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Ronnie Neal only saw a brief flash of the vehicle that nearly killed him last year. Neal was a deputy for the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department, patrolling the streets on a motorcycle alongside his partner when a vehicle turned across traffic, trying to merge into a tight space between cars. Neal didn’t see the vehicle […]

Even though the leaves are changing to orange and it may feel cool, green is still hot. And with the change of season, there is a plethora of things you can do to help out Mother Earth and your wallet. Sounds crazy, right? Most everything you do, from recycling to trading out your appliances, will […]

On Sept. 1, 1939, the last Kindertransport departed Nazi-occupied territory bound for England. From December 1938 to September 1939, an estimated 10,000 Jewish children ” from infants to age 17 ” were moved in sealed trains from Berlin, Vienna and Prague to the shores of northern Europe, where they caught boats for England. PHILANTHROPIC MOVEMENT […]

As far as local news cycles go, the biggest announcement Sept. 3 was arguably the official, and largely anticipated, naming of the Oklahoma City Thunder. But, earlier in the afternoon, the state’s largest newspaper posted an article online that resonated throughout the journalism industry. ‘BELLY UP’MORE SOFT NEWSNEWSPRINT COSTS A story titled “‘The Oklahoman’ to […]

The owners of the National Basketball Association’s Oklahoma City franchise announced the team name ” Thunder ” and its colors and logo today at a Downtown press conference. After being first reported by local television station KOCO in July, the actual Thunder announcement was not nearly as surprising as the colors in the team’s logo: Blue, […]

Everyone can use a superhero once in a while. And, if there is a group of do-gooder available, that’s even better. In Oklahoma County, families can rely on the Good Samaritans, a volunteer group from various backgrounds that assist victims of crime. The organization, which is partnered with the Oklahoma County district attorney’s office, helps […]

Since its founding in 1916, Planned Parenthood Federation of America has focused on providing reproductive health care to low-income and underserved women. Changes at the national level, however, reportedly have raised some concern about what direction the organization is headed and what that means for the low-income women who were its original focus. RE-BRANDING EFFORTSGREATER […]

David McClendon and Matthew Haire will be flying to Vancouver, British Columbia, to be married on Aug. 29. The Norman couple will celebrate their eighth anniversary as partners by marrying in spite of their church’s unwillingness to provide the sacred rites that legitimize their marriage. ‘BORING COUPLE’LAMBETH CONFERENCE‘I UNDERSTAND THEIR DESIRE’ The men are members […]

On Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1958, Meyer Korenblit was reading the paper and watching television when he learned about the peaceful protest by 13 black youths at Katz Drug Store. The following Saturday, Korenblit took his son, 7-year-old Michael, to a park. He asked Michael to take a sip from a drinking fountain and tell him […]

On a sweltering summer night, Clara Luper was preparing grape Kool-Aid and cold-cut sandwiches in her un-air-conditioned Oklahoma City home when one of the children there changed an inauspicious NAACP Youth Council meeting into history in the making. “Anyplace we can go downtown and eat and get a Coke? Why don’t we go downtown and […]