Progress on an American Indian museum in Oklahoma City has gained momentum with an additional $25 million in funding, part of a much larger state bond package agreement reached late last week. The funding ensures continuation of construction on the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum, east of Interstate 35 along the Oklahoma River. […]
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John Marshall principal withdraws resignation
New John Marshall High School Principal Corey Harris has decided to remain in the post next fall, an Oklahoma City Public Schools spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. Harris had announced earlier in May that he would leave the district June 20 to finish his doctorate. The state native was part of a leadership team implemented at the […]
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Animal activist makes Oklahoma City stop to sign book
Author Dan Mathews makes Oklahoma City stop to promote his book detailing his animal-activist adventures. Getting pelted with lunch meat while costumed as a root vegetable in Iowa might sounds like an odd dream ” or a trip ” but for animal-rights activist Dan Mathews, it’s all in a day’s work. “I dressed as a […]
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Is the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter’s goal to switch to being a ‘no-kill’ by 2010 possible?
The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter says it wants to be a no-kill facility by 2010. “It’s great for us to go no-kill,” Unit Operations Supervisor Jon Gary said, standing nearby. “But we’re not going to be able to go no-kill unless they go no-kill out in the community. “¦ Until they start changing what they […]
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John Marshall principal leaving after first year
John Marshall High School Principal Corey Harris is stepping down from his Oklahoma City Public Schools position after this school year ends. The administrator has indicated he intends to finish his doctorate, a district spokeswoman said. The state native was part of a “fresh start” former Oklahoma City Superintendent John Q. Porter implemented last July, […]
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New workout equipment worth the ‘weight’ at John Marshall
With one counting off “uno, dos , tres,” a handful of John Marshall High School students cut a ribbon to dedicate the school’s newly equipped weight room Tuesday, made possible through alumni donations. Bob West, a 1957 graduate of the school who went on to start as quarterback at the University of Tulsa, gave more […]
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Capitol summit to discuss women’s incarceration, health and leadership
In the beginning of her poem “A Life Worth Living,” state resident Barbara Saunders writes of women forging such an existence in the midst of a risk-laced environment: prison ” which she experienced firsthand as an inmate in an Oklahoma correctional facility in the Nineties. But, according to statistics, Oklahoma women face a precarious position […]
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American Indian organization calls for Land Run re-enactment ban
On the anniversary of the Land Run of 1889, representatives of an American Indian organization are asking the state to ban re-enactments of the event in public schools. S.P.I.R.I.T., or Society to Preserve the Indigenous Rights and Indigenous Traditions, is presenting a resolution at the state Capitol today requesting teaching incorporate American Indians’ side of […]
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D.A. investigation into Porter reveals thought process of school board members
According to board member Gail Vines in Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater’s investigation report, former Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent John Q. Porter tried to create positions or grant raises outside board involvement from “day one.” The board explained to him the procedures and policies “numerous” times, which she assumed he understood but apparently […]
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Child advocacy group looks to future as it celebrates 20th anniversary
On this first day of “Child Abuse Awareness Month,” an Oklahoma County advocacy program is celebrating 20 years of providing volunteer advocates to speak to judges on behalf of metro children, to represent their best interest in court. The Oklahoma County Court Appointed Special Advocates program will fete volunteers, board members and community supporters […]