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Cheat sheet: Chris Lewis faces Brandi Studley in Norman Ward 1...
(Correction: This article was updated at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, to note that Finn Guttery publicly announced a withdrawal from the Norman Ward...
‘You do your duty’: Oklahoma National Guard sends 394 members to...
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Oklahomans did not expect to witness history at President Joe Biden’s inauguration today, but the Jan. 6 insurrection at the...
19 candidates file for 2021 OKC City Council elections
Nine people have filed to run for the OKC City Council Ward 1 seat in 2021, accounting for almost half of all candidates running...
Oklahoma represented on inauguration stage as Biden calls for unity
WASHINGTON — Native sons who rose from small towns to touch the hearts of worldwide audiences, Garth Brooks and Woody Guthrie, represented Oklahoma during...
Freshmen Republicans prepare for first session in House
The Oklahoma House of Representatives will feature 11 freshmen Republicans for the 2021 legislative session, which is scheduled to start Feb. 1.
With 82 Republicans...
With the nation tense, MLK Day is different in 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year might look different to Black Americans, and not just because of cancellations owing to...
State frustrated as feds fumble COVID vaccine booster shots
Federal reserves of booster doses for COVID-19 vaccines were expected to be a shot in the arm for Oklahoma's vaccination capabilities in coming weeks,...
Teachers talk U.S. Capitol riot with #oklaed students
Gemma Defee's AP government class had discussed James Madison's Federalist No. 10 and his warnings about factions shortly before last week's breach of the...
The week in coveducation: New school quarantine policy met with criticism
A new state policy that gives school districts the option not to require students to quarantine if they've been exposed to someone with COVID-19...
Trait Thompson: ‘We will inspire the creation of a better Oklahoma...
Last spring, Bob Blackburn announced he would be retiring as executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Blackburn, a historian and author, had held...
