OKC Ward 3: Infrastructure, public safety highlight candidate forum
Closing statements in a political debate or forum usually offer candidates an opportunity to put a bow on their previous remarks or reiterate points...
As Innovation Foundation draws inquiry, OSU President Kayse Shrum resigns
Amid an ongoing review of improper transfers of "legislatively appropriated funds" involving Oklahoma State University's Innovation Foundation, the university's governing board announced the resignation...
CIVICS
‘He always stayed true to his principles’: Attorney Ryan Kiesel dies at 45
Former Oklahoma legislator and respected civil rights attorney Ryan Kiesel died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer. His death comes two weeks after...
Norman mayoral debate: Holman, Mulinix differ from Heikkila on homeless shelter
In a debate Thursday, Norman's three mayoral candidates diverged on how to deal with the city's recent rise in homelessness, but they found common...
‘Last couple years have been pretty tumultuous’: OSBI Commission names interim director
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Commission accepted the resignation of retiring director Aungela Spurlock on Thursday and named Steven Carter interim director at...
Riggs Abney report: Hiett’s Broadway 10 statement ‘isolated,’ Minneapolis incident omitted
A five-month investigation into the conduct of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett, spurred by reports he allegedly got blackout drunk and groped an energy industry...
Tulsa-area special elections: HD 71, HD 74 draw crowds
From a comedian to a Marine Corps veteran and a Pennsylvania Republican field organizer, candidate filing at the State Capitol concluded Wednesday with a...
OKCPS chairperson debate: Lewis defends record as Spriggs, Barrick call for change
Pressed on their stances Tuesday night, the three candidates for board chairperson of Oklahoma City's largest school district agreed that immigration enforcement should not...
CULTURE
Too fast, too furious: Winter driving edition
Our first snow of the year has come and gone, and we appear to have emerged from the other side relatively unscathed.
Given Oklahoma's winter...
‘They’re forcing me to quit reading them’: Abysmal customer service harms journalism
"I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!"
That quote from the 1976 movie Network sums up my frustration. I’m...
Digging out and moving forward in 2025
As 2025 approaches, we are still here? I could have sworn I heard someone, somewhere say we wouldn't be at this point.
Nevertheless, we persist.
I've...