Cover Story Teaser: It’s high time Oklahoma reforms its marijuana laws.
“In a country founded by farmers on the notion of freedom, the notion of criminalizing a plant is an absurdity,” said Chad Moody, an Oklahoma City attorney who goes by the moniker The Drug Lawyer. As public opinion changes, Oklahoma laws restricting medical and recreational use should, too, experts and community leaders say. Story by…
First Friday features soccer billiards with Energy FC
Food, futbol and families will come together during the Paseo District’s First Friday Gallery Walk, 6-10 p.m. Friday.
Cover Story: Rest of OKC 2015: All the stuff we couldn’t get to in Best of OKC
Here, we celebrate top scorers in fantasy categories like Best Mustache That Looks Like a Living Organism, Best Name For a Bar That Doesn’t Exist Yet, Best Double Meaning, Best Place to Meet Me, Best Reader Write-Ins, Best New Resident of a State Jail and Best Performing Arts WTF.
Back in Time: The Grapes of Wrath was part of OETA’s ongoing Back in Time documentary series on Oklahoma history.
Back in Time: The Grapes of Wrath was part of OETA’s ongoing Back in Time documentary series on Oklahoma history.
ACT offered to all Oklahoma juniors at no cost
The Oklahoma State Department of Education joins 21 other states that offer free ACT tests to public high school juniors.
Commentary: The truth about Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest provider of sex education and women’s health care. It helps an estimated 10 million women across the globe each year. In 2011, 97 percent of its worldwide services involved things like Pap smears, education, pregnancy tests, STI and STD testing (including HIV and AIDS). Thirty-five percent of its services are contraceptive in nature…
Chicken-Fried News: Mr. Confidence
OKC Thunder star Kevin Durant, self-proclaimed “best player in the world,” is all rested up and ready for the season to start.
Chicken-Fried News: Sausage party!
Women’s Equality Day was Wednesday, Aug. 26, and Oklahoma definitely has some work to do.
Army of Frankenstiens release celebrated with screening, live riff at Will Rogers Theatre
The movie was made entirely in Oklahoma.
Chicken-Fried News: Intimidation witnessed
The former Luther city councilman facing charges for telling inmates to steal wire from tornado sirens is now intimidating witnesses as well.
Dos Divas to play concert in Hinton
Tillis is also working on her first studio album since 2007’s Rhinestoned.
Choctaw’s Oktoberfest is back!
Choctaw’s annual Oktoberfest celebration features beer, delicious traditional German fare, music, dancing and fun for the whole family.
Water events planned, open to the public in Midwest City
The events are designed to get people outside and active in various ways.
OKG Eat: milkshakes
Craving a cold, creamy milkshake to help you pretend the end of summer isn’t nigh? Never fear. The OKC metro is full of them.
Best of OKC 2015: Places
Written by Greg Elwell, Brittany Pickering, Jennifer Chancellor, Kory B. Oswald, Taylor Duane and Kaley Patterson. Photos by Mark Hancock, Garett Fisbeck, Keaton Draper and Gazette Staff. Best Place to Volunteer Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma One in four children and one in six adults in Oklahoma do not know where their next meal will…
Best of OKC 2015: People
Written by Greg Elwell, Brittany Pickering, Jennifer Chancellor, Kory B. Oswald, Taylor Duane and Kaley Patterson. Photos by Mark Hancock, Garett Fisbeck, Keaton Draper and Gazette Staff. Best Radio Personality or Team Jack and Ron 98.9 KISS FM, KYIS For more than 20 years, Jack Elliott and Ron Williams have taken over the radio waves of…
Best of OKC 2015: Food & Drink
Written by Greg Elwell, Brittany Pickering, Jennifer Chancellor, Kory B. Oswald, Taylor Duane and Kaley Patterson. Photos by Mark Hancock, Garett Fisbeck, Keaton Draper and Gazette Staff. Best Coffee or Tea House Cuppies & Joe 727 NW 23rd St. Originally called Cupps and Joseph, a fine men’s retailer, Cuppies & Joe has become a mainstay for…
MAPS 4 Neighborhoods: Group wants next MAPS to focus on overlooked communities
Pennington and Dodson believe it is time to listen to neighborhood leaders first, then spend money how each area needs it.
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 26, 2015
But no buildings were destroyed to make way for the Devon Tower; it was an architecturally insignificant parking garage!
Oklahoma City-County Jail: Flaws were built into current jail, tax vote for new facility might come soon
Accountability. More than anything else, this dominates Oklahoma County’s elected leaders’ thoughts as they and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce ponder the possibility of calling an election asking voters to consider two jail-related proposed sales taxes.
Local musicians pay homage to John Prine at Power House on Saturday
The idea emerged from a recent Roger Miller tribute show at The Plant Shoppe.
Chicken-Fried News: Incentivizing politics
Recent news about Planned Parenthood and fetal tissue emboldened Rep. Mike Ritze to write an inquiring letter to OU President David Boren.
Thirst for a Cause raises money for hospitality industry employees
Thirst for a Cause features over 200 wines and plenty of food from local restaurants and raises money for a worthy cause.
Chicken-Fried News: Pot luck
Vandals have run amok across Edmond, and it stinks.
Chicken-Fried News: Affair-well cheaters
Some okc.gov and ok.gov email addresses were discovered in the Ashley Madison hacks, and some people are in trouble in more ways than one.
New Norman mural brings community together, brightens intersection
The buzz and hum of a public art project of this magnitude drew constant attention from Norman residents passing by.
