In fact, OKC fared near the bottom in a walkscore.com ranking poll. Brad Gregg So while there’s a whole lot of moving going on around here, the city’s accessibility for people who want to walk remains dismal. According to a recent article in Slate, those ratings directly correlate with political affiliation. Of the bottom four […]
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What the flock?
Brad Gregg That’s the contention, at least, of an animal rights group that has notified Oklahoma County prosecutors of alleged illegal activity related to racing pigeons. Oklahoma City just might be the epicenter of the niche hobby, with the World of Wings Pigeon Center and the American Racing Pigeon Union both based here. PETA — […]
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Godzilla gone!
Well, at least be on the lookout for a 2-foot version of the aforementioned creature. A break-in at New World Comics & Games, 6219 N. Meridian, early this morning resulted in burglars spiriting away with a Godzilla figure that had been atop a display case. “It had a windsock hanging off of it, and I […]
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Big bird has landed
Brad Gregg Resembling the cranes that are prevalent all over the city right now, the SkyDance Bridge was crafted to mimic the scissor-tailed flycatcher. It perches atop the pedestrian bridge, which leads to the Oklahoma River and eventually will connect the upper and lower sections of the downtown park. At night, mesmerizing, color-shifting LEDs illuminate […]
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A-choo!klahoma
Brad Gregg Now do you see how clever we were with that “nothing to sneeze at” line? Isn’t that just too much? Anyway, back to the allergies. Experiencing watery eyes, congestion, runny nose, headaches and itchy skin? Don’t blame the cellphone or flammable tap water. As a recent report by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation […]
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Please (press) release me
Brad Gregg In the 17 years since the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, political leaders of all stripes have reflected on the tragedy in written statements peppered with words and phrases like “resilience,” “resolve,” “the Oklahoma Standard” and the like. But it took the absence of one press release for all hell to […]
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Here comes Dick
Brad Gregg Former Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to visit Oklahoma City Saturday at the 2012 Oklahoma Heart Failure Symposium, at the Cox Convention Center. Cheney is scheduled to share how his life has been affected by his heart failure, from diagnosis to the implantation of his Heartmate II ventricular assist device in 2010 […]
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Dog-gone it!
Duke And he’s only 6 years old. Or is that 42? Duke, Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s bulldog mascot, is retiring. According to a SWOSU news release, the canine was feted on the Weatherford campus with a five-hour retirement party May 1, complete with cookies, punch and photos. Why is Duke giving up his public post? […]
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Gettin’ ugly
Brad Gregg Joe Gumm, morning anchor for KOKH-TV Channel 25, learned that the hard way when he recently reported on a story about a lawsuit that radio personality Howard Stern had filed against his employer, Sirius XM radio. Gumm made an impromptu remark that Stern is ugly, a crack that didn’t sit well with the […]
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Ill-conceived
Brad Gregg House Speaker Kris Steele said April 19 that the body would not hear Senate Bill 1433, which would proclaim that embryos have all the same rights as folks not encased in a womb. The bill is dead now that the House Republican Caucus voted to pull out the legislative equivalent of a vacuum […]