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Primary voters in District 30 will choose between two candidates for their next state senator.After exhausting term limits, Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee is stepping down from the Legislature, leaving his district seat up for grabs. The two candidates vying to fill the position are Republicans David Holt and Matt Jackson. David HoltMatt JacksonWho […]

Milking goats, shearing sheep and slaughtering chickens. They sound more like farm chores, but for members of the Oklahoma National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team, these were just some of the tasks they had to learn before their deployment to Afghanistan. The guardsmen became students once again as they participated in a 15-day training program at […]

April Harrington said she didn’t go looking for all the attention she has been receiving from local media recently. Harrington is the owner of Earth Elements, a farm, bakery and production kitchen. Her facility sits just outside Lexington and right in the path of State Highway 77, a stretch of road that is being widened […]

The MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board will meet for the third time in its monthly meeting Thursday. The board plans to hear more presentations and receive updates on revenue collection for the $777 million initiative. Program Manager Eric Wenger said the presentations will focus on Oklahoma State Fairgrounds upgrades and information about Project 180, a […]

Oklahoma City Planning Director Russell Claus and his staff cannot speak personally with every resident in the city as they work on shaping a project called planOKC. Instead, city planning staff members held a meeting with neighborhood associations to rally citizens and arm them with the resources they need to identify needs and concerns, and […]

Only one item is on the agenda for Friday’s 1:30 p.m. special meeting of the Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment: whether SandRidge Energy Corp. can knock down two downtown buildings. It will be the third time the board has considered an appeal by Preservation Oklahoma to require further review and evaluation of the buildings before […]

The race for Oklahoma governor has heated up, and nowhere is that more visible than in campaign finance reports. According to the latest figures, U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin and state Attorney Gen. Drew Edmondson are leading their respective parties in fundraising. As of July 12, Edmondson, a Democrat, led all gubernatorial candidates in total amount […]

It’s not often that something as small as eating out can help save someone’s life. This Tuesday, getting a burger at Shorty Small’s will help Cody Sheets get a double lung transplant. The restaurant, 4500 W. Reno, will hold a fundraiser from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, for Sheets. The 23-year-old Yukon man’s lifelong cystic […]

Plans to move OCU’s law school downtown to 900 W. Main will not move forward. Fred Jones Companies owns the 189,000-square-foot former manufacturing building, which was the subject of a letter of intent signed by the owner and OCU in November 2009. The cost of the extensive renovations needed before OCU Law could move in […]

Do you have a cute baby video or photo? Do you think it’s the cutest baby video ever (at least, in Oklahoma City)? Want to prove it? Infant Crisis Services wants parents to be part of the award-winning “10 Dollars in 10 Days” fundraising campaign by sending in their child’s funniest photo or video. Last […]