News
Bill Bleakley
At its last meeting, the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board received a recommendation from its superintendent, Karl Springer, to not sell $196 million in school bonds authorized by a record margin of ...

News
Bill Bleakley
Editor's note: As part of Oklahoma Gazette's 30th anniversary year celebration during 2009, we reflect on our newspaper and publishing company. This commentary discusses our focus on local content. ...

News
Bill Bleakley
The seeds of the future successes of the MAPS initiatives were planted 24 years ago in the summer of 1985. While Oklahoma City languished from an oil bust, two initiatives sought to change things for ...

News
Bill Bleakley
When Oklahoma Gazette's first issue came off the press in October 1979, Oklahoma City was a much different place than it is now. Much of the '70s was rough on Oklahoma City. Instead of working on a...

News
Bill Bleakley
One of the things that makes Oklahoma City a great city is the friendliness and cordiality of its citizens. However, aside from partisan elections for political office, this MAPS election seems to hav...

News
Bill Bleakley
It's time to let registered independents in Oklahoma vote in the primary elections. According to the results of a recent SoonerPoll.com survey reported elsewhere in this newspaper, almost two-thirds o...

Commentary
Bill Bleakley
The 5th District congressional race could be decided prior to the general election in November. Because of the district's registration and voting history, the next representative will most likely be a...

News
Gazette staff
Oklahoma Gazette earned eight honors, including five first-place awards, at the Oklahoma Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, held Feb. 4 at the Reed Center in Midwest City.

News
Gazette staff
Tierra Media Group announces the transfer of ownership of Eastword to a new entity on January 1, 2012. The media company has been publishing Eastword in Eastern Oklahoma County since March 2010.

Commentary
Bill Bleakley
Last Saturday was the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision permitting unlimited spending by individuals, corporations and labor unions to conduct independent political campaign activities.