DHS is thankful for students’ efforts 7 hr ago | Add a comment Oklahoma families statewide are preparing for the holidays by shopping for turkeys, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pies and all the traditional fixings for a perfect Thanksgiving dinner. But for some...

Social progress is school’s goal 44 min ago | Add a comment Kevin McPherson bears a lot of social responsibility. He initiated a drug treatment program called CARE for Change in northeast Oklahoma City with the help of a fellow graduate student. He started...

UPDATE 1 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...

SCOUTING 1 hr ago | Add a comment 12 advance in Ada The Eagle Scout rank is being presented to 12 members of Troop 4, Ada. • When: 3 p.m. today at the First Christian Church, 101 E 13 St., in Ada. The presentation ceremony is...

Marrow donation saves sister's life 9 hr ago | Add a comment NOBLE — Makenzie Driever, 8, is a "rough-and-tumble girl.” When bruises started showing up on Makenzie’s body last May, her parents didn’t think much about it at first....

'Superhero' recycles; do you? 8 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Like most caped crusaders, Sue Madole has two sides. She spends her days as a Norman elementary school teacher. But, she’s also an environmental warrior, and when she starts...

Dads' club helps students celebrate Thanksgiving 9 hr ago | Add a comment Dads served up a Thanksgiving meal Thursday at Washington Irving Elementary. No, it wasn’t a dress rehearsal for carving the turkey on Thanksgiving Day. It was the school’s Dads’...

Jones High School has a new lunch place 9 hr ago | Add a comment JONES — For the first time in about a year, students at Jones High School have the chance to eat their breakfasts and lunches on school property. District officials opened the school’s...

Tulsa girl returned safely; father captured Thu, Nov 20, 2008 TULSA — A girl was checked out of her elementary school here by an escaped convict this morning, police said. Waynequa Golson was checked out of Bell Elementary School by her father, Bruce...

Mustang students score favorably on standard tests Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment MUSTANG — Test scores in the Mustang School District continue to rise, officials said. School officials announced that the district’s Academic Performance Index rose to 1362, a...

Tardy paperwork will hurt Oklahoma school districts Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 1 Two school districts face penalties because they missed the deadline to turn in school improvement plans to the state Education Department. Officials for Picher-Cardin turned in the plan Tuesday,...

First-graders in Crescent learn how to speak Chinese Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment CRESCENT — With an eye cast toward the future, Crescent School officials hope a new program started this year will give their children the skills they need to compete in the 21st century....

Nichols Hills meeting on school renovations planned Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Nichols Hills School renovationA community meeting is planned for 6 p.m. Monday to discuss renovations at Nichols Hills Elementary School, 1301 W Wilshire Blvd. The $2.1 million renovation is part...

Wednesday's Top TV Picks Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment →"Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work,” 7 p.m., OETA-13. A look inside the royal family’s headquarters, Buckingham Palace. →"Life,” 8 p.m., KFOR-4. When a...

Crescent first-graders learn Chinese language skills Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment CRESCENT — With an eye cast toward the future, Crescent School officials hope a new program started this year will give their children the skills they need to compete in the 21st century....

Prep boys basketball: Harrison Dupont fine-tunes game Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment MIDWEST CITY — When Jay Price took over at Carl Albert six years ago, he quickly discovered he didn’t have a seventh-grade boys basketball coach. So he asked his dad, Pat Price, who had...

Students ask former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating the write questions Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Comments 9 Frank Keating looked his inquisitors in the eye — and laughed. Nearly 60 Oklahoma City second-graders were grilling the former governor about his age, his kids, his hobbies, where he grew up...

Remediation plan to be discussed by Norman school board Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment NORMAN — Members of the Norman School Board on Monday will discuss a remediation plan for middle school students who are not doing well in math, reading or both. The board will meet at 7...

Crescent students learn Chinese Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment CRESCENT — With an eye cast toward the future, Crescent School officials hope a new program started this year will give their children the skills they need to compete in the 21st century....

Lockdown at Rogers Middle School in Spencer lifted Fri, Nov 14, 2008 SPENCER -- School officials have locked down Rogers Middle School because of a report of a home invasion in the area this morning, said Kathleen Kennedy, Oklahoma City Schools spokeswoman Access...