‘Systemic failure’: Edmond residents sought help for Ross Norwood weeks before police shooting
In the days leading up to a fateful encounter with local law enforcement, Edmond resident Ross Norwood methodically tore the carpet out of his...
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‘Unreasonable use of force’: OKCPD officer charged for slamming Lich Vu to ground
Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna has charged Oklahoma City Police Department Sgt. Joseph Gibson with one count of aggravated assault and battery for...
CIVICS
Great escape-goat? Stitt fires McQueen for attending poultry lawsuit hearing
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt fired Ken McQueen as his secretary of energy and environment and as director of the Department of Energy today, replacing...
Oklahoma County commissioners move forward with controversial mental health facility
The Oklahoma County Board of Commissioners today approved a memorandum of understanding to use nearly $40 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to...
Roundup: Cherokee tag deal struck, pagan prayer irritates politicians, OU finances improve, JNC busy
Did you rest up this Thanksgiving weekend? Enjoy family time? Watch football? Get a start on your holiday shopping?
As you return to a normal...
Property ownership requirement bars Edmond renters from holding city office
When the Edmond City Council announced an application process for filling its vacant Ward 1 seat, one eligibility requirement caught the eyes of onlookers....
Corporation Commission advances ‘huge’ PSO, OG&E rate increases
Despite an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision looming on whether Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett may vote on cases involving companies with direct knowledge of his...
After prior battery plea, OKCPS teacher Kiera Smith arrested as ‘horseplay’ injures student
An Oklahoma City Public Schools educator who previously pleaded to resolve a 2018 criminal charge for grabbing a co-worker's crotch was arrested again Tuesday...
CULTURE
Melvin Moran: Seminole’s oil man with a heart of gold
SEMINOLE — Melvin Moran has spent a lifetime proving true riches lie not in the black gold beneath the earth, but in the philanthropy...
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OMC’s news literacy campaign promotes local reporting
When I left the newspaper industry, a local business owner told me a secret.
His confession? This fellow citizen knew how to read the local...
Bye week blues underscore a world without Bedlam
The 2024 college football season has been less than ideal for Oklahoma's two largest universities.
The Sooners and Cowboys are struggling, to put it mildly....
Series: 'Home is where the heart is'
