NorthCare, along with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department and Healthy Living, Inc., a nonprofit linked to Putnam City Baptist Church, are negotiating with city officials to run one of the four planned wellness centers. Construction on the first wellness center is estimated to begin in 2016. “I think we should have been the first choice […]
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Rallying the troops
A crowd of about 700 turned out for the campaign kickoff of Ed Shadid. Credit: Shannon Cornman A spinal surgeon and self-described “man of the people,” 45-year-old Shadid made his way through the throng of supporters and onto the stage Aug. 15 as Pink Floyd’s “Run Like Hell” blared throughout the OKC Farmers Public Market […]
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Better buses
In addition, most bus routes will move to more favorable 30-minute intervals as opposed to the current frequency of an hour or longer, said Rick Cain, COTPA’s executive director. “We’re not going to be dipping into neighborhoods as much. We have localized the routes as much as possible to meet our priority needs,” he said. […]
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Out of school
Karl Springer will leave OKC Public Schools at the end of August. Credit: Mark Hancock Thirty-six years later, he has no regrets. “No experience, outside the birth of my children, has been as unbelievable as being able to teach that first day. It changed everything,” he said in a recent interview. The 65-year-old Springer is […]
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Making connections
High-speed passenger rail fans shouldn’t get too excited about the prospect of a corridor between Oklahoma City and Tulsa — at least not yet. Nevertheless, the notion of traveling between Oklahoma’s two largest cities in less than an hour might become an eventual reality, provided the stars align and the federal government keeps on course […]
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All that jazz
Jeremy Gossett On July 5, many months of work and sacrifice paid off when the first episode of Backstage Jazz hit the airwaves on Norman-based public radio station KGOU-FM 106.3. After the first show aired, Gossett received praise from his new legion of followers via the phone and Internet. “That night, we got about 30 […]
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Survey says …
Survey results revealed residents view OKC an “excellent” or “good” place to live (88 percent), work (82 percent) and raise children (81 percent). Ratings for those items were significantly higher than the national averages for large U.S. cities. The six-page survey was mailed to a random sample of 3,000 households this summer. A total of […]
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Wrangling over wellness
Putnam City Baptist Church Credit: Mark Hancock Liberty Institute attorney Michael Berry sent a letter July 26 to Oklahoma City Manager James Couch and municipal counselor Kenneth Jordan outlining why the city is within its legal and constitutional rights to negotiate with Putnam City Baptist Church as a potential operating partner for one of the […]
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The race is on
Cornett will face at least one opponent in Ward 2 Oklahoma City Councilman Ed Shadid, who is running for the mayor’s seat. Shadid was elected to the council in April 2012. “Our work’s not done yet. I am running for re-election as your mayor, so that we can continue Oklahoma City’s renaissance together,” Cornett wrote […]
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An innocence question
Karl Fontenot Two separate Pontotoc County juries sentenced Fontenot to death for the April 1984 slaying of Ada convenience store clerk Denice Haraway, although his sentence was later commuted to life in prison without parole because of an improper jury instruction. OIP director Tiffany Murphy said the group’s request was filed after a lengthy investigation […]