Local leaders and teachers hope Tie Day inspires a sense of pride and self-worth in Oklahoma City elementary students.
Laura Eastes
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Oklahomans continue battle against heart disease and diabetes
Oklahoma City-County Health Department offers support and programs to help Oklahomans fight most common diseases.
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Advocacy groups call for action as Holtzclaw faces sentencing
Local and national advocacy groups hope to raise awareness and make changes in the aftermath of Daniel Holtzclaw’s sexual assault trial.
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Cover Story: Aid groups, lawmakers and leaders work to define panhandling while protecting some of our city’s most in-need residents
“At some point, all of us are capable of ending up at a public spot and begging because we are just trying to get the next meal.”
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Reading room benefits school communities
Oklahoma City Thunder player Russell Westbrook opens a new Russell’s Reading Room at Edwards Elementary School.
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City council passes anti-discrimination housing measures
New housing measures protect citizens against discrimination because of sexual orientation, disability, age and familial status.
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Guthrie group wants State Capitol Publishing Company building returned to community as its future is considered
“It is too important of a building to let it go,” Lentz said. “If it was in the wrong hands, it could be altered from the original purpose and the historical character lost.”
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Tulsa native hopes to break new ground as NFL agent
Nicole Lynn says she could be the first African-American woman to represent a player on an active NFL roster.
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Task force develops plan to address teacher shortage
An education task force has come up with a plan to address teacher shortages and issues with pay.
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Metro Briefs: city wastewater, museum money and smoking ban
Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust chooses new wastewater treatment management, the Chickasaw Nation makes a bid for The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum and Oklahoma City Council bans smoking on OKC property.