CHRISTMAS IDEAS 21 hr ago | Add a comment Deluxe Indie Craft Bazaar set for holiday shopping What if holiday shopping didn’t have to entail a stressful trip to the mall or a big-box store? What if your hard-earned dollars could go...

Give Oklahoma gift Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Gift giving during the holiday season can be more tedious than joyful. Most people know a person who is particularly hard to buy for. Give the gift of Oklahoma this year. Sometimes the best gift...

Broken Arrow sanctuary will keep liger after killing Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment BROKEN ARROW — Federal officials are still investigating last month’s fatal liger attack at a wildlife sanctuary east of Broken Arrow. Peter Getz, 32, was attacked while feeding the...

Liger that fatally mauled Broken Arrow worker allowed to live Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment BROKEN ARROW (AP) - A big cat that fatally mauled a worker at a wildlife sanctuary won't be euthanized. Thirty-two-year-old Peter Getz was mauled by Rocky the liger -- a cross between a male...

D.C. officials bracing for up to 3 million visitors Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration has officials in the nation’s capital bracing for an unprecedented turnout of possibly 3 million people or more, District...

Yukon Christmas light display opens Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Yukon’s annual Christmas in the Park light display opens Saturday and continues from 6 to 11 p.m. daily through Dec. 31. The drive-through tour is at City Park, 2200 S Holly, and Chisholm...

Second stimulus plan draws mixed support from Oklahoma lawmakers Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Comments 10 WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn says the Senate should spend this week focused on the economy, not on a package of public lands bills on which he has blocked action. But some other Oklahoma...

Burial artifacts key in English whodunit Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment "The Salisbury Manuscript” (SOHO Constable, $24.95) by Philip Gooden is about a man sneaking artifacts from an English burial mound near Salisbury in the 1870s. He is killed by an...

Moore to discuss road work, park name Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment MOORE — Moore City Council members will meet Monday to discuss road construction, naming a city park and installing a cell phone tower. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at city hall, 301 N...

Oklahoma veterans honored on Veterans Day Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Comments 11 Hundreds of people have gathered at ceremonies in Oklahoma City to honor the state's veterans on Veteran's Day. Veterans of conflicts stretching from World War II to Iraq gathered at the 45th...

Home and garden calendar Sun, Nov 9, 2008 | Add a comment For more information, call the telephone number or use the e-mail or Web address provided. Programs are free unless otherwise noted. To submit home and garden items for the calendar, call Heather...

Myriad Botanical Gardens holding photography contest Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Add a comment Myriad Botanical Gardens holding photography contest Local shutterbugs, focus your cameras on the Myriad Botanical Gardens’ first photography competition and exhibition, "Gardens in...

South Dakota issues ‘no-travel advisory’ Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment RAPID CITY, S.D. — A wintry blast of punishing wind and close to 4 feet of snow in places pummeled the Northern Plains on Thursday, stranding unknown numbers of motorists for a day or more...

Pelosi weighs stimulus bill in lame-duck session Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she hopes Congress can return this month to approve spending measures to stimulate the depressed economy. She said much depends on finding...

Oklahoma City exhibit: 'Reporting Terrorism' Tue, Nov 4, 2008 | Add a comment ‘REPORTING TERRORISM’ "Reporting Terrorism” features stories, artifacts and video from media who covered the chaos caused by terrorist attacks from the Oklahoma City bombing...

In reply to: Hulbert health center gets new CEO Sat, Nov 1, 2008 | Add a comment HULBERT Health center gets new CEO After several months of searching, the Northeast Oklahoma Community Health Centers’ board of directors picked Northeastern State University professor Dr....

Visit these places while you still can Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Add a comment HOBOKEN, N.J. — They include the last of their kind, unique landmarks, places threatened by rising or falling seas or development, and homes for species or phenomena that may not last...

Why not take a fall foliage trip through Oklahoma? Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Add a comment Autumn arrived just as gasoline prices began hovering in the $2 range, and many families are planning road trips to view nature’s fall colors through the car windows. Late October through...

Weird Stuff: Cave critters linked to quality of water Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Add a comment GROTTOES, Va. (AP) _ The Madison Cave isopod, a rare, blind, pigment-less cave dweller, must be the weirdest-looking sentinel of water quality in the country. Found only on 12 sites in certain...

State author dies in New Mexico Tue, Oct 28, 2008 Oklahoma-born author Tony Hillerman died Sunday in Albuquerque, N.M.. He was 83. Hillerman had been in failing health for several years. Hillerman was author of at least 18 Navajo tribal police...