With so many wonderful ways to get up to mischief, what’s a busy, spooky fiend to do? Although talented, not even they can accomplish the task of being in more than one place at once. With so many choices, we’ve done some of the legwork for you. Be you a wee hellion, a family of […]
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LETTERS
They are angry that Barack Obama was elected, twice. They are angry that the Affordable Care Act passed Congress, was signed by the president, was affirmed by the Supreme Court and is being implemented. And they are angry that the American people insist that our government support programs extending hope and opportunity to low-income or […]
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PARADE JUDGES
MARY BETH BABCOCKMary Beth Babcock is a Bartlesville native and holds a bachelor’s degree in retail merchandising from OSU. She was Oklahoma Today’s 2011 Oklahoman of the Year. She opened Dwelling Spaces in Tulsa’s Blue Dome District in 2006 and opened her second location in Wayne Coyne’s Womb Gallery in November 2012. Dwelling Spaces is […]
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ANNOUNCERS
JEFF GEORGE Jeff George is the Storm Watch chief meteorologist for FOX 25. George recently developed an educational program for local Oklahoma schools called Future Forecasters. His weather team makes soaking up the science of meteorology and breaking down weather safety a blast. Watch George 5-10 p.m. weekdays on FOX 25’s Morning News. WENDY SUARES […]
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Pervy lawyer, bondsman busted
According to newsok.com, Oklahoma City attorney Michael Dean Billings — accompanied by Ada bail bondsman Robert Pierce on his most recent trip — engaged in illicit behavior in Iquitos, a city located smack in the middle of the Peruvian rain forest. We don’t mean they drunkenly puked in a cabana or woke up with a […]
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I wanna lock you up
A February warrant is outstanding regarding a probation violation from an October 2011 domestic assault case, reported NewsOK.com. A probable cause affidavit filed in February 2012 states Abrams has “12 prior domestic cases dating back to 2005.” NewsOK also reported he’s in violation of his probation for not paying court fees or staying in contact […]
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DUI offenders keep licenses
According to state law, “a sworn report from a law enforcement officer that the officer had reasonable grounds to believe the arrested person” was driving under the influence must accompany bloodalcohol content reports in arrest files. Unfortunately, many documents currently in use don’t meet the standards of the law and cannot be adequately used in […]
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Congrats, wanda (belated)
We’re giddy for Jackson and OKCPS for immortalizing such a prodigious musical figure. But really, you’re just now inducting Wanda freaking Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly? What took so long? Jackson graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 1955 (sorry, Wanda; we have to give the date) and signed to Capitol Records a year later. […]
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The n-word and politics
Trustee Gregg Atkinson reportedly said, “What is this town coming to today? We got a n—— mayor, n—— chief of police,” reported Fox 25. Doesn’t Atkinson know that cafes are where the daily news starts and stops, where rumors and drama flourish? In this case, it’s also where hate flourished. Residents of Luther, northeast of […]
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Slaid, Slaid songs
Roots rocker Slaid Cleaves’ influences are all of the usual suspects expected from someone of his songwriting ilk: Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Cash and Bruce Springsteen. But it was a youthful listen to one of his father’s Hank Williams albums that set Cleaves on his songwriting path. “I listened to those lonesome, sad songs, and it […]