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New OKCPS superintendent Sean McDaniel will face tough decisions
On Tuesday, the Oklahoma City Public School Board hired Sean McDaniel as superintendent. His tenure as Aurora Lora's successor will begin officially on July 1....
30 years ago, The Paseo was actually a rough ‘hood
In 1983, my wife, Jocelyn, and I bought a small house nearby The Paseo. A year earlier, the collapse of Penn Square Bank had...
Letter: Do not sign State Question 799 petition
To the editors:
While the teacher walkout may be over, many questions remain to be tackled regarding public education in Oklahoma. Most of the state...
We won SPJ awards, but Clarence Page stole the show
TULSA — During dinner Saturday at the Society of Professional Journalists' Oklahoma chapter awards banquet, I pondered how to write about whatever recognition NonDoc...
New ‘Laurel and Yanny’ sitcom hits pitch-perfect note
I was introduced to "The Dress" at a bar in 2015. After several drinks, a friend held a phone near my face and asked...
Gov. Fallin protects unconstitutional DOC practice with SB 1442 veto
Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed SB 1442 on Tuesday, killing a reform that would have fixed problematic behavior within the Oklahoma Department of Corrections that Attorney...
From worm to hand: Lessons of the oil patch
On my first day in the Oklahoma oil fields in 1978, working as a roughneck, the sum of my training was:
“Either of you worms...
Podcast: The history of how Oklahoma cares about kids
Over the past 40 years, Oklahoma has been sued twice to force improvements in how the state treats children in public custody.
One of the...
Veto shows Fallin governing from the center … of a coin
It's funny that, when Gov. Mary Fallin was presented with two controversial bills, she sided with a liberal position on one, and a conservative...
Little Sahara State Park: Take a minication in NW OK
Located in northwest Oklahoma – an hour and a-half from any major interstate – the biggest event in Waynoka is the annual Rattlesnake Roundup, a festival that...
