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School bus assembly rolls in to Tulsa from Arkansas 2 hr ago | Add a comment TULSA — School bus maker IC Corp. is shuttering an Arkansas assembly plant and moving the work to Tulsa, but the closure won’t mean any new jobs here, at least for now. Management broke...

Exchange program brings Japanese teachers to Norman 9 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Students welcomed visitors from Japan in their schools this week as part of an educational exchange program. The three teachers toured Norman schools Monday and Tuesday, visiting...

Norman academic team qualifies for national tournament 10 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Norman North High School’s academic team has qualified for a national tournament May 28-30 in Chicago. The team placed third Saturday in the Oklahoma Quiz Bowl Alliance Tulsa...

This is no time for ‘Q’ and ‘U’ to be developing cold feet in Norman 10 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Monroe Elementary School students got a memorable spelling lesson Friday. Kindergarteners at the school took part in a marriage ceremony between the letters "Q” and...

12 to compete for title of Miss UCO 2010 10 hr ago | Add a comment EDMOND — Twelve contestants are competing for the title of Miss UCO 2010. The pageant is at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in Constitution Hall in the University of Central Oklahoma’s Nigh...

Oklahoma college students protest abortion disclosure bill 11 hr ago | Add a comment A group, consisting mostly of college students upset with an anti-abortion measure that legislators approved this year, pledged Friday during a rally at the state Capitol to be more informed about...

Students help raise $128K for Oklahoma City schools 12 hr ago | Add a comment Students and corporations raised more than $128,000 for two Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools’ programs. Student InCENTives and the Devon Great Idea grant program will receive the...

Guthrie board discusses options for junior high 16 hr ago | Add a comment GUTHRIE — School board members Monday will discuss what to do with the district’s junior high school. The school board meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Guthrie Administration Building,...

Moore plans program for Veterans Day 16 hr ago | Add a comment MOORE — Veterans, active-duty members of the military and the public are invited to a Veterans Day program and reception at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Moore Schools Administrative Service Center,...

Metro-area elementary principal has ties to Hollywood actor 16 hr ago | Add a comment When Emmy-award winning actor Ed Asner walked into Hillcrest Elementary School on Friday morning, he answered a long-standing wish of one of the school’s most well-known members. Asner, 79,...

Norman professor gets grant for career trend study 16 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — A University of Oklahoma faculty member will receive about $1 million to study long-term trends of women and minorities in science and engineering careers. Donna Nelson, an...

OU awarded $23M in stimulus money Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma’s Norman campus was awarded about $10 million in research grants from federal stimulus funds in the first quarter of this fiscal year. Jana Smith,...

Stimulus-funded research projects in Norman Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma received about $10 million in stimulus funds from three federal agencies in the first quarter of this fiscal year for research based on the Norman campus....

Japanese teachers visit Norman schools Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Students welcomed visitors from Japan in their schools this week as part of an educational exchange program. Three Japanese teachers toured Norman schools Monday and Tuesday,...

Officers recover gun from Tulsa school's roof Thu, Nov 5, 2009 Police recovered a handgun from the roof of a Tulsa school Wednesday morning after a teenager ran from officers as they investigated gunfire nearby. A man told police that he was walking to a...

Bishop McGuinness students' drive helps the hungry Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment Bishop McGuinness High School students participated Wednesday in the fifth-annual Students Against Hunger Food Drive. They collected 70,128 pounds of food. That’s enough to make 54,000...

OU considering medical alert stickers Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment LAWTON — University of Oklahoma faculty, staff and students could have stickers encoded with emergency medical information for their driver’s licenses by next fall. The OU Board of...

Debate teams converge for tournament at UCO Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment Debate teams to converge for tournament at UCO EDMOND — University of Central Oklahoma is hosting more than 80 teams representing 19 universities at the Joe C. Jackson Invitational Debate...

Norman academic team qualifies for nationals Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Norman North High School’s academic team has qualified for a national tournament May 28-30 in Chicago. The team placed third Saturday in the Oklahoma Quiz Bowl Alliance Tulsa...

National honor society inducts 4 from Edmond Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Four University of Central Oklahoma students from Edmond are among the individuals initiated into UCO’s chapter of Order of Omega, a national honor society. The society...