With winds gusting up to 27 mph, fires continued to break out in northeast Oklahoma City Wednesday, destroying many homes, wildlife and property. Fire and rescue teams including Oklahoma City, Crescent, Coyle, Oak Cliff, Marshall and Sooner battled hot spots and flames near Air Depot and Hefner Road. Click through the slideshow below to see […]
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Blade battle in Baja Oklahoma!
The State Fair of Texas doesn’t start for pert near two months, but the OU-Texas buildup is already reaching a fever pitch. Did another Texas fan nearly castrate another male member of the Sooner Nation in the 405, resulting in stitched cajones? Well, not that kind of sad sack story at Henry Hudson’s Pub, but […]
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The couple is part of a growing number of MCM — mid-century modern — enthusiasts who can’t get enough of the sleek design and creativity of modern architecture marked by the time period of the 1940s through the 1960s. Thanks to “Mad Men,” the hit television drama about advertising executives on Madison Avenue in New […]
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Death of a Sooner
Burleson said Box just smiled at the joke. “I am hurting,” Box told him. Burleson, a self-described “friend of the family,” relayed the anecdote at Box’s memorial service May 27 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid, where he serves as senior pastor. “I know that some of you have heard or read about his prescription […]
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Check! Check!
The music mini-festival will take place Friday off Asp Avenue, between the Adams and Walker dorms on the OU campus. Seven bands will play throughout the day and into the night. Derek Knowlton, vocalist and guitarist for The Pretty Black Chains, said that it’s good for people to know what other kind of music is […]
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Miniature magic carpet ride
After 12 weeks of rehearsals, the youngsters of the Norman venue’s junior production class are ready to transport theatergoers to “A Whole New World” in their staging of Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” Starting Friday, the production features young actors, all of them ages 8 to 12, who were ecstatic to be performing in a show they […]
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PR BS
—“ON 199th ANNIVERSARY OF NEW MADRID QUAKE, FEMA URGES PUBLIC TO BE PREPARED” —“Nature’s Toiletries brings one-stop shopping for men’s organic toiletries” —“Graymark Healthcare Signs Five New Provider Contracts for Sleep Medicine Services” —“Omnicell’s OmniLinkRx Honored with KLAS Award in Medication Order Management Systems” —“Garth Brooks Announces New Concert Dates for Wynn Las Vegas” Also, […]