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Jury awards $20 million in punitive damages as The Oklahoman’s libel trial concludes
MUSKOGEE — The Oklahoman libel trial culminated today when jurors announced their verdict finding Gannett Co., Inc. liable for $20 million in punitive damages...
An ode to Meatballs: The summer I learned to laugh
Sometime in late June 1979, my dad dropped me and a friend off at the Spectrum Twin movie theater in south Tulsa for a...
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...
Oklahoma’s historic all-black towns: Built on hope, survived by pride
BOLEY — Thirteen historic all-black towns are still incorporated in Oklahoma. Most feature abandoned and run-down buildings, but a nonprofit group is working to...
Cockfighting fight turns back time at Oklahoma Capitol
Feathers are flying in the Oklahoma Legislature again, and this time it's over an old topic — cockfighting — that has been born anew...
Hochatown: Southeast Oklahoma’s unlikely tourism hub
HOCHATOWN — Tommy McDaniel smiles slyly as he stands next to a plain brown bookcase at the back of the Hochatown Distilling Co. gift...
Saying goodbye to the Loony Bin Comedy Club
It’s Wednesday, Oct. 12, and I’m at the Loony Bin Comedy Club in Oklahoma City. Terri and Larry, the club’s owners, have collected a...
‘Serious charges’: Grand jury indicts Tim Hooper, Brent Swadley, Curt Breuklander
Oklahoma's multi-county grand jury issued a six-count felony indictment of Brent Swadley, Curt Breuklander and Tim Hooper this morning for an alleged conspiracy to...
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...
‘My opponent is my opponent, not my enemy’
Americans are bracing for a fight — against ourselves.
Regardless of how the upcoming #Election2020 political battles are fought, our democracy is in danger. American...