The 100 Ideas initiative for Oklahoma ” 100IdeasOK.org ” is in full swing. Around the state, residents are coming together in groups to brainstorm policy ideas for Oklahoma’s future. The inspiration for the 100 Ideas initiative comes from Florida, where former Gov. Jeb Bush sought input to craft a future policy agenda that would outlive […]
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State fair siphons a third of police protection from rest of city
Each year in September, the population of one part of Oklahoma City swells by hundreds of thousands for 11 days. In 2006, a million people attended the 100th State Fair of Oklahoma ” and this year, it’s expected that the Centennial Expo version of the state fair will top 1 million in attendance. All patrolled […]
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OKC needs to exercise patience in wait for NBA action
With the Hornets returning to New Orleans, there is currently talk about how Seattle’s National Basketball Association franchise may end up here. But there are still a number of hurdles involved in getting that deal finalized. And honestly, does OKC really want a team known as the SuperSonics? Then again, if they were based out […]
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New metro literacy coalition faced challenge of distributing 50,000 kids’ books
Last month, the good news was that Oklahoma won 50,000 new children’s books in a national contest. The bad news was that Oklahoma won 50,000 new children’s books in a national contest. The gift from First Book ” a national nonprofit group for children’s literacy ” immediately raised dilemmas for the Oklahoma City Metro Literacy […]
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Oklahoma town celebrates man who put their town on the map with Good Luck
And, to continue the whole doctorin’ theme “¦ One Kay County town kicked up centennial festivities a notch with its celebration of, as Oklahoman state correspondent Jim Etter reported recently, “one of the most unusual events during Oklahoma’s centennial”: “the horse liniment that made Newkirk famous.” Whoa, Nellie. Held Sept. 8 this […]
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Edmond woman helps police arrest alleged Texas con man
A 60-year-old woman bested an alleged Texas con man after he tried to play doctor with her $30,000 Rolex watch. According to a version of the story in the Star newspaper in Texas, the woman was attempting to sell the Rolex Presidential watch through a newspaper ad when a man who identified himself as […]
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Colin Powell to address OU campus
Having served as an Army general, the United States secretary of state, the national security adviser and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one would expect Colin Powell to know a little something about “The Challenges Facing America.” Powell will share his thoughts on that topic in a 4 p.m. address today at the […]
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One of nation’s few Taiwanese Buddhist monasteries calls OKC home
The Buddha Mind Monastery is located in an unlikely place for a Buddhist monastery ” an old Pentecostal church on S. Anderson Road between Interstates 40 and 240. Two Taiwanese nuns live and work there. The abbess, Jian Tai, arrived from Taiwan last September. Jian Xiang, one of the founding nuns, has been in Oklahoma […]
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Companies, official battle out the Oklahoma coal-fired plant using advertisements
Anybody who’s read The Oklahoman probably couldn’t miss a series of full-page ads talking about a proposed coal-fired, electricity-generating plant. The dueling ads were either against the coal ” supporting the viewpoint of Oklahoma gas drilling giant Chesapeake Energy Corp. ” or for it ” funded by Oklahoma Gas and Electric, which wants to […]
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Colin Powell speaks at the University of Oklahoma
Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell spoke to a capacity crowd at the University of Oklahoma Wednesday and answered some submitted student questions. Powell spoke to students and others for about a half hour at Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall. Overflow attendees were able […]