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Jail price, vaccines, teeth make metro news 4 hr ago | Add a comment Here’s a recap of the week in metro news. • Crime. A man with big, fake front teeth robs a bank Monday in Warr Acres. He apparently doesn’t own a ski mask. • Sports. Doctors...

Cuts may impact Edmond teacher positions 4 hr ago | Add a comment EDMOND — If funding cuts get any steeper, the Edmond School District will have to let go of teachers next year, Edmond school officials said this week. Superintendent David Goin said the...

Moore Norman technology school seeks bids for renovation 4 hr ago | Add a comment With design plans nearing completion, Moore Norman Technology Center now will solicit bids for a $15 million building and renovation project at its Franklin Road Campus. Board members voted at...

Education chief touts Oklahoma system 6 hr ago | Add a comment U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized the state of Oklahoma’s efforts to provide quality early childhood education during a speech to the National Association for the Education...

Norman North students take ride on ‘Carousel’ 9 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Norman North High School students are taking audiences on a "Carousel” of emotions during their fall musical production. Preparing for the show has been an emotional...

OU students find places in the world 9 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — A new University of Oklahoma academic program this week turned geocache — finding geographic coordinates by using a Global Positioning System — into geocash. Freshman...

13 to vie for Miss Asian UCO 9 hr ago | Add a comment EDMOND — Thirteen contestants will compete for the title Miss Asian UCO 2010 at 7 p.m. today in UCO’s Constitution Hall in the Nigh University Center. "The Miss Asian UCO...

OCU receives $1M from late wife of local jeweler B.C. Clark Jr. 22 hr ago | Add a comment OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City University says it will create an endowed chair that will be funded with a $1 million bequest from the late wife of a local jeweler. The bequest by...

OSU event illustrates smoking's deadly toll 23 hr ago | Add a comment STILLWATER — Sixteen mannequins dotted the lawn near Oklahoma State University’s student union, representing the number of people in the state who die each day from tobacco-related...

Two Oklahoma students named as State AP Scholars 23 hr ago | Add a comment Graduates of Edmond Memorial High School and Tulsa Booker T. Washington High School have earned 2009 State AP Scholar awards. Fareeha Safir, whose family is formerly of Edmond, is a student at the...

CareerTech to reduce its staff by about 30 Yesterday | Add a comment State Department of Career and Technology Education leaders estimate about 30 employees will need to take job buyouts to make up for expected budget shortfalls. The CareerTech board approved a...

University President David Boren praises women’s gifts to OU Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — Of the $1.6 billion in private donations made to the University of Oklahoma in the past 15 years, OU President David Boren said, "I can count with one hand the number of major...

Author and columnist scheduled to visit University of Oklahoma Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — Thomas L. Friedman, an author and New York Times foreign affairs columnist who has won three Pulitzer Prizes, is scheduled to visit the state Dec. 7 for two functions at the...

CareerTech to cut about 30 employees Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Add a comment State Department of Career and Technology Education leaders estimate about 30 employees will need to take job buyouts to make up for expected budget shortfalls. The CareerTech board approved a...

Oklahoma's career, technology educators face layoffs Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Add a comment Some state Department of Career and Technology Education workers will be asked to quit their jobs to make up for continued budget shortfalls. The state agency that oversees technology schools...

Miss UCO plans to devote reign to human rights Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Julie Christian, a junior political science major from Owasso, was crowned Miss University of Central Oklahoma 2010 at the university’s annual scholarship pageant. Christian...

Edmond Briefs Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment H1N1 vaccine available for all State health officials announced that all Oklahomans who want to reduce their risk of H1N1 infection are now eligible to receive H1N1 influenza vaccine. Vaccinations...

Site plan approved for new SNU dormitory Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment BETHANY — Bethany City Council members approved a site plan Tuesday for a new residential hall at Southern Nazarene University. The proposal included plans to build a 290-bed, suite-style...

Moore Norman Tech Center board to vote on campus renovation plans Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment Moore Norman Technology Center board members will vote on soliciting bids for the first phase of its Franklin Road campus renovation plan during their meeting at 5:30 p.m. today at the South Penn...

OU geography event opens up new world Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Nearly 60 high school students this week visited the University of Oklahoma and learned that geography entails much more than drawing a bunch of maps. They found out that geography...