As the Dec. 8 MAPS 3 vote approaches, city leaders and paid consultants continue to amplify efforts to assure continuation of the city sales tax that funded previous MAPS plans. A part of these efforts was an Oct. 29 presentation by park planning consultant Mary Margaret Jones at a Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce […]
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The Band of Heathens continue to preach Americana gospel
The Austin, Texas-based Band of Heathens is a feisty group of musical buddies with three vocalists/songwriters, an unflinching love for the road, and the good fortune to have their fourth album, “One Foot in the Ether,” hit No. 1 on the Americana Music Association’s playlist in late October, just four weeks after its release. TWICE […]
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The Band of Heathens continue to preach Americana gospel
The Austin, Texas-based Band of Heathens is a feisty group of musical buddies with three vocalists/songwriters, an unflinching love for the road, and the good fortune to have their fourth album, “One Foot in the Ether,” hit No. 1 on the Americana Music Association’s playlist in late October, just four weeks after its release. TWICE […]
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Bikers cycling through Jones have noticed uptick in citations
The police chief in Jones said recently he doesn’t take issue with recreational bicycle riders who make the town their destination of choice, he just wishes they’d observe traffic laws and not use the sides of town businesses as open-air latrines. HEATED EXCHANGE NONE IN EDMOND “We don’t really have a problem with cyclists,” said […]
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Bikers cycling through Jones have noticed uptick in citations
The police chief in Jones said recently he doesn’t take issue with recreational bicycle riders who make the town their destination of choice, he just wishes they’d observe traffic laws and not use the sides of town businesses as open-air latrines. HEATED EXCHANGE NONE IN EDMOND “We don’t really have a problem with cyclists,” said […]
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Bands, staffers, record-spinners convene to pay tribute to The Bowery
Ray von Schlageter was just out of high school when his family moved to Oklahoma in the early 1980s, far from their crumbling neighborhood in Queens, N.Y. He was used to the burgeoning punk and New Wave scene in the Big Apple, so it was with considerable surprise and disappointment he learned there was nothing […]
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Bands, staffers, record-spinners convene to pay tribute to The Bowery
Ray von Schlageter was just out of high school when his family moved to Oklahoma in the early 1980s, far from their crumbling neighborhood in Queens, N.Y. He was used to the burgeoning punk and New Wave scene in the Big Apple, so it was with considerable surprise and disappointment he learned there was nothing […]
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Is Oklahoma prepared to deal with teens sending, receiving nude images?
A bid for attention, a desire for increased popularity or notoriety among peers or modern-day flirtation ” hormone-driven teens who engage in “sexting” are running smack up against the very laws designed to protect them against sexual exploitation by adults. ONLINE STUDYNOT A CRIME Sexting, the practice of sending nude or seminude photographs between cell […]
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Is Oklahoma prepared to deal with teens sending, receiving nude images?
A bid for attention, a desire for increased popularity or notoriety among peers or modern-day flirtation ” hormone-driven teens who engage in “sexting” are running smack up against the very laws designed to protect them against sexual exploitation by adults. ONLINE STUDYNOT A CRIME Sexting, the practice of sending nude or seminude photographs between cell […]
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Can Oklahoma change its ballot laws, the strictest in the country?
Third-party presidential candidates could soon find it a little easier to get their names on general election ballots in Oklahoma, their road made a bit smoother by a proposed bill that may come up for a vote in the Oklahoma Legislature in 2010. KEPT ALIVE GREATER BALLOT ACCESS Although House Bill 1072 was recently tabled […]