Gazette staff

As the adage goes, an elephant never forgets. And there’s another starts-with-F verb that Tulsa Zoo officials hope will remain top-of-mind for their resident pachyderm, Sneezy. Saucy! According to an Associated Press report, the zoo recently borrowed two female Asian elephants from the Oklahoma City Zoo, in hopes they will mate with Sneezy. Dwight Scott, […]

Here’s a new subject to add to the reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic going on in one Adair County school district: ‘rony. According to The Associated Press, an audit released last week by the state auditor and inspector’s office uncovered some funky math in the ” apparently too aptly named ” Greasy Elementary School District in […]

Baby boomers know the popular Fifties sitcom “Father Knows best,” in which Robert Young portrayed the wise family man known for bestowing wisdom upon his offspring. For David and Dan Boren, the show’s title serves as an adage for Oklahoma’s most famous political family. The advice fits like a nice, snug sweater on a chilly […]

Bitingly witty “Smoke Signals” screenwriter, National Book Award winner, American Indian poet and ” for those who don’t know ” rabid SuperSonics b-ball fan Sherman Alexie wrapped up his testimony in the Sonics trial last week. Controversy over his taking the stand seemed to start with a bang but went out with a whimper. According […]

You know when they pull you over and you have to fish around for your insurance verification? Well, it’s a very bad idea to put it next to the bag of pot. Just ask two guys pulled over in Garvin County recently. According to a story in the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat, Garvin County Deputy […]

There is a bit of tiff brewing in the opinion pages of a Singaporean newspaper concerning statements made by a research department at Oklahoma State University. The issue concerns world hunger, and letter writers to the Straits Times are biting each other over who is right, using OSU as the tenderizer. It all started with […]

Believe it or not, good ideas and hard work do take place inside the state Legislature. There certainly are some “oil”-riginal ideas floating out of 23rd Street and N. Lincoln Boulevard. Rep. Shane Jett, R-Tecumseh, has an ingenious idea for bringing more tourism dollars to Central Oklahoma. The Republican legislator wants to build an oil […]

It’s not often one gets to call a murderer a murderer. But in the case of Oklahoma City murderer Benjamin Harry Crider II, the penalties are waived. Crider died recently in Marion, Ky. He was 49. According to scuttle around the Crittenden Free Press, he died of a heart attack. In 1996, Crider was arrested […]