Oklahoma City loses unemployment lead
Minneapolis surpassed Oklahoma City in May as the large metropolitan area with the nation's lowest unemployment rate. BY JAY F. MARKS jmarks@opubco.com • For the first time in more than a year,...
View ArticleOKC RedHawks top Albuquerque
From Staff Reports • RedHawks 4, Albuquerque 3 The Oklahoma City RedHawks survived an early outburst to down the Albuquerque Isotopes 4-3 on Tuesday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Isotopes...
View ArticleHarold Hamm: Energy independence, courtesy of horizontal drilling
BY HAROLD HAMM • America has a long history of achieving the impossible. We defeated the British. We landed on the moon. We invented the Internet. And now we can add horizontal drilling to the list of...
View ArticleOKC RedHawks' Jarred Cosart, Jason Stoffel named to PCL All-Star team
FROM STAFF REPORTS • Oklahoma City RedHawks pitchers Jarred Cosart and Jason Stoffel were named Pacific Coast League All-Stars and will participate in the 2013 Triple-A All-Star Game on July 17 in...
View ArticleOklahoma education briefs for July 3
Oklahoma education briefs for July 3 By Carrie Coppernoll Modified: July 2, 2013 at 7:44 pm • EDUCATION BRIEFS Debaters win awards Three Oklahoma high schools and several students were honored during...
View ArticleOklahoma state news briefs for July 3, 2013
Oklahoma state news briefs for July 3, 2013 • In Brief MCALESTER Police chief loses job Police Chief Jim Lyles was fired Monday after more than nine years as head of the police department. “He was...
View ArticleObama administration delays major requirement of health law
In a major concession to business groups, the Obama administration Tuesday unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until 2105, in a central requirement of the new health care law that medium and...
View ArticleNorman couple put light on Oklahoma history
The couple donated an original floor lamp that was one of about 10 placed in the Senate chamber when it opened in 1918. The nearly 100-year-old lamp spent the past 40 years in a barn. By Michael...
View ArticleCreative Oklahoma, P21 aim to inspire young Oklahomans
BY YOUR NAME Staff Writer email@opubco.com • Creative ideas critical The modern global economy is built on ideas. As a lifelong educator and as president of the University of Central Oklahoma, I've...
View ArticleOKC school board faces crucial hiring decision in replacing superintendent
The Oklahoman Editorial • IN the end, there was no buyout, no news conference and no messy public feud. Karl Springer's announcement Monday night that he would retire after five years as...
View ArticleHighs in the mid-80s Wednesday in central Oklahoma
Pleasant temperatures for summer in Oklahoma continue. Temperatures will be in the mid-80s. FROM STAFF REPORTS • Oklahoma's mild summer temperatures continue Wednesday, the National Weather Service...
View ArticleNorman-area library briefs
Norman-area library briefs FROM STAFF REPORTS • IN BRIEF Ventriloquist to visit libraries Ventriloquist Gary Owen will bring his puppet friends for a pair of performances Monday at the Norman Library,...
View ArticleOklahoma City-area hospitals agree to pay fines for filing inflated Medicare...
OU Medical Center and OU Medical Center Edmond, along with 53 hospitals nationwide, will pay $34 million to settle lawsuit over billing for spinal procedure. By Tim Willert Two Oklahoma City-area...
View ArticleOklahoma energy briefs for July 3, 2013
Oklahoma energy briefs: July 3, 2013 • OKLAHOMA BRIEFS OGE Energy completes stock split OGE Energy Corp. completed a two-for-one stock split Tuesday that occurred before the market opened....
View ArticleMelba's Swap Shop: Celebrate Fourth of July with TV Mix
Melba's Swap Shop: Celebrate Fourth of July with TV Mix • Modified: July 2, 2013 at 5:34 pm • MELBA'S SWAP SHOP CELEBRATE JULY 4TH WITH TV MIX DEAR MELBA: I make this TV Mix every holiday, including...
View ArticleRelief work in Moore shifts focus
Some relief centers in the Moore tornado disaster area are closing, and tornado victims are encouraged to take a day off from cleanup efforts and celebrate July 4. BY PETER WRIGHT • Modified: July 2,...
View ArticleRegardless of party in power, filibuster power is worthwhile
The Oklahoman Editorial • IN 2005, when Barack Obama was still a U.S. senator and George W. Bush was president, Obama vigorously defended the filibuster. He called it a “means of protecting the...
View ArticleTuning In: Wednesday, July 3
tschoenthaler@opubco.com • Wednesday MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m., Albuquerque at Oklahoma City, KGHM-AM 1340 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 p.m., Arizona at N.Y. Mets, ESPN (Cox 29) 7 p.m., Seattle at...
View ArticleEyesores drive down property values, cost city millions, report says
A report says Oklahoma City has more than 12,000 vacant and abandoned properties. By William Crum The cost of allowing a home to rot could hardly be less in Oklahoma City. That's the conclusion of a...
View ArticleOklahoma revenue collections dip slightly from June 2012
• OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State officials say overall collections to the state treasury in June were down about $19 million compared to June 2012, but collections for the entire fiscal year outpaced those...
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