Members of Oklahoma City Council spent more than 10 hours hearing presentations on MAPS 4 proposals last week. On Tuesday, council heard presentations on Palomar Family Justice Center; parks; sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and streetlights; and Freedom Center. On Thursday, presentations were on youth centers, beautification, State Fair coliseum, senior wellness centers and an animal […]
State Fair
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Fireworks and sparklers aren’t the only ways to celebrate the Fourth of July, especially here in the metro.
Fireworks and sparklers aren’t the only ways to celebrate the Fourth of July, especially here in the metro.
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Fair-y tale romance
Credit: Brad Gregg According to a Psychology Today story detailing Craigslist’s most popular “missed connections,” the mullets have it — at least in the Sooner State. Where do most missed connections occur in the great state of Oklahoma? Why, at the great State Fair of Oklahoma, of course. Really? Who knew that so much would-be […]
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‘Fair’ and balanced
The Oklahoma State Fair is something I have looked forward to during my duration at the University of Central Oklahoma, and the fair food is the best part! My personal favorite was the beer-battered, deep-fried bacon. It was beer, bacon and grease — where could you possibly go wrong? Thanks for an engaging look at […]
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We were framed
That summer of 1985, when all those college girls were killed by a satanic cult? That’s the summer that changed everything. So argues John Wooley, former Tulsa World journalist and author of the new book “Shot in Oklahoma: A Century of Sooner State Cinema,” which chronicles the motion pictures made within our borders. While most […]