Welcome Home - OCU School of Law
Special publication for the grand opening of the OCU School of Law new facility. Majority of copy written by Heide Brandes
Long Road To Liberty
Long Road to Liberty Defining the African-American experience in Oklahoma, these pioneers came to settle one of America's last frontiers and create a new state.
Evolve or Dissolve - the Ongoing Evolution of Desmond Mason
“I’ve always been the outsider,” Desmond Mason said, his tall, NBA-sized frame squashed in the small metal coffee shop chair. “I’m an outsider in the art world. I was an outsider in the basketball world.
Battle Lines drawn as Oklahoma Lawmakers Take Aim at Gays
OKLAHOMA CITY – A raft of proposed laws in socially conservative Oklahoma, criticized for being discriminatory measures aimed at limiting the rights of gay and transgender people, has prompted a pushback from human rights groups seeking to sink the proposals.
Want to See Chinese Art? Visit Taiwan
After more than a half hour waiting in a line with what seemed to be hundreds of Chinese tourists, I stared at a cabbage.
After Spoiled Butterfly Bash, One Oklahoma Town Tries to Help Monarchs
(Reuters) - The small town of Blanchard, Oklahoma, threw a big party this fall, but the guests of honor did not show up. Residents suspect foul play somewhere on the guests' international trek to the festivities.
Trap, Neuter, Release
On a dark Thursday night that promised rain, MaryDoris Casey was creeping around some dumpsters behind a row of fast food restaurants and wading through overgrown lots filled with the detritus of empty soda cups and food bags.
Oklahoma unveils new execution protocols
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma set up new procedures on executions that include increasing by five times the dosage of a controversial sedative that was among the drugs used in a botched execution in April, which prompted the state to suspend lethal injections.
Victim in Oklahoma Food Warehouse Was Beheaded
A worker killed in an attack at an Oklahoma food distribution warehouse on Thursday was beheaded and the suspect, a fired coworker, had reportedly tried to convert his colleagues to Islam, law enforcement officials said on Friday.
Oklahoma Rape Suspect Arrested in Coma Dies
An Oklahoma suspect in multiple rapes who was arrested after a car crash left him in a coma died at a hospital on Tuesday hours before he was to be formally charged, prosecutors said.
Oklahoma Native Americans Tame Twisters with Sacred Rituals
Just over a year ago, tribal elder Gordon Yellowman watched on the TV news as a mile-wide tornado roared toward the homes of his Cheyenne-Arapaho people in Oklahoma.
On Iconic Route 66, German, Italian POWs Lie In Oklahoma Graves
Along America's most fabled road, Route 66, lie the almost forgotten graves of German and Italian prisoners of war brought to Oklahoma some 70 years ago and who now rest in the red soil of a former Wild West pioneer outpost.
Best Day Hikes at Yosemite National Park
The hike up the Sentinel Dome in the Yosemite National Park seemed impossible from a distance.
The huge rounded dome of limestone jutted up from the trail like an intimidating monolith, and as we hiked past the conifer trees that smelled like vanilla, we wondered how on earth anyone would be able to scale that giant, round rock face to get to the top.
Geological Society issues rare earthquake warning
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Oklahoma Geological Society issued a rare earthquake warning Monday for Oklahoma due to a major increase in earthquakes shaking the state, and many residents are heeding that warning.
Oklahoma examines what went wrong in execution
The autopsy of an inmate who died, apparently of a heart attack, during a botched execution was begun on Wednesday in Oklahoma, while Governor Mary Fallin called for an investigation into what went wrong in the death chamber.
Inspiration to Action - Actor Gary Sinise fights for disabled vets
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Rusty Dunagan was seven weeks into his second tour of combat when a bomb took almost everything but his life.
Oklahoma does not have the drugs available for executions
Oklahoma, as of Monday, did not have the drugs needed to conduct an execution scheduled for this week but aims to obtain chemicals for the lethal injection by the time the death sentence is to be implemented on Thursday, officials said.
Oklahoma, Frenchwoman in tug-of-art over stolen Nazi painting
A 128-year-old French impressionist painting plundered by the Nazis during World War Two has become a political football in Oklahoma, with lawmakers calling for its immediate return and the state's pre-eminent university looking to keep the work.
The Vintage Doll
The Vintage Doll, Mimi LaRue, is adorable in a 1950s-style pink and white dress, white stellar heels and flesh-toned hose with that iconic black seam down the back. Her lips are as red as cherries and her eyes flutter with that cat-like swoop of liquid black eyeliner. But it’s her hair that ties the whole look together.