UPDATE 5 hr ago | Add a comment Tobacco settlement, 10 years in A decade ago when states sued big tobacco companies, officials were hoping the result would be a decrease in the number of youth who begin smoking. In Oklahoma, that...

IN BRIEF 5 hr ago | Add a comment National Weather Service offers workshop on technologies NORMAN — The National Weather Service’s "Next Generation Warning Services Workshop” is scheduled for Dec. 2-4 at the...

OCAST approves $316,142 research internship awards Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment The board of OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, has approved six new Research and Development Intern Partnership awards. Since 1998 the OCAST R&D Intern...

Lunch set on Langston’s progress Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Langston University President JoAnn Haysbert will host a luncheon Thursday in Oklahoma City for a group of service organization leaders and will update them on Langston’s progress toward its...

Oklahoma students vow to fight violence Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Teasing, gossip, bullying and name-calling are root causes of violence among today’s youths, a coordinator for a group trying to curb violent acts in Oklahoma’s schools said Tuesday....

Donate blood at OCCC Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Give blood If you have an hour or so to spare today, give blood at the Oklahoma City Community College Blood Drive at 7777 S May Ave.

Smoking ban is up for vote at Rose State Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 2 MIDWEST CITY — The Rose State College student senate will vote today on a resolution to ban smoking on campus. The senate will meet at 2 p.m. at the Student Center, 6420 SE 15. The senate...

OU, OSU score high in boss pay Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 15 The presidents at Oklahoma’s two largest universities earn above the median for these positions, with University of Oklahoma President David Boren collecting $550,544 a year and Oklahoma...

CAMPUS BRIEFS Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment OKLAHOMA CITY Rally is for free tuition Oklahoma City Community College is kicking off this year’s free tuition program with a pep rally Wednesday at Southeast High School. The rally starts...

IN BRIEF: Education Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment CAMPUS PEP RALLY CELEBRATES FREE TUITION Oklahoma City Community College is kicking off this year’s free tuition program with a pep rally Wednesday at Southeast High School. The rally starts...

OSU researchers receive grants for biofuel study Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment STILLWATER -- A group of researchers at Oklahoma State University has received a $20 million grant to work on converting grasses into biofuels. The Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate...

Oklahoma may not have money for tuition freeze Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Comments 6 LAWMAKERS and higher education officials stand to gain some serious brownie points in the coming year if they manage to enact tuition freezes in this uncertain economic climate. Whether it will...

Campus arrest brings changes at Langston University Sat, Nov 15, 2008 LANGSTON — With a man now charged with taking a taking a firearm on campus, which led to Tuesday’s accidental shooting of a student, Langston University officials have turned their...

Amber Insomya joins Keller Williams Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment CHOCTAW — Amber Insomya has joined Keller Williams Realty East, 14404 SE 29 in Choctaw, as a residential real estate sales associate. She graduated from Rose State College. She finished...

Noise tests Va. Tech reaction Thu, Nov 13, 2008 BLACKSBURG, Va. — An exploding cartridge from a nail gun was the source of gunshot-like sounds that prompted a lockdown of a residence hall on Virginia Tech’s campus Thursday,...

CRIME AND COURTS | IN BRIEF Fri, Nov 14, 2008 SAPULPA MOM SENTENCED IN SON’S DEATH Almost two years to the day of an accident that led to the premature delivery and death of her son, Lanie Moody, 28, was sentenced to 10 years in prison,...

Langston shooting brings student suspensions Thu, Nov 13, 2008 LANGSTON — Four Langston University students have been suspended in the wake of a campus shooting Tuesday that sent another student to a hospital with a bullet through his shoulder,...

Burns Hargis: No room for failure in Oklahoma students' future Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 4 John Marshall High School senior Mellissia Jones said a visit from Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis showed her she has no room to fail. "Him just being here as a John Marshall...

Photo exhibit opens today at UCO Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment Entertainment Photo exhibit"Iconic Commonalities,” a showcase of the photography of Joe Harjo and Skyler Smith, opens today in the Donna Nigh Gallery Exhibit Hall at the University of...

Langston University releases names of students involved in shooting Wed, Nov 12, 2008 Langston University officials identified Christopher Talley, 20, of Spencer as the student shot in the shoulder Tuesday at a campus apartment.