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Several area churches and organizations are sponsoring the “Sexual Identity and Spirituality Conference” at the University of Central Oklahoma Friday and Saturday.   A UCO student organization, Gay Alliance for Tolerance and Equality, is co-sponsoring the event.   The conference was originally named “Homosexuality and Scripture,” but with their commitment to broadening the audience, the […]

Country music legend Larry Gatlin will highlight Heart to Heart International beginning at 7 p.m. Monday at The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 N.E. 63rd St.   The semiformal gala will focus on the global humanitarian work of Heart to Heart International, commemorating the inspiring efforts of bringing health and hope to people […]

The coughs can be heard across the metro, as many Oklahomans battle complications from influenza or related illnesses. But in Oklahoma City homeless shelters, a flu epidemic can have dire consequences for both members of the high-risk population they serve and the service providers who work within them. Antoinette Sanders, executive director of social services […]

As the president of the Audubon Society of Central Oklahoma, Jane Cunningham and other Central Oklahoma Audubon chapter members, as well as members of Friends of Lake Hefner and the Sierra Club, are about to break ground on Phase I of the Lake Hefner Habitat Restoration Project. The groundbreaking is scheduled for the morning of […]

The controversy surrounding the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the so-called “morning-after pill” for nonprescription distribution has not slowed the rate of use of the emergency contraceptive. The morning-after pill (levonorgestrel) is manufactured by Barr Pharmaceuticals and sold under the registered trade name Plan B. Barr reported that projected sales for 2007 would total […]

The message rang loud and clear from the Pauls Valley church: Teens, abstain from sex. Bethlehem Baptist Church’s Rev. Michael Eaton’s words during the recent “youth Sunday” sermon echo a stand Oklahoma and the nation’s Christian community has taken for years. But the emphasis among youth workers, nonsecular and otherwise, these days seems to be […]

Two Western Theravadan Buddhist nuns will be visiting Oklahoma City and Norman on Thursday through Saturday for informal gatherings and a one-day spiritual retreat. The nuns are from Amaravati Buddhist Monastery near Great Gaddesden in England. Edmond resident Arpita Brown, a member of event sponsor Saranaloka Foundation, said the theme of Saturday’s all-day retreat is […]

If she wasn’t the first to run a whorehouse in Oklahoma City, Big Anne was certainly one of the most successful. She was a shrewd businesswoman who controlled and colluded with the city’s thieves, gamblers, drunkards, prostitutes and shady dealmakers. Big Anne was also popular with important businessmen and civic leaders, and her fat pocketbook […]

Oklahoma City remains without a municipal human rights commission. Members of the Central Oklahoma Humans Rights Alliance are trying to fill the gap left when the Oklahoma City Council defunded and disbanded the municipal human rights commission in 1996. Nathaniel Batchelder, director of the Oklahoma City Peace House, stepped down as chairman of COHRA’s board […]

Preservation Oklahoma will announce its annual list of the state’s “most-endangered historic places” Thursday night at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum. Featuring 12 sites nominated by the public, the 2008 lineup includes at least one in the metro. The event begins with tours of the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, at 5 p.m., […]