Like the Oklahoma City Dolls three decades ago, the Oklahoma City Lightning gives local women the opportunity to play football. Having appeared in two world championships and earning a 38-6 record in its six-year history, The Lightning kicks off its next season April 21 against Dallas. “Oklahoma loves a winner. You keep winning, eventually you […]
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Oklahoma Cherokee chief calls Abramoff accusations ‘desperate’
Cherokee Principal Chief Chad Smith calls “desperate” an attempt by the descendants of former tribal slaves to link their ouster to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. However, an attorney for the freedmen descendants points to contact between Smith and former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles as proof that Abramoff’s machine was at work behind […]
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Access questioned in OU’s new open records request office
The University of Oklahoma has established a new office to handle inquiries into disseminating public information, but there are questions about whether the office is in full compliance with state law. The Open Records Office was created just over a month ago and is run through OU’s collections department. “OU saw the need for such […]
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Former OU, NFL player traded football for ministry
Willie Franklin was thrilled with the opportunity to play football at the University of Oklahoma and for the Baltimore Colts in the Seventies, but something was still missing from his life. “I found myself hungry to learn about the Bible and Christianity,” explained Franklin, who became a Christian at age 23. When Franklin returned to […]
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Gay/lesbian group to hold summit in OKC
Cimarron Alliance Foundation, a local organization formed to focus on issues facing gays and lesbians in Oklahoma City, will host a summit Saturday at the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, 300 Park Ave. Cimarron Alliance Chairman Richard Ogden said The Oklahoma Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Leadership Summit is about, “first of all, educating our own […]
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OKC blind runner loves competing in marathons
Despite being blind since he was 40, Benny Meier runs marathons. Meier runs side by side with a partner, Jack Rector, an 82-year-old marathon runner. Each person holds onto the end of a short rope. Rector describes the course and any obstacles to Meier. “As long as there’s someone that’ll tell me to pick up […]
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Mid-week giveaway means another Hornet overtime game
Another mid-week game at the Ford Center with Desmond Mason giveaways, overtime and injuries. Fortunately, the Hornets again won their overtime game which keeps them in the playoff hunt, beating the Los Angeles Clippers 103-100. After last week’s injury fest, the casualty rolling on the floor was the referee, Jess Kersey who was sent […]
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Media overlooking new John Marshall High’s positives, say OKC officials
Controversy raged when the new John Marshall High School opened last August. A district official said dozens of parents pulled their children from the unfinished facility in an exodus to private and charter schools. Discipline concerns sparked further debate, and, this spring, some called for change, even if that meant temporarily closing the school. THE […]
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Oklahoma Spring Game features psychedelic grass
The ESPN commentators estimated more than 40,000 Sooner football fans showed up to watch the team play the Spring Game at Owen Field. With the out-of-season cold snap, fans were wearing the same winter-weather gear as the team’s Big XII Conference Championship game. (That was the last game of the season, right?) The biggest development […]