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Shakespeare meets Shih Tzus at Central OK Humane Society’s “Midnight Woofness: A WoofSummer Night’s Dream.” The adoption event kicks off at midnight Saturday and continues until 5 p.m. Sunday at PetSmart, 1417 W. Interstate 240. More than 300 different dogs and cats will be on hand and available for adoption. Central OK Humane Society President […]

The New York Times headline declared “OKLAHOMA SEAL SEIZED,” detailing a wild, early morning drive on June 12, 1910. A ‘Noble’ gestureOn the wagonSealing the dealTransfer talesHere comes the ‘Gov’ W.B. Anthony, the governor’s private secretary, reportedly departed Oklahoma City at 1 a.m. and drove a vehicle to the original capital in Guthrie round-trip within […]

The buzz phrase for the 2010 legislative session was tax credits, specifically to kill them or at least maim them in some way. Supporters of such action seemed to have momentum as the governor came out early in the session and proposed a moratorium on several tax credits that could save millions of dollars. Several […]

Sara Braden left the May 18 Oklahoma City Council meeting pleased. More than pleased, even, “on cloud nine.” Nearly a year after Braden launched a petition to change zoning codes to allow urban chickens, the council had a survey in hand that supported her idea. The results: 69 percent of polled residents support urban chickens […]

Preservation and rejuvenation are the themes of Oklahoma’s 22nd Annual Statewide Preservation Conference, scheduled for June 9-11 in historic downtown Okmulgee. The Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office is presenting the event, titled “Out Front in Preservation.” The program includes three concurrent tracks of sessions:” “Leading the Way” has a focus on local and […]

Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma workshops in June and July will deal with legal issues affecting mandatory homeowners associations and City of Oklahoma City code enforcement programs. The “Legal Issues for Homeowners Associations” workshop will be offered twice this year:” the southern session will be 6:30 p.m. June 15, at Home Creations’ Melody Banquet Hall […]

It’s one thing for a weather center to be able to track and analyze nearby tornadic activity. It is quite another for that center to be in a tornado. The National Severe Storms Laboratory in south Norman was built and designed for several purposes related to intense weather conditions, such as those that produce tornadoes. […]

In an effort to combat the rampant childhood obesity epidemic and to spread awareness about healthy eating, a group of public school parents has joined to form EatWiseOKC. The goal is simple: eliminating processed and high-sugar food while introducing options like fresh fruit and vegetables. “Our practice so far has been primarily with Child Nutrition […]

A group of University of Oklahoma architecture and interior design students worked together in a course that may soon have Oklahoma City politicians and city planners talking. Associate professor of architecture David Boeck and associate professor of interior design Hepi Wachter teamed up to teach 19 interior design students and 18 architecture students how to […]

Best-selling author and “mathemagician” Martin Gardner died Saturday at Norman Regional Hospital. He was 95. A prolific writer, Gardner penned more than 70 books over topics as far-reaching as mathematical puzzles to scientific theory to literary criticism of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” His lasting legacy, however, will be as the man who made math […]