By Patrick B. McGuigan Kay Floyd gained 904 votes (63 percent of the total) to gain the Democratic party nomination in the state House District 88 seat in MidTown Oklahoma City. Floyd defeated Mike Dover, who had 499 votes (37 percent). Although turnout was low, it was higher than anticipated by Floyd’s […]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer Grab your flips flops and sunglasses and head for Puggerfest 2012 at Stars & Stripes Park at Lake Hefner, 7398 N. Portland, in Oklahoma City. ‘Puggeritaville, a Tropugal Adventure’ will wag its way into town on Saturday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 9th annual Puggerfest […]
By Patrick B. McGuigan Executive Editor Debates over the source and limits of power are as old as humanity, and as fresh as the joust between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. In a celebrated recent incarnation of this fight, Obama started it. As OCPA’s Mike Carnuccio remembered […]
COMMENTARY: by Tom Price OKLAHOMA CITY — No one who has observed the continuing supply increases in both wet and dry gas and the drastic decline in price associated with both can dispute the fact that producers – several headquartered right here in Oklahoma City — have done an astonishing job on the supply […]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer Making a difference in Oklahoma neighborhoods is what Georgie Rasco is all about. As Executive Director of the Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma, she champions the organization’s mission to create safe, attractive and healthy neighborhoods throughout Central Oklahoma. “The SHINE Program is still very new in OKC but […]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer Internationally renowned chef, author and television host Anthony Bourdain is bringing his first North American tour Guts & Glory to Oklahoma on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 7:00 p.m. Bourdain, armed with new, uncensored material and stories, will appear at the Rose State College Performing Arts Theatre, 6420 Southeast 15th […]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer As part of the 26th Annual Women’s Health Forum, titled ‘Fabulous & Fearless’, Integris Health presents Diane Keaton: Being Fearless in Life on Sunday, September 9 at 5 p.m., at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, in downtown Oklahoma City. The event is free, but space is […]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer Soon after Brian Maughan became District 2 Oklahoma County Commissioner, he saw a need to combine public and private resources to help improve neglected and deteriorated neighborhoods. Working closely with court officials, Maughan created SHINE – Start Helping Impacted Neighborhoods Everywhere, a program that puts low-level offenders and student volunteers to […]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. Founded in 2008, Ubuntu Living, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) organization in Oklahoma City, provides reentry services as well as transitional living to those recently released from incarceration and assistance to others in need. Ubuntu Living began when its founder […]
By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer The Spirit of Friendship 34th Annual Okie Derby weekend will soar out of Wiley Post Airport, on Friday and Saturday, August 17 and 18. The event is sponsored by the Oklahoma Chapter Ninety Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots. The Derby takeoff will be Saturday morning at 8 a.m., […]
