Feed aggregator
Funeral for OHP Lt. Heath Meyer is Monday at Lloyd Noble in Norman
FROM STAFF REPORTS,Robert Medley
NORMAN -- A funeral service for Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Heath Meyer will be 11 a.m.
Read more on NewsOK.com
OKC celebrities raise funds, MWC writers meet
OKLAHOMA CITY
Local celebrities help raise funds for program
Celebrity Wait Night, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma Highway Patrol lieutenant dies of injuries from pursuit
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. D. Heath Meyer, who was struck July 14 by a patrol car involved in a car chase, died Monday from his injuries, Patrol Chief Ricky Adams said.
Meyer, 43, had laid stop sticks on Interstate 35 near N 27 in Moore when troopers Rodney Rideaux and Clint Painter came up the interstate in pursuit.
The troopers, attempting to avoid the stop sticks, struck one another.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Community
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Youth council deadline nears
NORMAN — City officials are seeking high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who are active in their school and community want to learn about local government.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Boyd Street Brass to perform in Norman
FROM STAFF REPORTS
NORMAN — Norman's own Boyd Street Brass will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Lindsey Street bridge at I-35 opens in Norman with fanfare
BY JANE GLENN CANNON Staff Writer jcannon@oklahoman.com
NORMAN — Some walked, others jogged, rode scooters, bicycled or roller-skated. One woman even Hula-Hooped her way across the newly constructed Lindsey Street bridge over Interstate 35.
Hundreds of people participated in a celebratory crossing of the bridge Friday morning, just hours before the bridge was officially opened to traffic.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Mustang's Kerry Villanueva never wanted to leave school
By Shannon Rigsby For The Oklahoman
MUSTANG — Kerry Villanueva, Mustang Valley Elementary's teacher of the year, was in elementary school when the thought of being a teacher crossed her mind.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City area briefs
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Have coffee with officers
NORMAN — The Norman Police Department will host its next Coffee with a Cop event from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Forecasting model could give Oklahoma residents more warning before tornadoes form
By Josh Wallace Staff Writer jwallace@oklahoman.com
An experimental forecasting model could change the way forecasters alert Oklahomans about tornadic weather, as it did on a deadly day in May more than an hour before a tornado hit.
As storms began to pop up in the Texas Panhandle and head toward Oklahoma on May 16, forecasters alerted residents of the potential for tornadoes in western Oklahoma, about 90 minutes before one ripped through Elk City.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Hiking is growing more popular, and Oklahoma offers plenty of trails
By Jessica Foy For The Oklahoman
Fall hiking in the Ouachita National Forest in southeast Oklahoma is a well-loved tradition for Norman residents Dana and Greg Rex and their five children.
“The scenic drive is beautiful, and the mountains make you seriously question if you are still in Oklahoma,” Dana Rex said.
Newcomers might make the assumption that Oklahoma's landscape is dry, flat and uninteresting.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Community
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Caretakers to discuss wildlife
NORMAN — Learn about real life wildlife heroes at Norman Public Library Central and its Summer Reading presentation “Building a Better World with WildCare!” at 2 p.m.
Read more on NewsOK.com
OKC metro-area achievers
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Jory S. Brownd graduated from Oklahoma City University with a bachelor of science degree in nursing — Magna Cum Laude, on the deans honor roll, Kramer School of Nursing Honors and the outstanding traditional undergraduate senior student award.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Noble Library event features all sorts of mayhem
FROM STAFF REPORTS
NOBLE — Zombies, Marshmallows and Mayhem was the title of a recent activity at the Noble Library.
The July 13 event for ages 12 and older featured such activities as a Zombie card game and handmade marshmallow shooters.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Lindsey Street bridge at I-35 to reopen Friday
BY JANE GLENN CANNON Staff Writer jcannon@oklahoman.com
NORMAN — The pain for motorists traveling Interstate 35 through Norman is about to end.
A newly constructed bridge at Lindsey Street and I-35 will reopen in the late afternoon or early evening Friday.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Edmond Birthing Center offers classes, well-woman care
By Jessica Phillips Staff Writer jphillips@oklahoman.com
EDMOND — The Edmond Birthing Center opened last month and already has more than 20 signed clients.
A birthing center is a place for women to have prenatal care, natural births with trained midwives and postpartum checkups.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Norman man sentenced to life in prison for fatal 2016 shooting
By Kyle Schwab Staff Writer kschwab@oklahoman.com
NORMAN — A felon who told police he had been on a “crime spree” has pleaded guilty to multiple offenses, including first-degree murder, committed in June 2016.
Patrick Richard Kibler, 29, of Norman, was sentenced Friday in Cleveland County District Court to life in prison for the fatal Norman shooting of Richard William Taylor.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Ice cream rules the day at Norman celebration
BY WHITNEY BRYEN For The Oklahoman
NORMAN — Despite scorching temperatures, melted ice cream was not a problem for Norman City Council members who competed in a banana split-eating contest on National Ice Cream Day.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Community
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Library event celebrates pets
NORMAN — Norman Public Library Central is going all things canine and feline with “The Dog (and Cat) Days of Summer,” from 11 a.m.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Norman event held in solidarity with Venezuelan voters
By Jane Glenn Cannon Staff Writer jcannon@oklahoman.com
NORMAN — About 473 people cast votes in a plebiscite election at Amazonia Latin Flavor in Norman to show solidarity with an election in Venezuela.
A plebiscite election is one in which people of a country or region express their opinion for or against political matters.
Beatriz Mayorca, with SOSVenezuela-Oklahoma, one of the organizers of the Norman event held Sunday, called it a civil protest and vote against proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela she said would “destroy democracy.”
SOSVenezuela-Oklahoma organized a similar plebiscite election in Tulsa.
Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma Highway Patrol lieutenant struck by one of his own Friday
By Matt Dinger Staff Writer mdinger@oklahoman.com
Lt. D. Heath Meyer was sitting in the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop A headquarters with his troop commander and another lieutenant Friday night when they heard the chase start.
Meyer, who responded, had laid stop sticks on Interstate 35 near N 27 in Moore when troopers Rodney Rideaux and Clint Painter came up the highway in hot pursuit.
The troopers, attempting to avoid the stop sticks, struck one another.
Read more on NewsOK.com