News;Ben Fenwick

Racism was part of the motive of the author of Oklahoma’s anti-illegal immigration law, formerly House Bill 1804, according to an Oklahoma state senator.             Sen. Harry Coates, R-Seminole, said Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, wrote the law for reasons that aren’t “in the best interests of the state of Oklahoma,” he said at a Thursday […]

Would-be “best” ideas from the more than 3,000 sent into Lance Cargill’s “100 Ideas” campaign were already being culled before the deadline closed, according to spokesman Pat Schnake. Schnake said the push to publish the book into which the “best” 100 ideas are to be printed forced organizers to start the selection early. “They have […]

The two things for Oklahoma wineries to fear are weather and government, according to Randall Miller, the owner of Piedmontese Nursery & Vineyard in Duncan. Miller, who is an adjunct professor of agriculture at Oklahoma State University’s Oklahoma City campus, teaches three different classes a semester on growing vinifera, or wine grapes. And without advertising […]

A judge has ruled that Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart will face trial on felony charges of campaign finance violations, according to the Associated Press.   Oklahoma County Judge James Paddleford said there is sufficient evidence that Rinehart, along with his campaign manager, Tim Pope, will face trial along with a donor who allegedly exceeded […]

Oklahoma’s new anti-illegal immigrant law is working, said its author: Hispanics are leaving Oklahoma. Despite claiming repeatedly that the measure, formerly House Bill 1804, is “nationality neutral,” state Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, clearly identified Hispanics as the law’s target during his speech at a recent luncheon before Oklahoma City conservatives. The law took effect Nov. […]

The truck en route to the Standard Iron & Metal Co. scrap yard on E. Reno Avenue in Oklahoma City Oct. 16 carried what is purported to be remnants of a Rocketplane design expected to fly from Oklahoma Spaceport to space. The wing-shaped object was painstakingly designed, with figures and numbers inscribed on it, tight […]

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced a pledge to resist House Bill 1804, Oklahoma’s new anti-illegal immigration law due to take effect Nov. 1.   Archbishop Eusebius Beltran and members of the Council of Priests supporting this statement will present the following signed pledge of resistance to the law to Gov. Brad Henry on Friday, […]

The Federation for American Immigration Reform ” or FAIR, which helped state Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, write Oklahoma’s new law against illegal immigrants ” was funded by a foundation listed as a hate group with the Southern Poverty Law Center. Additionally, the group’s funding by the Pioneer Fund, a controversial not-for-profit foundation, was cited in […]

State Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, author of an anti-illegal immigration bill due to become law Nov. 1, said today he was unaware that an organization which helped him write the legislation had financial ties to an alleged hate group. On the Friday before publication, Oklahoma Gazette asked Terrill about his knowledge that the Federation for American […]

NASA officially announced this afternoon it is terminating its contract with Oklahoma City-based Rocketplane Kistler. The company was awarded a $207 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in August of 2006 to build an orbital rocket ship capable of carrying cargo to and from the International Space Station. Last month, NASA informed […]