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John Williams | Add a commentHappy Saturday. It’s time for our look back at this week’s headlines.→Fuel. Members of the Edmond Planning...
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Edmond questions seniors’ meal cuts
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EDMOND — The city of Edmond is hosting a meeting to discuss the recent cessation of its senior nutrition program. The meeting will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Downtown Community Center, 28...
Metro-area elementary principal has ties to Hollywood actor
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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,...
Putnam City officials are urging residents to vote for bond issue
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WARR ACRES — Putnam City School District officials said passing a proposed $80.6 million bond issue Tuesday will set the district on a new path of achievement. Superintendent Paul Hurst...
Electric cars, hot language in Edmond news
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Happy Saturday. It’s time for our look back at this week’s headlines. →Fuel. Members of the Edmond Planning Commission recommended rezoning property at Heartland Outdoors to allow...
Retired Edmond firefighter will serve time in child porn case
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EDMOND — A retired Edmond firefighter was sentenced to serve 12 months and a day in prison for possession of child pornography. Micah Dwight Weaver was fined $18,716 and sentenced Friday in...
12 to compete for title of Miss UCO 2010
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
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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...
Edmond's Financial Diva to share strategies on ‘Today’
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
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EDMOND — Edmond’s Financial Diva will be on NBC’s "Today” show Tuesday to share what she calls "Oklahoma’s common sense approach to finances.” Since...
Edmond fundraiser is to help parents who lost son
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
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EDMOND — Staci Hancock, Edmond resident and owner of S Studio Salon & Day Spa is hosting a fundraising event Saturday to raise money for her cousin, whose son died of brain cancer in...
Edmond to discuss Coffee Creek project
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
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EDMOND — Homeowners in the Coffee Creek neighborhood and the developers who want to build apartments near them are to square off again during Monday’s city council meeting. On the...
Man charged in Edmond ‘Bob’ killing
Thu, Nov 5, 2009
A homeless man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of Edmond’s Bicycle Bob. Travis Monroe Jim, 20, is accused of stabbing the victim multiple times and of striking him...
Debate teams converge for tournament at UCO
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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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...
Edmond Briefs
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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Rotary plans breakfast Edmond Rotary Club’s second annual "Omelets and Pancakes” breakfast is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Henderson Hills Baptist Church, 1200 E Interstate 35...
Oklahoma Sports Blog
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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Edmond Players of the Week It was a great week in Edmond sports, and I don’t want to single out a defensive star here or a runner there, so I’m giving the honor to Memorial’s...
National honor society inducts 4 from Edmond
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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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...
Edmond planning commission OKs rezoning request
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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EDMOND — Planning commissioners recommended rezoning property at an outdoor retail store and indoor gun range at 1472 N Kelly Ave. to allow for the sale of electric cars. Owners Mike and...
Edmond calendar
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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TODAY Oil Painting 101, adults/teens, 1 to 3 p.m., Thursdays through Dec. 3, Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, 27 E Edwards, 340-4481. Cashion High School Community Blood Drive, 2 p.m., Cashion High...
Too warm in Edmond to capture Christmas spirit yet
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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It may have caught you by surprise. I know it did me. Downtown Edmond’s Christmas lights are already up and glowing. Kelly Fuller, assistant to the city manager, said the lights actually went...
Beneficiary chosen for Edmond school fundraising campiagn
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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EDMOND — The Jimmy Everest Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Children has been chosen by Edmond Memorial High School students as the beneficiary of the school’s annual Swine Week...
Edmond voters asked to OK $36.1 million bond
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
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EDMOND — The proposed $36.1 million bond issue going before Edmond voters Tuesday would help the district deal with continuing growth, school officials said. The district currently has 20,784...
Teachers of year named for Edmond
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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The Edmond School District has released its site teachers of the year for the 2009-10 school year. These teachers were nominated for the honor by their peers. Associate Superintendent Brenda Lyons...
Debate teams to converge in Edmond
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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EDMOND — University of Central Oklahoma is hosting more than 80 teams representing 19 universities at the Joe C. Jackson Invitational Debate Tournament. The event is one of the...
Honor society at UCO initiates 17 members
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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EDMOND — Four University of Central Oklahoma students from Edmond are among the 17 individuals initiated into UCO’s chapter of Order of Omega, a national honor society. The society...
Edmond Briefs
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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Library hosts war exhibit The Edmond Library is hosting an exhibit about German POWs in the Midwest during 1943-46. The "Held in the Heartland” traveling exhibit includes a mobile...
Information is key for all decisions says Edmond mayor
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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Editor’s note: Edmond Mayor Patrice Douglas will write an occasional guest column for The Oklahoman’s Edmond/State section. Communication is the key. It is my firm belief that we all...
Edmond museum has fundraising wine event
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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EDMOND — While some winemakers may serve no wine before its time, the Edmond Historical Society & Museum will serve popular varietals during its first "Wine Through Time”...
Edmond Chamber names Youth Leadership class members
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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EDMOND — The Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the members of Class IX of Youth Leadership Edmond. Youth Leadership Edmond gives high school juniors the opportunity to enhance...
Veteran, Harvard grad honored in Edmond
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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EDMOND — Ken Lisle is the November Volunteer of the Month at Edmond Senior Center. Lisle was born in McLoud in 1922. His father was a pharmacist who owned and operated Lisle Drug along with...
Edmond Achievers
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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Bowling Edmond youth bowlers won the monthly "King of the Lanes” tournament. This is the first time in three years that an Edmond team has won, said Janet Pecoraro with Edmond’s...
Edmond school bus, 3 cars are in collision
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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EDMOND — A school bus and three vehicles were involved in a collision Tuesday morning at Boulevard and Danforth Road in Edmond. Two people received minor injuries. Six children on the bus...
Edmond safety course goes statewide
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
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EDMOND — The number of Oklahoma motorcyclists killed in eight years has increased by 258 percent since 2000, Edmond police Lt. Bob Pratt said. In 2000, 24 motorcyclists were killed on...
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12 to compete for title of Miss UCO 2010
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