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When you see Glenn Beck and his family move to Oklahoma, it’s time to panic, the Fox News Channel host told a crowd of about 1,500 Oklahomans June 26 at the “Taking Our Country Back” tour stop. Singer John Rich of the country group Big & Rich played emcee and entertainer throughout the afternoon in […]

Republicans knew this day would come. Mary Fallin, the sweetheart of the Oklahoma GOP, is finally making a run at governor. Her name was synonymous with the lieutenant governor’s office, a position she held for 12 years. Fallin bypassed a race for governor in 2002 and the U.S. Senate in 2004 when she could have […]

Although there are variables yet to be determined in planning the city’s future of transit, the streetcar is one decision already made. It began in June 2004 when Metro Transit launched the Fixed Guideway Study to examine the city’s transportation needs. The study identified major travel corridors in the downtown area and evaluated several different […]

For the first time, attendees at Sunday’s annual Taste of Edmond in downtown Edmond were able to vote on their favorite participating restaurant. The winner was Charleston’s, 3409 S. Broadway, with second place going to Full Cup at 300 W. Edmond. “The Taste was fantastic ” much larger than last year, and as far as […]

The Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits has been awarded the Standards for Excellence Institute Seal of Excellence. It is the first organization in the state, and one of the first in the nation, to be certified under the national accreditation program that began in 2006. Standards for Excellence provides nonprofits with a proper ethics and accountability […]

The estimated 50,000 people enjoying downtown Oklahoma City on this upcoming Fourth of July weekend will also enjoy free public transportation. Beginning July 1, Platt College is covering the cost of any and all riders on the city trolleys for a year. “Because our campuses are all over, we think it is important to support […]

Take me out to the old blood drive Friday, July 2. Oklahoma Blood Institute and the Oklahoma City RedHawks will offer two tickets to all healthy adults 17 and older who donate blood. The tickets will be for the July 4 RedHawks baseball game and fireworks show.  Donors also will score free tickets to the […]

When the Oklahoma River hosts the 2014 Canoe Marathon World Championships, it will be the first river in the U.S. to have the honor.  “The vision of the city leaders has been correct: Build it and they will come,” said Shaun Caven, head coach of the Oklahoma City National High Performance Center and OCU canoe/kayak […]

Want to have fun, get free stuff and change lives, all in one fell swoop? The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, 3355 S. Purdue, will give away vouchers to the Oklahoma City Redhawks to the first 100 volunteers who arrive at 9 a.m. and the first 100 volunteers who show up at 1 p.m. on […]

The old upright piano is well-used, and it’s a far cry from the glistening organs and pianos Leon Sanderson sold for so many years. But when Sanderson, the organist for Midwest City’s St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, takes the seat at this instrument that encompasses almost an entire wall in his small living room, the […]