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A Democratic candidate for Oklahoma's lieutenant governor's seat said he would become Oklahoma's chief job recruiter if elected to the post during a speech at an OU Young Democrats meeting Tuesday in Dale Hall.
Pat McFerron is a veteran pollster, but he admits he was surprised by the results of one of his latest endeavors.It showed 91 percent of Oklahoma residents support further development of wind farms in the state, while 72 percent are willing to pay more for electricity generated by wind.McFerron said 62 percent of the 600 people polled in the Sept. 20-24 telephone survey even indicated they were ...
ENID — Former city attorney and animal activist Carol Lahman said opponents of the city’s livestock ordinance have filed a petition calling for a citywide election on the law. The city commission at its Nov. 10 meeting approved the controversial ordinance, which changed the way livestock animals are kept in Enid.Lahman filed the petition containing about 500 signatures with the city clerk ...
LOVE COUNTY, OKLA – In a matter of days, residents of Love County will decide whether to upgrade their current 911 dispatch center to an "Enhanced" 911 system. Monday night, the county 911 Board held its final community forum on the upcoming election. Shelby Levins reports.
NORMAN — Hundreds of people spent the night outside Hastings Books — and several hundred more joined them this morning — to get wristbands giving them a chance to get Sarah Palin's autograph. The former vice presidential candidate and governor of Alaska is due at 7 p.m. to begin signing copies of her memoir "Going Rogue." Norman is her only Oklahoma stop on a national book-signing tour. The ...
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's tour to promote her book 'Going Rogue' makes its only Oklahoma stop in Norman, at Hastings Books, 2300 W. Main St.
A renaissance cityAs past chairman of the International Downtown Association, I have the opportunity to speak with urban leaders from around world. I’m always proud of people’s reaction when they learn that I’m from Oklahoma City. As a city, we’re now on the international radar as a renaissance city, a growing metro area respected by our peers. Responsibility for the tremendous renaissance ...
With the general election still a year away, lawyers and doctors have ponied up more than $1.3 million for Oklahoma’s 2010 gubernatorial campaigns, a review of state Ethics Commission reports shows.The reports, which include contributions through Sept. 30, show private practice lawyers alone account for more than one-quarter of the just over $3 million taken in by the four declared candidates ...
IRVING, Texas — For the second time this season and ninth in her career, Oklahoma State’s Andrea Riley was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week by a media voting panel for games played from Nov. 23-29.
Public invited to OSU-OKC’s Holiday Tree Lighting CeremonyOklahoma Sate University-Oklahoma City invites the public to attend the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Thursday by the pond, east of the Administration Building
For more information, call the phone number or use the e-mail address provided. To submit items, call Heather Warlick-Moore at 475-4098 or send e-mail to hwarlick@opubco.com. Please submit items at least 10 days before publication. Tour →Midwest City Council of Garden Clubs will hold its annual Holiday Homes Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $5 and will ...