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Of Norman’s three mayoral candidates, one said he supports a bill that would ban the city from providing services to people who are homeless.

The debate, held at the University of Oklahoma in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, was hosted in partnership with NonDoc Media, News 9, The Norman Transcript, The OU Daily and Gaylord College.

At the University of Oklahoma, over 17,000 miles away from her home country of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar, Ananda Devi accepted one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world – a replica of an eagle feather cast in silver.

That silver eagle feather is weighty, not merely due to the silver or it being over a foot long. That feather is the symbol of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature; 32 laureates, finalists and prize jurors have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in the past 53 years.

Faced with a heartfelt plea, Purcell city council members were already considering once again whether to de-annex land during their regularly scheduled July 1 council meeting, but Kristen Harper, a Wayne resident, voiced her concerns about the impending Freedom Crossing development and the effect de-annexing would have on her and her property.
Under Mayor David Lee in 2010, the council voted to annex hundreds of acres of land, 300 feet of which is owned by Harper.
“My perspective is that of a ci...

After 27 years, property located to the northeast of the Interstate 35/State Highway 59 intersection could finally be developed, but its status within Purcell city limits is currently subject to change.
Freedom Crossing, the planned unit development intended to be built there, is set to include a travel stop, stores, hotels, apartments, senior living, veteran housing, town homes, duplexes and single-family residences.
However, that property plus roughly 250 acres to the northeast of the State Hi...

WASHINGTON  – Hours before former president Donald Trump seized victory in the South Carolina Republican primary, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt officially endorsed him for president.
“I think he’s the right person,” Stitt said in an interview on Saturday. “When you see what’s happening with President Biden and all the turmoil that’s happening around the world, we were safer when we had President Trump so I would love to see President Trump get back in for four more years.”
Stitt initially endorsed F...

A $1 billion entertainment district could soon replace the sunflower fields between Max Westheimer Airport and Interstate 35 if the stars align for “Team Norman.”
A partnership between three civic organizations, city and county governments and the University of Oklahoma, Team Norman unveiled plans Wednesday for an 8,000-seat arena, a hotel, hundreds of housing units and a variety of shops, restaurants, bars and offices.
If the plan — brokered by the Norman Economic Development Coalition, the Uni...

(Update: On Jan. 17, 2024, the Oklahoma Supreme Court held oral arguments in the Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission case. The following article remains in its original form.)
Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 landmark ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma are still in dispute three years later as the Oklahoma Supreme Court prepares to weigh arguments in the Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission case, which asks whether tribal citizens who live within reservation boundaries and work for tribally...

MIDWEST CITY – One student is dead and a suspect is in custody after Midwest City police arrived to a college-turned-crime-scene Monday afternoon.
Students R.J. Long and Yingzi Li had just left the Humanities building at Rose State College when Brandon Morrissette, Li’s husband, confronted the pair with a pistol and shot Long, police said.
Police responded in force and confronted the suspect, who fell to his knees, saying, “I surrender; I surrender,” police said. Morrissette was taken into custo...