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Editorials
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Not even close

    The election that most observers thought would surely go to a runoff wasn’t even that close Tuesday night. U.S. Rep. James Lankford polled more than 57 percent of the vote with T.W. Shannon, his closest competitor, at 34 percent in the ...

    June 26, 2014

  • Kids boost economy

    The influx of hundreds of immigrant children at Fort Sill has an economic benefit for the community, too....

    June 25, 2014

  • More time to talk

    There are lots of opinions about e-cigarettes — so many that the Food and Drug Administration is extending the amount of time it set aside to take public comments....

    June 24, 2014

  • Our local choices

    A couple of the statewide races in Tuesday’s primary election have generated some excitement. Contests for the unexpired U.S. Senate term, Corporation Commission and Superintendent of Schools posts have engaged and enraged voters....

    June 23, 2014

  • Keeping their promise

    With help from the Attorney General, Oklahoma really is keeping its promise to college-bound students. The legislature’s attempt to use $8 million from a nearly 25-year old college scholarship program was ruled illegal this week by AG ...

    June 21, 2014

  • Feeling pain at the pump

    Just in time for the first official day of summer, gasoline prices are beginning to inch upward. AAA this week said the Iraqi civil war is fueling higher pump prices in the U.S. The average Oklahoma price for self-serve gasoline is $3.484, ...

    June 20, 2014