conversation about gender-neutral housing at OU continues along a hopeful path for LGBT advocates.
Family affair
An Oklahoma City medical researcher has a personal stake in his research of autism.
‘Collateral’ soldier
An initial responder to the controversial New Baghdad helicopter assault shares his experience in an OKC appearance.
Plaza, sweet
The 16th Street Plaza District makes a historic resurrection.
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Peter Wright
After decades of neglect and disrepair, the 16th Street Plaza District is in the midst of a full-fledged resurgence.
Artful move
City Arts Center announces move from fairgrounds for Automobile Alley
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Clifton Adcock
The Kirkpatrick Family Fund and City Arts Center announced today that the arts center, currently housed at the Oklahoma State Fair Park, will move east to Automobile Alley near downtown.
Off the air
Longtime KTOK newsman Jerry Bohnen let go after more than 30 years.
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Phil Bacharach
In Oklahoma City radio news, KTOK-AM 1000's Jerry Bohnen has been nothing short of an institution, having worked in the station's newsroom for more than 30 years — much of that period as its news director.
Take me to the river
OKC’s rising tide lifts the future for the Boathouse District.
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Clifton Adcock
Mike Knopp was sorting through some old photos when he found one of himself standing in a sandy ditch and looking 10 years younger.
A Sooner snubbing?
In his first presidential visit to Oklahoma, Barack Obama delivered a speech on energy to a crowd largely devoid of state officials.
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Clifton Adcock
A palpable energy ran through the crowd at the Ripley High School parking lot, despite the cold and rainy weather that hung overhead.
It was March 22, and several hundred people were waiting for a bus to take them to a muddy location in the Payne County countryside that soon would play host to the leader of the free world.
Stretching for serenity
A local woman travels to Uganda to teach yoga to victims of Joseph Kony.
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Mia Cantu
After an eight-hour drive through back roads and over potholes, Oklahoma City yoga instructor Laura Lester reached the St. Monica Girls’ Tailoring Centre in Gulu, Uganda. She was there at the invitation of Pros for Africa, a locally based nonprofit that had asked Lester to teach yoga to the students between March 8 and March 16.
Harnessing humanities
Oklahoma Gazette is recognized by the Oklahoma Humanities Council.
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Gazette staff
Citing Oklahoma Gazette’s longstanding commitment to promoting the humanities, the Oklahoma Humanities Council honored the news weekly at a March 22 banquet at the Oklahoma History Center.
Charity vehicle
Watch out, OKC schools. The Rolling Thunder Book Bus just might stop by with thousands of books — and maybe an NBA star or two.
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Matt Carney
A first-grader named Benjamin clutched a bright yellow book to his chest as he returned to the gym of his school, Santa Fe South Elementary in southwest Oklahoma City.
Drip, drip, drip
The slow-going battle for water rights in southeast Oklahoma now heads to the federal court system.
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Clifton Adcock
In the latest move over a fight about water, a lawsuit to determine water rights in southeast Oklahoma was removed from state court when the U.S. Department of Justice filed action March 12 to bring the case to federal court.
Tour de force
A traveling activist group wants Southern Nazarene University to reassess its LGBT policies.
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Greg Horton
A touring group of LGBT activists, Equality Ride, is scheduled to visit Southern Nazarene University on Monday, part of what the group describes as a nationwide effort to visit schools that “openly discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals,” through university policies.
School’s out
Villa Teresa plans to shut its doors after 79 years educating students.
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Greg Horton
After 79 years of educating Oklahoma students, Villa Teresa School will be closing on July 31. Administrators of the school, which is located in Midtown, cited issues that included financial concerns, dilapidated buildings and the age of the Carmelite nuns who run the school.
Ledger report
Allegations of a ‘slush fund’ emerge when a state audit finds questionable accounting practices under the former state schools superintendent.
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Clifton Adcock
A recently released investigative report by state Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones’ office accused the state Department of Education under former Superintendent Sandy Garrett of maintaining a secret “slush fund.”
