Jerome Ersland, before his life sentence for a shooting death Mark Hancock There are nearly 125,000 active concealed-weapons licenses in the state, 24,018 of which were approved last year. Gun legislation is ever-present. The most prominent such bill from the current session would allow people with a concealed weapon license to carry their guns openly. […]
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Marked for a cause
Brandon Cutter works on a tattoo of Dash. Shannon Cornman Whitney Villanueva had never been inked. As an artist at Atomic Lotus Tattoo began to needle an outline of two puzzle pieces on her back, Villanueva said she was not nervous, particularly since her husband had sketched the design and her friends were there with […]
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A little blue
Mark Jordan Mark Hancock Municipal and waste workers are trying to raise that participation rate, in the meantime sorting through thousands of tons of materials every year. Ninety-two percent of Oklahoma City residences are eligible for curbside recycling pick-up, said Debbie Ragan, city utilities spokeswoman. That amounts to approximately 175,000 homes. The people who don’t […]
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Plaza, sweet
The past two years have been a turning point for the arts district, largely spurred by the Lyric Theatre’s decision to save an old cinema in a hard-luck part of town. “It’s a hidden gem because once people see it, people say, ‘I didn’t even know this was here,’” said Mike Turpen, an Oklahoma City […]