Scott Cooper

Every weekday morning, Larry Hicks looks at the daily rap sheet and sees a familiar theme: Too many kids, not enough beds. As director of the Oklahoma County Juvenile Justice Center, Hicks continuously has to find ways to keep the center’s population below its maximum occupancy count of 80. One idea that was working involved […]

James Davenport was just three votes shy of winning the Republican nomination for a state Senate seat outright. Instead, he is out “sweating like a pig” again trying to secure that spot. The race for Senate District 44 in south Oklahoma City is one of the hotter campaigns this year in Oklahoma, and not just […]

After enacting new regulations concerning signs throughout the city earlier this year, the Oklahoma City Council is now reviewing special rules just for selected areas of town. The council was presented a plan at its Aug. 3 meeting that would provide more flexibility when it comes to the types and size of signs in areas […]

Oklahoma City received its largest sales tax revenue check in history, according to city officials. The August check, which represents receipts collected mainly in the month of July, amounts to $31,992,317.78. The revenue is not only a major increase from the same time a year ago, but also above the revenue collection for the month […]

Preservation Oklahoma announced this morning it will not appeal a ruling by the Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment allowing SandRidge Energy to demolish five buildings in downtown Oklahoma City. The organization had opposed SandRidge’s request to tear down the buildings along the 100 block of Robert S. Kerr Avenue. The energy company is entering its […]

Oklahoma City Councilman Brian Walters was absent from Tuesday’s city council meeting. He will miss quite a few more meetings. The Ward 5 representative has enlisted in the U.S. Army National Guard and will not be back until October, according to city officials. The last council meeting Walters attended was July 20. Elected to the […]

Voters last week have given Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett a new opportunity: Find a new chief of staff. The current occupier of that office will soon be packing boxes and moving down the street in his new job as state senator. David Holt, who has served as Cornett’s chief of staff since 2006, won […]

Two political pros are going at it in the race to elect a new governor. No, not just Mary Fallin and Jari Askins. The campaign managers for the two candidates have a wealth of political and election experience, intensifying the high-stakes game to control Oklahoma’s top state office. Denise Northrup of Oklahoma City has been […]

The Oklahoma City Council approved membership for a MAPS 3 subcommittee to help determine the location of the new convention center. By unanimous vote, the council set forth a committee of nine people ranging from a former mayor to a hotel manager. The members named to the committee are: ” Tom McDaniel, ” Kirk Humphreys, […]

If you think advertising is all a candidate’s campaign piggy bank is used for, then you don’t know anything about campaigning. Being seen on television is certainly important, but if money is short for bumper stickers or the cell phone bill, a candidate might as well drop out of the race. Campaigning for governor is […]