Oklahoma Gazette

Oklahoma City’s minor league baseball time has cut ties with the Dodgers name. Who wants to be associated with a World Series champion, anyway?! Moving forward, the team will be known as the Comets, an ode to Oklahoma native Mickey Mantle and his nickname, “The Commerce Comet.” But Michael Byrnes, president of the baseball club, also said the new name — the sixth one in less than 30 years — was meant to tap into the state’s “burgeoning aerospace industry.”

Nov. 5 has come and gone, and now an extremely polarized citizenry has the difficult task of re-unifying the country around not a president, but the founding ideals that have

In a real-life version of the “distracted boyfriend meme,” Gov. Kevin Stitt has spent much of his tenure turning his head away from his petroleum overlords to check out the electric vehicle craze. After failing to get Tesla and Volkswagen to open EV plants in the state, Stitt finally landed Canoo. The startup company agreed to set up shop in Oklahoma City, and Stitt was ready to buy a fleet of its futuristic vans after promising taxpayers he wouldn’t let his wife behind the wheel.

Earlier this month, State Superintendent Ryan Walters said he was demanding the federal government send a $474.9 million check to Oklahoma to reimburse the state for educating the children of undocumented immigrants.

Will cell phones soon be banned in Oklahoma schools? State lawmakers appear poised to take up the issue during the next legislative session.

Every month we show a movie based on our the focus areas of the environment, abolishing the Death Penalty, or Civil & Human Rights/2SLGBTQIA+. This month we'll show two of four 43 min. episodes of "Killing Richard Glossip." "Two condemned men in Oklahoma, Richard Glossip and Justin Sneed, share two very different accounts of the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese. Questions surrounding Richard's guilt are introduced as he waits on death row." 405-525-9555

Days after being sued by a group of parents objecting to his effort to put a Bible in every Oklahoma classroom, State Superintendent Ryan Walters compared himself to one of America’s greatest historical figures.

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Oklahoma City Ballet is pleased to present “ Books and Ballet” in collaboration with the Metropolitan Library System. This event celebrates all things “ Nutcracker “ with a short ballet class, reading of a Nutcracker themed book, and chance to meet a dancer from Oklahoma City Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. To learn more about Oklahoma City Ballet please visit okcballet.org. This class is for kids ages 5-10 and their accompanying grownups! (405) 606-3575

SANTA PAWS PHOTO OP Dec 1, 2024 Midtown Mutts Dog Park (301 NW 10th St.) Bring your pups to Midtown on Sunday, December 1st, 2024, for free photos of Santa with your furry friends. Santa will be available for photos from 1-3pm where professional photos will be taken as well as opportunities for DIY photos. An attendant will be on site to help take photos which will be perfect for your holiday cards and greetings! Professional photos will be emailed to attendees (with email sign up) and posted on Facebook following the event. 4052353500