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Prop him up beside the jukebox: Joe Diffie dies after COVID-19 diagnosis
Days after testing positive for COVID-19, country music singer Joe Diffie has died at age 61, according to multiple reports. The Oklahoma native had...
People ‘disgusted’ with racist vandalism across Norman
More racist graffiti popped up in central Oklahoma overnight, with three locations in Norman vandalized with hateful messages.
The Cleveland County Democratic Party headquarters, the...
Photos: Take a tour of Kansas City’s ‘Little Italy’
Columbus Park has been known as Kansas City, Missouri's Little Italy since the late 19th century. It still is, along with a considerable population...
Brent Swadley in 2018: ‘Wouldn’t be where I’m at today if I followed by the rules’
At a conference featuring Christian business leaders in 2018, Swadley's Bar-B-Q founder Brent Swadley explained how he started his company by "bootlegging barbecue" in...
You’re doing fine in the red zone, Oklahoma
It's crunch time. We've come all this way, and now we're in the "red zone." As plenty of people around here know, the red...
At 90, Gene Rainbolt still causing change in Oklahoma
A print of Picasso’s “Don Quixote” leans against a wall alongside a second picture of the famous character in Gene Rainbolt’s downtown Oklahoma City...
Students, enter our essay contest and win a $100 gift certificate
As we watch the spread of COVID-19 across the world, our routines, schedules and ways of life have been put on a hard pause....
Oklahoma history: Century Chest offers glimpse of life in the early 20th century
On April 22, 2013, family, friends, historians and church members huddled around a copper vault in the basement of the First Lutheran Church of...
The story of Joe Exotic: Trauma and tragedy in Tiger King
Within the first 30 seconds of Tiger King, the word "crazy" is used three times. And that's perhaps the most obvious thing to say...
Pinnell: State will amend Swadley’s Bar-B-Q contract
Amid mounting concerns from lawmakers and a criminal investigation, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department will be amending its contract with a Swadley's Bar-B-Q...
