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Paula Lewis (L) and Stan Hupfeld

Hupfeld donors give $106,000 for OKCPS school board campaign

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People of financial means in Oklahoma City are determined to get Stanley Hupfeld elected chair of Oklahoma City Public Schools board of education. Latest campaign...
Supt Aurora Lora answers questions

Consolidation of small OKCPS schools postponed

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Small neighborhood elementary schools in Oklahoma City Public Schools will remain in place for the 2017-18 school year. The decision to spend another year studying...
OKCPS consolidation forum - Gatewood

Gatewood, Edgemere parents resist school closures

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The largest rooms at Gatewood and Edgemere elementary schools were filled with angry parents Tuesday night. They were there to resist a plan proposed by...
Pete White retires

White takes one last very long OKC Council Meeting in stride

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Council members were saying their public goodbyes to Ward 4 Councilman Pete White at the end of the Oklahoma City Council meeting Tuesday. The south...
Jonathan Yarbor and James Ross

Nodecraft increases game offerings, upgrades user tools

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Game server hosting company Nodecraft will celebrate its fifth anniversary in May, but co-founders Jonathan Yarbor and James Ross are not waiting for the...
Ervin Yen

Anti-vaxxers win in Oklahoma Senate

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Pressures from anti-vaccination groups killed Oklahoma Senate Bill 83 Thursday. If passed into law, it would have required parents to view materials about the dangers of refusing...
Northeast Academy

Consolidation plan would close NE Academy, five other schools

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Northeast Academy and five elementary schools may close as soon as next year because of a new consolidation plan proposed Monday night. The plan is...
Ralph Shortey

Pastor thinks there is a hidden factor in Shortey’s downfall

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There seems to be a big difference between Senator Ralph Shortey's public persona and his secret behaviors recently revealed by a public arrest and...
David Castillo, president/CEO of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce

Young prof Hispanic leaders craft skills

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David Castillo’s Latino Leadership OKC class attended the Oklahoma City Council meeting Tuesday. The well-dressed, alert young adults took notes and watch intently. “Now more...
Aspasia Carlson, POY

Aspasia Carlson named Oklahoma HS Principal of the Year

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Aspasia Carlson has been named Oklahoma High School Principal of the Year by the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration Free Press learned early...
Joe Carter and Millwood Falcons

New Millwood baseball park pride of NE OKC

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Joe Carter hit a 3-run, walk-off homer for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993 that clinched the World Series for them. Even people in...
West view from rooftop terrace

New OCCC satellite campus nears completion

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For more photos see the gallery at the bottom of this page Oklahoma City Community College is investing around $8 million overall in the future...
Imam Enchassi leading prayer

Muslim Day at Capitol – prayerful connections

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Muslims came to a city church for education in the morning Thursday and then to the Oklahoma Capitol for public prayer and time with their...
COO Scott Randall (L), Supt Aurora Lora

OKCPS gets $10 million from council for admin building

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A long-vacant former bank building at 615 N. Classen will begin its transformation into a new Oklahoma City Public Schools administration building starting this...
Bennett at Grill on the Hill

Engaged voters

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Two meetings on either end of Friday at popular restaurants in Oklahoma City gave Rep. Forrest Bennett, D-OKC, a way to keep up with...