Constructive tone helps News 9 ‘Educate Oklahoma’
A local commercial during News 9's special report, Educate Oklahoma, proclaims “Join us.” That same message resonates through the entire first part of the two-hour program.
A...
SmartHours ruling angers some, confuses most
In my adulthood, I have attended many public meetings and dug many nuggets of truth from the banks of complex civic process. Still, the...
Editorial: Geneva Smith, 84-year-old pepper sprayed by Muskogee police, deserved better
Fox 23 out of Tulsa has obtained and published Muskogee Police Department body-camera footage that shows an officer pepper spraying 84-year-old Geneva Smith inside her...
Sundaze: Design conversations on Oklahoma’s new plate
On design conversations for the new
Oklahoma license plate ...
"I imagine the design conversations went something like this. However, what I'd really like to see is...
Revisiting the Piñata Store after one year of NonDoc
In August 2015, managing editor Josh "keistering" McBee and I spent much of our time trying to recondition our writing chops by putting pieces in...
Paul Blair questions Oklahoma’s ‘future’ in bitter letter
After losing in Tuesday's GOP runoff, Edmond pastor Paul Blair asserted that Oklahoma "has got no future" in a defiant letter Wednesday evening issued through his advocacy organization,...
BYU policy on homosexuality should keep it out of Big 12
During my early years as a journalist at the State Capitol, legislators proposed a constitutional amendment recognizing marriage as a union of only one...
Media go (truck) nuts for new Oklahoma license plate
Gov. Mary Fallin yanked a drape off a wide piece of flimsy metal Monday afternoon, a proverbial starter's pistol for media sprinting to get...
The man set free by Hurricane Katrina
At 5 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2005, the National Hurricane Center warned of a tropical depression in the Bahamas.
Six days later, Hurricane Katrina would level much...
River, railroad & roadways: Rebuild huge for I-235 & I-44
Press was released last week informing OKC drivers that one of the city's main highway intersections will be slow-going for the next three years.
Put...
