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Good stewardship was the theme of Thursday evening’s meeting of the Moore Norman Technology Center board of education on its South Penn campus in Oklahoma City....

NORMAN — The Norman Utilities Authority faces inflation and increased costs just like every other business. Unlike private businesses, however, the NUA and its sister trash service, the Norman Municipal Authority, cannot raise rates to meet costs without a vote of approval by Norman residents.

NORMAN — Dear Dr. Fox: I have a little shih tzu/Lhasa-mix. She is 4 years old. She’s had an endoscopy of her stomach, an ultrasound and a check for colic disease performed.

Sales tax collections for the city of Norman are up this month with February receipts 11.87 percent above collections for the same time last year, but that figure is misleading, according to Norman Finance Director Anthony Francisco. ...

Hong Jeon and Mark Haley have been chosen as Rotary students of the month for February by the Norman Rotary Club. The two attend lunch meetings with the club and are eligible for a year-end scholarship....

Cleveland County sheriff’s deputies apprehended a fugitive last week who was reported to be the highest ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood who was not incarcerated....

While four designated city storm shelters will remain open this year, Norman is moving toward a “shelter in place” strategy for next year. The city currently has public shelters at schools with recreational centers — Whittier, Cleveland, ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning historians and authors David McCullough and David Kennedy will headline the University of Oklahoma’s “Teach-In on the Great Depression and World War II.” They will be joined by four additional leading historians who ...

Senate Bill 1062, the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act, passed with an 8-2 vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee and now heads to a floor vote before the full Senate....

The cause of the fire that took the lives of a father and his 3-year-old daughter in southeast Norman last month was determined to be electrical in nature said Deputy Fire Chief Jim Bailey on Tuesday....

Internationally-renowned education reform expert Michael Fullan’s strategies for positive change rang especially true with his audience of University of Oklahoma education students, professors and Norman Public Schools personnel Tuesday ...

NORMAN — City mandates on developers are resulting in heavier work loads and cost to county road crews, according to the Cleveland County Board of County Commissioners. Worst of all, it’s a problem that is growing rather than shrinking.

A bill aimed at cutting through red tape for military families seeking to enroll their children in a new school has passed its first test. Sen. Anthony Sykes is the principal author of Senate Bill 759, the Deployed Parents School Act of ...

You know at first glance that “The Dionysus Connection” by Liz Cowan is a romance. What else, with that gorgeous hunk of man wearing a Lone Ranger mask and little else, on the cover? And you must believe that Max and Danielle will get ...

Oklahoma’s adversarial workers’ compensation system will be replaced with an administrative system under a measure unveiled Monday in the Oklahoma Senate. SB 1062, authored by Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman and co-authored by ...

Norman Police Sgt. Jennifer Newell will speak to the Norman Chapter of Parents Helping Parents at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Education Center at Norman Regional Hospital, 901 N. Porter Ave. Newell, with the Community Services Section, will ...

The Oklahoma Small Business Development Center is offering a Business Basics course from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday to answer questions about starting small businesses. After the course, speakers can help guide attendees through the process ...

Verizon Wireless stores across the state are offering in-store wireless workshops to help smartphone and tablet users get the most out of their devices. In Norman, a workshop will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Verizon Wireless ...

The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office wants to warn citizens of a scam that is targeting the county....

The Cleveland County Master Gardeners will present a series of basic “how to garden” workshops on Saturday mornings during March. The series is designed for those have the urge but have never had the opportunity to learn about gardening. ...