Blake Douglas

After the Setting Sun by James Coburn There was a hole in life when The Edmond Sun was shuttered. All those people, all the stories

Through a funding source the city has not been using, $231 million worth of big changes could be on the way to Edmond if members of the City

In State Senate District 47, an open metro-area seat that each remaining Republican candidate has likened to a microcosm of Oklahoma, veteran Kelly

Edmond voters are being asked to increase property taxes roughly 19 percent for 10 years to finance $231 million of road, park and public safety projects.

Street money management and mud-slinging mystery mailers have distinguished the race for Tulsa City Council District 8, where long-tenured incumbent Phil Lakin faces political newcomer Chris Cone.

To close out a month that has seen Edmond become yet another front in the wider American culture war — lambasted by one state official as a place

Four incumbents won reelection to two-year terms on the Tulsa City Council while three more races will head to a runoff because no candidate received a majority of the vote to win in the city's municipal elections Tuesday night.

In promoting their community, Edmond residents and officials often champion public safety services funded at per-capita rates higher than most Oklahoma cities.

Plus: An Oklahoma Republican Party PAC has drawn a large proposed federal fine.