For a while, a tornado that damaged homes, buildings and power lines in the north metro last week was looking a lot more delicious than dangerous. An apparently hungry NewsOK.com reporter filed a next-day weather article updating Internet readers about damage caused by tornadoes that moved through the area on March 31. In the story, […]
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Oklahoma State student fights to remain board membership over $25-a-day pay
The head of the journalism school at Oklahoma State University is attempting to remove a college student from a governing board over a measly $25-per-day dispute. According to a story written by the Student Press Law Center, OSU J-school director Tom Weir sent a letter to Jessie Markovetz telling her she would have to leave […]
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Museum gets kids, parents together for nature games
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua in Norman, presents “Family Night Out: Nature Game Night,” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday. Experience the stimulation of playing in the fresh air of the great outdoors instead of being cooped up in the stale living room. The event features a kid-friendly dinner ” […]
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Oklahoma representative’s English-only plea has Farsi roots
Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, recently proposed an amendment to a Senate bill, asking for Oklahoma to quit providing any state services in foreign languages. Just what does that mean? Well, according to Terrill, it means not having to worry about providing driver’s license testing in other languages. It seems that would include Persian, also known […]
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Former spouse of Oklahoma Olympian disappears
Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller knows all about the public eye, but her ex-husband has disappeared from sight after abruptly closing his eye surgery center in Washington state, The Associated Press reported. Ex-hubby Christopher B. Phillips is being investigated after appointments were canceled without patients being notified and he closed the Lomas Eye Care Center in […]
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Governor approves emergency funds for public schools
Gov. Brad Henry’s office announced today he approved $11.5 million in emergency funding for Oklahoma public schools. An official statement also said Henry indicated kindergarten through 12th-grade education will need additional supplemental funding to help address a funding shortfall this fiscal year. “As I said last week, this is only a first step to […]
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Oklahoma City women report panty problems to police
A recent sexual assault has prompted authorities to seek the arrest of a man they said they believe took a fetish too far and stepped over the (panty) line. Bethany police are looking for a white, 6-foot, 250- to 300-pound man who grabbed and groped a woman March 17 at the Rockwell Arms Apartments, […]
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Best-selling ‘Kindergarten’ becomes family-friendly play
Revisit the wonder years of Play-Doh, ABCs, and milk and cookies with Family Theatre Group’s production of Robert Fulghum’s “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” Serving as your guides are first-time director Tim Morris and his cast of actors, who vastly range in age and life experiences, each contributing talent to […]
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Aspiring female boxing teen uses punch to win science contest
Here’s something every parent probably wishes to hear his or her child say one day: “I chose boxing as my science fair project because it’s my favorite sport. I wanted to teach other people about boxing.” Yet, it’s something 13-year-old Stephanie Tatum said. And did. Tatum uttered those words to the Claremore Daily […]
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Oklahoma man who lived through being pronounced dead appears on ‘Today’
CFN can’t help but be a sucker for happy endings sometimes ” and after the previous, we’re all ready for something a little cheery. What better than this update on a 21-year-old Oklahoma man still hanging in there after being pronounced dead last November. For those who missed this story the first time round, […]