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  • Setting Hollywood straight on gender

    Google Geena Davis and up pops the pose that established her as half of the “first selfie.” The iconic frame from “Thelma & Louise” was reprised and tweeted recently by her co-star Susan Sarandon....

    June 30, 2014

  • Carl McFarland retirement reception Lawyer closing the door on examining Norman’s history

    A piece of land, like a family, has a history. But unlike a family’s genealogy, what happens to that property is well documented. Ownership changes. Plats. Mortgages. Restrictions. Covenants. Probates. Liens. Foreclosures. Divorces. The ...

    June 29, 2014 1 Photo

  • Elected officials responsible for higher education price hike

    Editor, The Transcript: On Monday, the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents approved a proposal to increase costs on students by an average of 4.8 percent. Resident undergraduates enrolled in 15 hours will see their tuition and fees ...

    June 29, 2014

  • Green space is almost gone

    Green space across Norman is destroyed at an alarming rate. Apartment complexes, strip malls and parking lots take the place of trees and fields overnight. Birds and other wildlife are driven out. Recently, the mobile homes disappeared ...

    June 28, 2014

  • Get on the road again

    More Oklahomans are planning to hit the road for the Independence Day holiday next week. The increase may be from the Fourth of July falling on a Friday. It makes for an easy long weekend or a short work week....

    June 28, 2014

  • Some peace of mind

    The earthquakes that have awakened many residents of north central Oklahoma in recent months are getting lots of attention. Reports of the dozens of tremors so far this year are becoming routine news....

    June 28, 2014

  • Veterans answer the call

    Editor, The Transcript: I’ve been a member of American Legion Post 88 for 12 years, since soon after I raised my hand at West Point. I joined because my father and his father were both in the Legion. This past week I visited the post for ...

    June 28, 2014

  • Consumers confident

    Economists seem to be shrugging off the latest numbers about business in the first quarter of the year. They’re blaming the weather and a drop in health care spending for the 2.9 percent drop. The numbers apparently don’t mean much if the ...

    June 27, 2014

  • Please help the animals

    Dear Mayor Rosenthal, I am a volunteer at the animal shelter. All I care about is the animals' welfare. We go and walk and pet the dogs, clean cages and sometimes clean the dogs, too. We pet the cats....

    June 27, 2014

  • Coffee with our cops

    The calls started coming just after 7 a.m. June 9. Lots of police cars at Old School Bagel on Main Street. Something bad must be going down there. Maybe a drug deal gone bad? Shooting? Hostage situation? Yes, something was going on there, ...

    June 27, 2014