The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is formally announcing the cause of canonization for the Rev. Stanley Rother, an Okarche priest murdered in Guatemala more than 25 years ago, and the first for an Oklahoma native. According to the archdiocese, a canonization committee will be commissioned following an Oct. 5 mass at Okarche’s Holy Trinity Church, […]
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Gov. Henry vetoes lawsuit “reform” bill
Gov. Brad Henry vetoed Senate Bill 507 today but claimed to continue working on a compromise lawsuit “reform” package to fix some flaws in certain provisions in the proposed legislation. Today was the last day Henry could act on the so-called tort reform measure, SB 507, approved earlier this month by the Oklahoma Legislature. Henry […]
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Alt-country group The Silos make OKC stop on tour
Losing your record label funding and a big-name producer sometimes can be the best scenario. Just ask Walter Salas-Humara, guitarist and vocalist of The Silos. The stalwart rockers were poised to record 20 days when Dualtone Records pulled the funding, leaving the band with enough money to eke out four days. “We actually didn’t listen […]
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Heart of a martyr
The Rev. Stanley Rother’s heart rested behind the church’s main altar in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. The successor to the slain priest, the Rev. Thomas McSherry, wanted to relocate the buried vital organ to a less obscure location during the 10th anniversary of Rother’s assassination. Finding a home ‘A paradise and a hellhole’ ‘Accepted on the […]