Ben Fenwick

On April 2, the state Capitol was crammed with hundreds of people, standing shoulder to shoulder, many wearing clothing depicting religious or patriotic symbols, for what was billed as the “Rally for Sally,” organized by national lobbying group Concerned Women for America. In her now-famous rant, Sally Kern railed that homosexuality is “the death knell […]

Hundreds of supporters turned out to the State Capitol Wednesday for a rally in support of embattled Republican legislator Sally Kern, under fire in recent weeks over her comments about gays.   The largely white, working- class crowd – with many members wearing patriotic or religious symbols – crowded three floors of the Capitol, disrupting […]

An amendment that would require Oklahoma to conduct all official business in the English language passed a state Senate committee Wednesday and will go to the House for approval, according to the lawmaker who authored it.   State Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, said the amendment to Senate Bill 163 passed by a vote of 11-5. […]

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe returned Tuesday from Iraq after visiting Oklahoma National Guard troops deployed there, according to a release from his office.   State Adjutant Harry M. Wyatt III accompanied Inhofe to missions in Baghdad, and to two detainee holding centers where members of Oklahoma’s 45th Infantry, the Thunderbirds, are stationed.   “Currently, over […]

This year, an $11 billion cannon was supposed to roll off an assembly line in Elgin, the beginning of a new era for the indirect-fire weapon known as a howitzer. Called the “Crusader,” the vehicle had a cooled 155mm gun that could fire 10 rounds a minute, even at different angles so the projectiles would […]

Landscaping during an economic downturn often means firing the help and bending one’s own back. But you don’t have to go it alone, according to Tommy Precure, manager of Precure Nursery & Garden Center, 8125 W. Reno. “Don’t try to do something too big for you to handle yourself, like putting in trees or big […]

CAMP BUCCA, IRAQ ” When Steven Turner, 24, of Stillwater, got to Iraq, he wanted to kill as many Iraqis as possible. He wanted to kill them for his high school buddy back in Indiana, Marine Lance Thompson. “I didn’t want to be the one who watched everybody pass me up, and knowing that they […]

st1:country-region>, many of these same soldiers are indeed face to face with suspected insurgents ” with the soldiers acting as prison guards.   The men and women of Oklahoma’s 45th often find themselves in a guard tower, staring down into a razor wire-fitted compound where the suspected insurgents are detainees, or escorting the detainees through […]

BAGHDAD ” Badges ” multicolored, coded and biologically linked to the person to whom they are issued ” are carried by virtually everyone in Baghdad’s International Zone, or “Green Zone.” The badges mark the bearer’s status, privilege and restrictions. The bearers of these badges are almost the only ones allowed to navigate the concrete-barrier maze […]