Norman News

A Cleveland County jury deliberated about four hours Tuesday before finding an Oklahoma City man guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of an Oklahoma City woman.

The 30th annual Jazz in June festival will open Thursday and continue nightly through Saturday in Norman. All performances are free.

Upcoming events for the Norman area libraries

Norman City Council members approved a lean budget that left out pay raises, except for merit increases, and cut money for supplies and maintenance.

The Norman City Council recently boosted a contract for Legacy Park to include $521,000 in enhancements to water fountain features in a man-made pond.

Norman briefs for June 18

Tickets are on sale in Norman for a special youth edition of the Broadway hit “Seussical the Musical”

NORMAN - Faced with evidence that 70 percent of University of Oklahoma students are not buying textbooks because of their high costs, school officials are trying to push more course materials online. In its first year, the school's Textbook Alternatives Initiative is already showing results,...

Oklahoma National Guardsmen deployed to Afghanistan number more than 300, with 250 more being deployed in the next year, spokesman Col. Max Moss said.

No data exist that show the frequency of security breaches like the one University of Oklahoma officials say happened there recently, said Fred Cate, director of Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. Still, Cate said he suspects grade-changing isn't a major issue at most...

Annie Oakley Luncheon, Boomerang Parties, Brunch, deadCENTER Patron Party, Prix de West Brunch

A few semesters ago, Eleazar Velazquez was living on friends' couches and going to campus events at the University of Oklahoma just to find free meals. One day, he looked at his bursar bill and realized he had no way to pay it. He knew he wouldn't be able to keep going to OU — at least, not for...

The Heartland Baseball Classic tournament brings teams from seven states to Norman.

Andy Alligator's Fun Park in Norman has received an Oklahoma Travel Industry Association merit award for Best New Attraction.

The 2012 annual cost-of-living index released by the Council for Community and Economic Research ranks Norman as the third least expensive city out of 304 in the country. Ardmore was the 4th least expensive and Muskogee was eighth. The index ranks cities on the cost of six components: housing,...

The 2nd Friday Circuit of Art event, which begins at 6 p.m. Friday in Norman, will feature music, gallery openings, art classes and other activities.

Norman middle school student Matthew Armor recently competed in the National Geographic Bee. He was one of 54 students nationwide and the only student from Oklahoma to compete in the national geography competition.

A $35,000 grant from the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust will be used to put in a fitness trail in the John Saxon Park in east Norman.

Singer-songwriter John Fullbright was a big hit at the Summer Breeze concert.

Norman City Council members are expected to vote Tuesday on a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The public got a look at a Moller Opus 5819 organ during an open house at the American Organ Institute in Norman.

Norman briefs for June 8

The National Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues Inc. — with help from the Oklahoma City and Moore police departments — will host the parties for families and workers from the two elementary schools destroyed by the May 20 tornado.

Is it still proper to pass food to the right at the table? 20-40-60 Etiquette answers, with Mollie Bennett as guest.

Banquet, Presidents' Luncheon, Celebration, Memorial Day Dinner

Anniversary Concert, Black Tie Dinner, Beaux Arts Reception,

Quilts of Compassion, a faith-based organization in Toledo, Ohio, has donated handmade blankets to tornado victims in Oklahoma.

Carl Sennhenn, a two-time Oklahoma Book Award winner and former state poet laureate, will read from his work at 2 p.m. Sunday in Norman.

Norman City Council members are trying to find ways to cut the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Heal, OK, a benefit concert to aid victims of recent tornadoes, will be June 19 in Norman.