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OKC Zoo marks eighth year of ‘Art Gone Wild’
News Published: Mon, Sep Four, two thousand seventeen
The OKC Zoo’s eighth annual “Art Gone Wild” exhibit will display artwork from alligators and anacondas, ocelots and okapis, snow leopards and sea lions across September.
Beheading defendant insane, defense attorneys say
NORMAN — The court-appointed attorneys for murder defendant Alton Alexander Nolen plan to use an insanity defense at his upcoming jury trial over a beheading at a Moore food plant.
The Oklahoman’s reporter Matt Patterson looks at historical family documents Aug. Twenty two with his cousin, Joyce Gentry, in Ada. Patterson connected with her after taking a DNA test on ancestry.com. [Photo By Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman]
A DNA test brings an Oklahoman reporter up close and individual with his past
Staff Writer Matt Patterson took a DNA test that opened doors to his past
Aaron Kellert is the fresh principal at F. D. Moon Academy in northeast Oklahoma City. [Photo By Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman]
Things are looking up for OKC school that faced closure
F.D. Moon Academy in northeast Oklahoma City has a fresh principal and is getting $Two.Trio million worth of MAPS for Kids renovations, city officials announced this week.
Holly Sjostrom died in two thousand eleven while dating the same bf Sandra Stevens had been dating in 2014. Each woman’s gunshot death was ruled a suicide. The beau was nearby in each case, and the womens’ families blame him for their daughters’ deaths. [Photo provided]
Story of roomie in suspicious OKC suicide case switches
A roomie present the night a northwest Oklahoma City woman died of an apparent suicide in two thousand fourteen now says he heard the fatal gunshot, contradicting what police said he told them that night.
People listen to a choir Sunday during the Homecoming Service for one hundred years of Falls Creek in Davis. [Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman]
Oklahoma Baptists mark Falls Creek centennial
DAVIS — Oklahoma Baptists marked the 100th anniversary of Falls Creek with a joyous adore service Sunday that drew more than Five,000 people to the beloved camp and conference center near Davis.
A FEMA rescue team evacuates people from a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. Twenty eight in Houston. [AP Photo]
Americana: True colors showcase in disasters
Texans have a telling that goes, "Everything’s thicker in Texas." However it applies generally to boots and restaurant portions, Hurricane Harvey brought them a BIG flood.
Majs. Dan and Mary Matthews, the fresh leaders of The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Instruction, pose for a picture in the chapel at The Salvation Army Center of Hope, one thousand one N Pennsylvania in Oklahoma City. [Oklahoman Archives]
Time as Russian missionaries led to Salvation Army, leaders say
Majs. Dan and Mary Matthews, the fresh leaders of The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Instruction, determined to embark on their careers with the faith-based organization after a mission excursion to Russia.
Mason Rudolph (Two) will lean on his defensive reads to determine which of his numerous weapons he’ll target. [PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN]
Rudolph about winning more than pleasing
Mason Rudolph keeps it ordinary in distributing the football on OSU’s receiver-rich offense: he’ll throw to whoever’s open.
AP sources: Trump expected to end DACA program
President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for youthfull immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children — but with a six-month delay.
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LIVE: Mike Gundy press conference
News Published: Mon, Sep Four, two thousand seventeen
The OKC Zoo’s eighth annual “Art Gone Wild” exhibit will display artwork from alligators and anacondas, ocelots and okapis, snow leopards and sea lions across September.
Beheading defendant insane, defense attorneys say
NORMAN — The court-appointed attorneys for murder defendant Alton Alexander Nolen plan to use an insanity defense at his upcoming jury trial over a beheading at a Moore food plant.
The Oklahoman’s reporter Matt Patterson looks at historical family documents Aug. Twenty two with his cousin, Joyce Gentry, in Ada. Patterson connected with her after taking a DNA test on ancestry.com. [Photo By Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman]
A DNA test brings an Oklahoman reporter up close and private with his past
Staff Writer Matt Patterson took a DNA test that opened doors to his past
Aaron Kellert is the fresh principal at F. D. Moon Academy in northeast Oklahoma City. [Photo By Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman]
Things are looking up for OKC school that faced closure
F.D. Moon Academy in northeast Oklahoma City has a fresh principal and is getting $Two.Three million worth of MAPS for Kids renovations, city officials announced this week.
Holly Sjostrom died in two thousand eleven while dating the same beau Sandra Stevens had been dating in 2014. Each woman’s gunshot death was ruled a suicide. The beau was nearby in each case, and the womens’ families blame him for their daughters’ deaths. [Photo provided]
Story of roomy in suspicious OKC suicide case switches
A roomy present the night a northwest Oklahoma City woman died of an apparent suicide in two thousand fourteen now says he heard the fatal gunshot, contradicting what police said he told them that night.
People listen to a choir Sunday during the Homecoming Service for one hundred years of Falls Creek in Davis. [Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman]
Oklahoma Baptists mark Falls Creek centennial
DAVIS — Oklahoma Baptists marked the 100th anniversary of Falls Creek with a joyous idolize service Sunday that drew more than Five,000 people to the beloved camp and conference center near Davis.
A FEMA rescue team evacuates people from a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. Twenty eight in Houston. [AP Photo]
Americana: True colors demonstrate in disasters
Texans have a telling that goes, "Everything’s fatter in Texas." Tho’ it applies generally to boots and restaurant portions, Hurricane Harvey brought them a BIG flood.
Majs. Dan and Mary Matthews, the fresh leaders of The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Directive, pose for a picture in the chapel at The Salvation Army Center of Hope, one thousand one N Pennsylvania in Oklahoma City. [Oklahoman Archives]
Time as Russian missionaries led to Salvation Army, leaders say
Majs. Dan and Mary Matthews, the fresh leaders of The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Directive, determined to embark on their careers with the faith-based organization after a mission excursion to Russia.
Mason Rudolph (Two) will lean on his defensive reads to determine which of his numerous weapons he’ll target. [PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN]
Rudolph about winning more than pleasing
Mason Rudolph keeps it plain in distributing the football on OSU’s receiver-rich offense: he’ll throw to whoever’s open.
AP sources: Trump expected to end DACA program
President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for youthful immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children — but with a six-month delay.
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Voting is open as Oklahoma ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer
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Leave behind walking and chewing gum at the same time: 12-year-old Oklahoma ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer demonstrated tonight on "America’s Got Talent" that she can walk, control a puppet and belt an Aretha Franklin classic on.
one hundred eighty five MPH: Hurricane Irma’s Winds Roar As It Nears Caribbean Islands
"Hurricane Irma has intensified into an enormously dangerous Category five hurricane," the National Hurricane Center says, citing the latest data from NOAA and Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft.
Houston Rockets to sell for NBA record $Two.Two billion
Now-former Houston Rockets possessor Leslie Alexander has set a fresh NBA record.
Alex Abrines, front, shown here in a playoff game against the Rockets, is playing for his native Spain at FIBA EuroBasket, but has missed three games with an apparent injury. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]
Thunder journal: Injured Abrines sitting at EuroBasket
Thunder guard Alex Abrines has missed Spain’s past three games at FIBA EuroBasket with an apparent injury.
Movie: Kevin Durant talks OKC fans, conquering ‘the entire cupcake thing’
Durant has seemingly embraced his transformation among Thunder fans from beloved figure to loathed Warriors starlet.
Man arrested in connection with Friday fatal shooting in SW OKC
A 27-year-old man was arrested Friday, accused of shooting and killing a man at a southwest Oklahoma City home.
The Rev. Dr. John-Mark Hart speaks Tuesday during a news conference for the Deferred Activity for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, at Santa Fe South in Oklahoma City. [Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman]
Deadline placed on DACA results in uncertainty for thousands in state
For almost 7,500 undocumented immigrants in Oklahoma, many of whom have only known a life in the United States, deportation ease found under the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, will come to an end in six months without an act of Congress.
Grand opening planned for Blake Shelton’s Ole Crimson Tishomingo
Ole Crimson Tishomingo, a restaurant, live music venue and retail space, will feast its grand opening with an Opry-style spectacle and block party on Saturday, Sept. Thirty in Shelton’s adopted hometown of Tishomingo.
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A statue of a Confederate soldier “at rest” was placed in front of the Bryan County courthouse in 1917. This photo was taken by The Oklahoman in 1959. [Oklahoman Archives Photo]
Building names and monuments honoring Confederate soldiers are under scrutiny.
Building names and monuments honoring Confederate generals and soldiers who fought during the Civil War are again under scrutiny following violent protests last week in Charlottesville, Virginia, when white nationalists objected to the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee and clashed with counter protesters.
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OSU Cowboys Cowboys better suited to avoid trap games
Voting is open as Oklahoma ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer
A&E Updated: three hr ago
Leave behind walking and chewing gum at the same time: 12-year-old Oklahoma ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer displayed tonight on "America’s Got Talent" that she can walk, control a puppet and belt an Aretha Franklin classic on.
one hundred eighty five MPH: Hurricane Irma’s Winds Roar As It Nears Caribbean Islands
"Hurricane Irma has intensified into an utterly dangerous Category five hurricane," the National Hurricane Center says, citing the latest data from NOAA and Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft.
Houston Rockets to sell for NBA record $Two.Two billion
Now-former Houston Rockets holder Leslie Alexander has set a fresh NBA record.
Alex Abrines, front, shown here in a playoff game against the Rockets, is playing for his native Spain at FIBA EuroBasket, but has missed three games with an apparent injury. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]
Thunder journal: Injured Abrines sitting at EuroBasket
Thunder guard Alex Abrines has missed Spain’s past three games at FIBA EuroBasket with an apparent injury.
Movie: Kevin Durant talks OKC fans, conquering ‘the entire cupcake thing’
Durant has seemingly embraced his transformation among Thunder fans from beloved figure to loathed Warriors starlet.
Man arrested in connection with Friday fatal shooting in SW OKC
A 27-year-old man was arrested Friday, accused of shooting and killing a man at a southwest Oklahoma City home.
The Rev. Dr. John-Mark Hart speaks Tuesday during a news conference for the Deferred Activity for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, at Santa Fe South in Oklahoma City. [Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman]
Deadline placed on DACA results in uncertainty for thousands in state
For almost 7,500 undocumented immigrants in Oklahoma, many of whom have only known a life in the United States, deportation ease found under the Deferred Activity for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, will come to an end in six months without an act of Congress.
Grand opening planned for Blake Shelton’s Ole Crimson Tishomingo
Ole Crimson Tishomingo, a restaurant, live music venue and retail space, will feast its grand opening with an Opry-style spectacle and block party on Saturday, Sept. Thirty in Shelton’s adopted hometown of Tishomingo.
Latest updates, blogs and articles
A statue of a Confederate soldier “at rest” was placed in front of the Bryan County courthouse in 1917. This photo was taken by The Oklahoman in 1959. [Oklahoman Archives Photo]
Building names and monuments honoring Confederate soldiers are under scrutiny.
Building names and monuments honoring Confederate generals and soldiers who fought during the Civil War are again under scrutiny following violent protests last week in Charlottesville, Virginia, when white nationalists objected to the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee and clashed with counter protesters.