Tuesday, July 16, 2024

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Whizbang

Long gone, Whizbang prospered in the wild days of Oklahoma boomtowns

OSAGE COUNTY — In 1920, oil was discovered near Burbank, Oklahoma, east of Ponca City. Almost overnight, hundreds of boomtowns sprang up in the...
state parks

State parks management questioned on accounting, ‘unusual’ restaurant agreement

To close a two-hour meeting Thursday afternoon that featured legislators grilling Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department executive director Jerry Winchester about his decision to...
imagine that

Imagine that: New Oklahoma brand confuses some

You may have noticed the new Oklahoma brand, logo and "imagine that" slogan this past week. What's that, you say? You didn't know Oklahoma...
cheese-melting machine

Professor Swadley and the cheese-melting machine

Are you keeping up with the state of Oklahoma's surprising Swadley's saga? Sure you are. The recent troubles regarding a now-terminated Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation...
Scott Sapulpa sues The Oklahoman defamation trial

‘Egregious’: In libel lawsuit, man wrongly identified by The Oklahoman seeks damages

(Editor's note: The following article about a civil defamation lawsuit contains references to a racial slur and to court documents that have been temporarily...
swastikas

Normalization of swastikas poses troubling trend

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Here’s the thing about swastikas: They’re easy to draw. The simplest of minds can hammer one out in a matter...
The Oklahoman libel

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...
Buy For Less grocery store

OKC councilman: Grocery store drama ‘a slap in the face’

Oklahoma City Councilman John Pettis aired the dirty laundry of Buy For Less developers in a weekend Facebook post that said the company now seeks to...
Nielsen

Two-buck suck: Nielsen killed their own radio survey

The Nielsen company is likely the best-known media ratings entity in America. It solicits people to record their programming preferences in a one-week diary...
Machete Ordervideo

The ‘Machete Order’ for X-Men: One fan’s guide

It’s hard to imagine another franchise whose filmography is as intimidating to newcomers as Star Wars. So, in 2011, blogger Rod Hilton devised a...

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