HKS plays two Norman-area album release shows, including a free show Jan. 12 at Opolis. The band also plays Jan. 13 at The Brew Sessions.
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OKG Shop: Getting current
The new year is a great time to upgrade your wardrobe, car, phone and other things.
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A new Oklahoma History Center exhibit chronicles the state’s fascination with cars
The Art of Speed runs through Aug. 12 at Oklahoma History Center.
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Chicken-Fried News: Easter eggs
A recent audit at the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office revealed $3.36 million worth of missing property.
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Chicken-Fried News: Fast and furious
Local car groups vent frustration at recent news that denies them the use of the police training track in OKC.
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Anglers
Weather permitting, city workers plan to re-stripe the street over one weekend this month, adding at least 20 new parking spaces along N. Broadway Avenue between NW Fifth and 10th streets. A second phase will add angled parking to NW Seventh, Eighth and Ninth streets that jut off of Broadway Avenue. Business owners and others […]
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Son also rises
Music just isn’t as political as it used to be, but don’t tell Jay Farrar. The Son Volt front man is a revivalist in many senses, writing songs from a different time and place than most other acts operating at the moment. There’s one figure, in particular, who has had a profound effect on Farrar’s […]
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In cars
His frustration stems from TV coverage of the EF3 tornado that swept through sections of Central Oklahoma on May 31. That’s when Morgan urged viewers who couldn’t get underground to a shelter to “leave south Oklahoma City and go south. Do it right now.” A little later, Morgan repeated that a tornado warning was in […]
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Auto fixation
Jason Peters Credit: Shannon Cornman Then life changed for both men; Shade Tree D.I.Y. Garage was born. “We’re not like the normal auto shop,” Duong said. “Here, we’ll put it on a lift and point out why it failed, what that failure means and what possible effects it could have.” It’s a process, he noted, […]
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More ‘new car smell’ on the way
“Inventory constraints finally hit the Japanese automakers this month but the recovery in supply appears quicker than first anticipated,” said Jesse Toprak, vice president of industry trends and insights for TrueCar.com. The firm also found that used car sales will end at an estimated 3,814,291 in May, representing an increase of 3.4 percent from April, […]