Ben Fenwick

Former Vice President Al Gore denied he’s running for president again, at a March appearance at the University of Oklahoma.   Former Senate colleague David Boren, now OU president, said, “Well, I am going to get shot if I don’t ask this one question,” Boren said. “But “¦ do you think you might ever enter […]

  Former state Rep. Thad Balkman said last week that the 100 Ideas initiative will reveal who is giving it money to operate, and how much.   That announcement came after Oklahoma Gazette requested records under the state Open Records Act from House Speaker Lance Cargill, R-Harrah, and his staff.   DETAILED REPORTS According to […]

  Invading the Confederate-held West was not an easy task for the Union. One reason: Stand Watie.   In Indian Territory “later Oklahoma ” Watie, a Cherokee, led a minority band of the tribe that had voluntarily signed the removal treaty, agreeing to settle in Oklahoma and give up its lands in the South.   […]

Swingers, couples who engage in extramarital sex, are alive and breeding in Oklahoma City.  This lifestyle choice remains volatile in Oklahoma, if more and more common. Oklahoma Gazette approached seven couples, and despite being able to protect their identities with reporter privilege, they refused the interview.   With Oklahoma’s family-values-touting political climate, it seems bewildering that so […]

  Oklahoma House Speaker Lance Cargill and former state Rep. Thad Balkman say a new “100 Ideas Initiative” will be used to lobby state legislators ” but they won’t say who is bankrolling them.   Unveiled at a January 2007 press conference at the Oklahoma History Center, the 100 Ideas Initiative seeks ideas from people […]

erence than had seen the original flyer.   Only the day before, prospective jurors, residents of OklahomaCounty, filed into the county building for the week’s court docket. Bates was present on the sidewalk, passing out his Wes Watch newsletter critical of Lane. Laid out in a manner similar to national tabloids, the newsletter featured criticism […]

According to the police report, bail bondsman Daniel Carroll picked the wrong informant ” a key witness against the self-proclaimed “Video Vigilante” ” and was beat with a rock.   The affidavit filed recently in Oklahoma County District Court claims Carroll was assaulted, beaten and robbed by Renee Bonnie McCullough, a self-admitted prostitute; her male […]

Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane said new charges and a resurrected case against the self-described “Video Vigilante” Brian Bates happened because Bates wouldn’t shut up about the case.   Bates and his attorney, Scott Adams, say Lane is using the law to attempt to silence a political critic.   Although Oklahoma County District Judge […]