According to a report on Fox News, Wilshire Gun has plans to have firearms lanes, archery lanes, classrooms and a VIP lounge, making it the first of its kind in Oklahoma. According to the same news brief, Jeff Swanson, the owner, has said, “This is where the shooting sport is headed.” He’ll need to be […]
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Missed connections
Virginia Singleton, an Oklahoma City Community College student, is using the somewhat-infamous Internet site to try to find her stolen truck instead of relying on police. Her 1994 Chevy truck and some valuable camera equipment were stolen from an OCCC parking lot last month. One of the 300 campus security cameras caught the thieves on […]
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Circuit Court hears case for Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban
Voters in 2004 overwhelmingly approved a ban on same-sex marriage, but a state judge ruled in January that the ban was unconstitutional. The issue was in front of the Court of Appeal, marking just the second time a state same-sex marriage case has been heard by a federal court. James Campbell, an attorney representing the […]
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Five things to know about Thursday’s same-sex marriage hearing
U.S. District Judge Terence Kern ruled earlier this year that Oklahoma’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Kern’s ruling was immediately stayed, and an appeal was filed with the federal appeals court in Denver. It could take months for the circuit court to issue a ruling on Oklahoma’s case, and many believe the issue […]
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Murder on the rise
On April 7, the city had its 12th homicide of the year as a 30-year-old female was found dead in a home on SW 60th Street. Few details were known in the following days. Was this a drug-related homicide? A domestic dispute? Or maybe a murder related to the city’s increase in gang activity? All […]
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Kings of everything
A young woman went to Key Arena on March 28 to see the Okie-tied rockers, probably jammed out to “Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody” and then walked away with measles. As a precaution, the Washington State Department of Health even published the woman’s schedule online so that those who were in her vicinity that […]
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Letters to the Editor: April 15, 2014
The problem is the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. So, if a person condemned to die is kept from knowing the source, consistency and content of the drugs that will kill him or her, how can anyone know if it is cruel or unusual? In January, the final words […]
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Bad driver
NewsOK reports Buelna was pulled over for making an illegal lane change by Oklahoma City sheriff’s deputy when, lo and behold, Thor, the sheriff’s deputy’s dog, alerted that there might be something amiss. When the car was searched, it was revealed that it concealed six pounds of heroin and over $9,000 in cash hidden in […]
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Live and learn — or don’t
According to NJ.com, Miller was released March 21 after serving 15 years in a New Jersey state prison for robbing a Stride Rite in Toms River, New Jersey, in 1999. What did he do on the first day of his freedom? Treat himself to a steak and lobster dinner? Party like it was still 1999? […]
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Booze clues
Sipping on low-point (3.2 percent) beers while strolling around the city is legit. But festivals have special permits, and you can’t bring your own beer within the zone in which these events are held, although some will offer drinks to buy. As usual, any place (including restaurants and indoor performance venues) selling beverages won’t let […]