Telling a story of hope
By Carla Hinton | email Oklahomans were transported to one of the most impoverished areas of East Africa on Thursday, through an imaginative interactive experience created by an Oklahoma City-based...
View ArticleOKC Barons notebook: Barons await opponent
By Michael Baldwin | email After wrapping up their semifinal series with a 5-1 win over the Texas Stars on Thursday night at the Cox Convention Center, the Barons will be off for one week before they...
View ArticleWalmart's first-quarter profit and sales disappoint company
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Modified: May 16, 2013 at 9:31 pm | email NEW YORK — The first few months of the year were tough for Walmart Stores Inc. The world's largest retailer reported Thursday that its...
View ArticleIf you go: “Story of Hope” interactive exhibit
| Modified: May 16, 2013 at 10:30 pm | email IF YOU GO Take a tour To schedule a group tour of Feed the Children's “Story of Hope” interactive experience, call (800) 627-4556. For more information...
View ArticleFox fall schedule includes '24' return
By LYNN ELBER | Modified: May 16, 2013 at 8:41 pm | email NEW YORK — Fox, facing the ebbing ratings power of “American Idol,” is betting big on its first miniseries showcase starting with a...
View ArticleProposal proves fractious for energy leaders, environmentalists
| Modified: May 17, 2013 at 12:04 am | 1BA new rule on hydraulic fracturing proposed Thursday by federal officials drew criticism from energy leaders and environmentalists alike. The rule would...
View ArticleGraduation season is underway for Oklahoma City Public Schools
By Carrie Coppernoll | email Seniors at Emerson Alternative High School participated in graduation ceremonies Thursday night at the Oklahoma City campus of Langston University. Graduate Ricky...
View ArticleOklahoma City Barons: Five different Barons score as OKC closes out Stars
By Michael Baldwin | email Oklahoma City’s Martin Marincin, left, and Taylor Fedun celebrate after Fedun scored in the second period of Thursday’s game against Texas. PHOTO BY STEVEN CHRISTY, OKLAHOMA...
View ArticleAllied Arts fundraising campaign sets record
FROM STAFF REPORTS | Modified: May 16, 2013 at 10:44 pm | email For the second year in a row, Allied Arts is celebrating a record-breaking fundraising campaign, surpassing last year's total to raise...
View ArticleNation News Briefs
By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ | Modified: May 16, 2013 at 11:51 pm | CONGRESS WASHINGTON — One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House has voted yet again to repeal President Barack Obama’s health...
View ArticleCBS adding Robin Williams comedy
By DAVID BAUDER | email NEW YORK — CBS on Wednesday revealed a few nips and tucks it is planning next season for what is already network television's most successful schedule, including adding a...
View ArticleOklahoma state Capitol updates, May 17
By Michael McNutt | email CAPITOL UPDATES Animal rescue shelter • At stake: House Bill 1359 requires animal rescue shelters with 10 or more dogs or cats, or a combination of both, to be regulated....
View ArticleRx drug bills sent to Oklahoma governor
By Michael McNutt | email Two measures intended to help tackle the prescription drug overdose problem in Oklahoma won final legislative approval Thursday and are on their way to the governor. email...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs, May 17
| Modified: May 16, 2013 at 9:49 pm | email Crime briefs Oklahoma City Hearing set in infant's death A July 10 preliminary hearing has been set for a teenage mother accused of killing her infant son....
View ArticleOklahoma City psychiatrist fined $25K for letting students write prescriptions
By Andrew Knittle | email A longtime Oklahoma City psychiatrist was fined $25,000 and placed on probation Thursday for allowing students to write prescriptions for potentially dangerous medications....
View ArticleSales tax receipts decline for second consecutive month in Oklahoma City
By William Crum | email After 18 months of growth, Oklahoma City's sales tax receipts have dropped two months in a row — a fact that has the attention of city leaders. email Show / Hide Comments If...
View ArticleNoted Oklahoma theater director Carveth Osterhaus dies at age 75.
BY RICK ROGERS rrogers@opubco.com | email Carveth Osterhaus, an opera and music theater director who spent most of his career teaching at Oklahoma City University and the University of Central...
View ArticleOklahoma State baseball: Donnie Walton's first homer helps carry OSU past...
BY JOHN HELSLEY | email STILLWATER — Donnie Walton drilled a ball to right field, then took off, conjuring up some fantasy scenario as he watched it continue to carry. email Show / Hide Comments If...
View ArticleKeystone pipeline protesters paying at the pump
The Oklahoman Editorial | email By our reckoning, the protesters trying to stall an oil pipeline have consumed copious amounts of gasoline getting to and from protest sites and to fuel the police cars...
View ArticleOklahoma news briefs for May 17
| Modified: May 16, 2013 at 9:56 pm | email In brief OKLAHOMA CITY Free bus service is offered Metro Transit will offer free bus service five Fridays this spring and summer to promote clean air. Hot...
View ArticleOklahoma Capitol briefs for May 17
By Michael McNutt | email CAPITOL BRIEFS Bill would block school standards email Show / Hide Comments If you prefer your thoughts to appear in The Oklahoman's Opinion section, we encourage you to...
View ArticleVeterans riding to Vietnam Memorial will stop in Oklahoma City
By Adam Kemp | email Dennis Freie is pounding down the road on his motorcycle with the roar of a hundred other bikes right there with him. This weekend they will pass through Oklahoma. email Show /...
View ArticleOSU Medical Center in Tulsa on firmer footing after state budget deal
By Silas Allen | email TULSA — Just weeks after Oklahoma State University officials warned the university's teaching hospital could be forced to shut down in 18 months, the hospital appears to be on...
View ArticleAs study unfolds, Oklahoma prison guards hoping for a cool August
The Oklahoman Editorial | email OKLAHOMA made it through the past two broiling summers without a major prison brawl — remarkable, really, considering the state's lockups are packed with groups that...
View ArticleOklahoma House minority leader cooks up unappetizing resolution
The Oklahoman Editorial | email Thousands of Oklahomans participated in a food drive last weekend when letter carriers picked up canned foods at mailboxes for distribution to regional food banks and...
View ArticleBoeing employees appear to like Oklahoma City, site director says
By Jennifer Palmer | email Q&A with Steve Goo Employees Boeing transferred Steve Goo, Oklahoma City Boeing site director Bob Ferguson Multimedia Photoview all photos Article Gallery: Boeing...
View ArticleCar-sharing company brings hourly vehicle rental service to Oklahoma City's...
By Steve Lackmeyer | email Downtown Oklahoma City, already home to the growing bicycle share system Spokies, is getting a car share station like those set up at Oklahoma City University, the...
View ArticleCanada's premier says oil coming, with or without pipeline
By CARA ANNA | email NEW YORK — A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast “absolutely needs to go ahead,” Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be...
View ArticleWineries want to help raise a glass to veterans
By MICHELLE LOCKE | email If you're looking to raise a glass to veterans this Memorial Day, you might consider filling it with wine that will raise funds for them, too. A number of wineries are making...
View ArticleBetween the hedges: Outside investors in Oklahoma energy companies helped...
By Adam Wilmoth | email New York investors recently exerted control at two Oklahoma City energy companies, claiming strong presences on the boards of directors at Chesapeake Energy Corp. and SandRidge...
View ArticleOil and gas prices for May 17
| email OIL AND GAS PRICES Oklahoma oil and gas drilling activity posted Apr. 18: COMPLETION email Show / Hide Comments If you prefer your thoughts to appear in The Oklahoman's Opinion section, we...
View ArticleOGE Energy shareholders vote for directors, additional shares
By Paul Monies | email OGE Energy Corp. shareholders voted to increase the number of authorized shares to make way for a two-for-one stock split and gave their assent to 10 board directors at...
View ArticleOklahoma Municipal Power Authority discusses plans for new generating plant
By Paul Monies | email PONCA CITY — Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority plans to begin construction next year on the state's first natural-gas fired power plant since 2011 on property north of Ponca...
View ArticleOklahoma metals and coins: May 17, 2013
No Author email Metals Gold Coins Bid Change Bid Change Gold, N.Y. troy oz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1387.10 Silver, N.Y. troy oz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . email Show / Hide Comments If...
View ArticleOklahoma energy briefs, May 17
| Modified: May 16, 2013 at 10:10 pm | email PLUGGING IN Oil, gas group selects president email Show / Hide Comments If you prefer your thoughts to appear in The Oklahoman's Opinion section, we...
View ArticleOklahoma business briefs for May 17, 2013
| email Oklahoma briefs Bank companies to merge Summit Bancshares Inc., which operates Summit Bank and has offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, will merge with Missouri-based Commerce Bancshares Inc.,...
View ArticleNorman Regional Health System Hosts Blood Drives – May 21 & 22
By Oklahoma Blood Institute | Modified: May 17, 2013 at 6:14 am | email Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) is partnering with Norman Regional Health Systems to host blood drives. With blood donors’...
View ArticleObama's
BY YOUR NAME Staff Writer email@opubco.com | email WASHINGTON — Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know....
View ArticleTulsa's hotly debated Amber Hilberling case to be featured on NBC's 'Dateline'
By CARY ASPINWALL - Tulsa World | Modified: May 17, 2013 at 6:12 am | email Tulsa's hotly debated Amber Hilberling murder trial will be featured on a nationally televised news program Friday....
View ArticleCharles Krauthammer: Obama’s subjunctive outrage
The Oklahoman Editorial | Modified: May 17, 2013 at 5:41 am | email WASHINGTON — Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we...
View ArticleFoggy morning Friday in central Oklahoma with sunshine in the afternoon
FROM STAFF REPORTS | email After a foggy morning, skies should clear in central Oklahoma Friday with sunshine and temperatures in the low 80s, the National Weather Service reports. email Show / Hide...
View ArticleOklahoma oil and gas prices: May 17, 2013
No Author email OIL AND GAS PRICES Oklahoma oil and gas drilling activity posted Apr. 18: COMPLETION email Show / Hide Comments If you prefer your thoughts to appear in The Oklahoman's Opinion...
View ArticlePowerball jackpot climbs again, reaches $550 million
No Author email Looking for a big payday? Dueling Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are giving many in the USA two chances to strike it rich Friday and Saturday, reports USA Today. email Show /...
View ArticleTulsa group seeks name change for Brady Arts District; namesake linked to KKK
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | email TULSA — A group of Tulsa residents wants to change the name of the Brady Arts District after its namesake was linked with the Ku Klux Klan. Several people went before...
View ArticleTake Home Takeaways
By William Moyers | Modified: May 17, 2013 at 6:27 am | email Four months on the road -- dozens of appearances, rave reviews, pointed disappointments and a few brief "coincidental" encounters. Here...
View ArticleOklahoma death row inmate to ask board for clemency Friday
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | email An Oklahoma death row inmate scheduled to be executed next month plans to ask the state Pardon and Parole Board to commute his death sentence. email NewsOK has disabled...
View ArticleOklahoma officials report attempted jury duty scam
No Author email Authorities are warning of a scam by someone pretending to be “jury duty coordinators.” Residents in Oklahoma and other states have reported getting the calls questioning them about...
View ArticleCrash reported at NW 23 on Interstate 235 Friday
FROM STAFF REPORTS | Modified: May 17, 2013 at 9:54 am | email An injury accident has been reported on northbound Interstate 235 at NW 23 Friday, according to fire radio reports. The wreck was...
View ArticleCanada's prime minister says oil coming, with or without pipeline
By CARA ANNA | email NEW YORK — A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast “absolutely needs to go ahead,” Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be...
View ArticleState jobless rate declines
BY DON MECOY Business Editor dmecoy@opubco.com | email Oklahoma's jobless rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent in April, officials said Friday. The national unemployment rate also...
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