The following building permit activity was reported by the Development Services Division of the City of Norman for June 9-15.
Back in the “olden times,” nobody much cared about computer viruses, or things like spyware, trojans or adware.
Reports of Norman police’s response to racist and threatening graffiti found at Norman High School reveal significant communication lapses between the school district and officers and a week-long delay in the investigation.
Cleveland County’s Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is in need of more little sisters and big brothers.
The inaugural season of the Norman Farm Market at The Well has proved fruitful for many vendors.
Campaign finance reports from the Cleveland County Election Board for two county commissioners and their opponents reveal the candidates’ top supporters and their top priorities for spending those dollars.
A $5,000 contribution to Cleveland County Commissioner Harold Haralson’s campaign for District 3 was not found in any reporting database for political action committees, but the candidate said it was a scrivener’s error.
A day after the Supreme Court’s bombshell ruling overturning Roe v. Wade ended the constitutional right to abortion, emotional protests and prayer vigils are turning to resolve as several states enact bans and both supporters and foes of abortion rights map out their next moves. A Texas group that helps women pay for abortions has halted its efforts while evaluating its legal risk under a ban it says will disproportionately hurt poor and minority women. Mississippi’s only abortion clinic is continuing to see patients while awaiting a 10-day notice that will trigger a ban. Some elected officials are vowing to protect women’s access to abortion, while opponents of the procedure say their fight is far from over.
There isn’t much city councilors can do from the dais about abortion, but some in Norman still feel strongly enough to speak up in an official capacity.
FILE - A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from a runway at Denver International Airport on June 10, 2020, in Denver. Pilots at United Airlines are in line to get big pay raises over the next 18 months. Their union, the Air Line Pilots Association, said Friday, June 24, 2022, that it has reached a tentative agreement for raises totaling more than 14.5%. If approved, the deal could set the stage for similar raises by pilots at other airlines. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Local experts say the push to end abortion access won’t end with Friday’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, and some believe rights beyond the reproductive — including same-sex marriage and interracial marriage — could be revisited next.
Pilots at United Airlines are in line to get pay raises over the next 18 months. Their union, the Air Line Pilots Association, said Friday that it has reached a tentative agreement for raises totaling more than 14.5%. The deal would be retroactive the the start of 2022 and run through the end of next year. Rank-and-file pilots will hold a ratification vote through mid-July. If approved, the deal could set the stage for similar raises by pilots at American, Delta and Southwest. Pilots have leverage in contract talks because they are in short supply as travel recovers from the worst of the pandemic.
Stocks rallied on Wall Street Friday, sending the S&P 500 up 3.1% for its best gain in two years. The benchmark index also ended the week 6.4% higher, erasing the brutal loss it took a week earlier. It was just the second winning week for the benchmark index in the last 12. Stocks climbed this week as pressure from rising Treasury yields let up somewhat and investors speculate the Federal Reserve may not have to be as aggressive about raising interest rates as earlier thought as it fights to control inflation. It’s been a reprieve from Wall Street’s tumble through most of the year.
OKLAHOMA CITY — While Oklahoma Republican lawmakers celebrated Friday’s fall of the nation’s nearly 50-year-old ruling legalizing abortion as a "joyous day," the state’s abortion rights groups mourned and warned women not tell anyone that they’re pregnant if they’re contemplating terminating a pregnancy.
We all see our part of the globe differently.
A program designed to help reunite children with parents in crisis in Oklahoma County could expand into Cleveland County.
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, center, speaks about the Mississippi Public Service Commission securing a $300 million settlement with Entergy Mississippi, a integrated energy company, Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Former top Justice Department officials have testified to the Jan. 6 committee that President Donald Trump hounded the department to pursue his false election fraud claims. They say he contacted the agency’s leader “virtually every day” and strove in vain to enlist the government’s top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to stay in power. The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol also revealed Thursday that several Republican loyalists in Congress who trumpeted the president’s claims later sought pardons from the White House after the effort failed.
Editor's note: This article has been updated to properly attribute statements from the Oklahoma Hospital Association.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, a major expansion of gun rights. The court struck down a New York gun law in a ruling expected to directly impact half a dozen other populous states. Thursday's decision came with recent mass shootings fresh in the nation’s mind and Americans emotionally divided on the issue. Across the street from the court, the Senate sped toward passage of its own national legislation, a gun law modest in scope but still the most far-reaching in decades. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the high court's 6-3 conservative majority.
Epic Charter Schools’ founders have been arrested, along with the longtime chief financial officer, on criminal charges following a yearslong investigation into alleged embezzlement of taxpayer funds, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
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The Cleveland County Historical Society is proud to present "Sundown: An Examination of Norman's History as a Racist Sundown Town" at the Moore-Lindsay Historical House Museum through the end of July.
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The State Superintendent is recommending Epic Charter Schools be placed on probation for violating state law following an investigation into the state’s largest online school.
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Attorney General John O’Connor faced off with challenger Gentner Drummond on issues ranging from criminal prosecution to utility rates during a Thursday debate hosted by NonDoc and News 9 at Oklahoma City Community College.
In-person absentee voting will begin this Thursday, June 23, for next Tuesday’s Statewide Primary Election.
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As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also have carved out another milestone — electing the country's first Black vice president. When former leftist rebel Gustavo Petro takes office as president on Aug. 7, a key player in his administration will be Francia Marquez, his running mate in Sunday’s runoff election. Marquez is an environmental activist from La Toma, a village surrounded by mountains where she first organized campaigns against a hydroelectric project. She then challenged wildcat gold miners who were invading collectively owned Afro-Colombian lands. Analysts say her appeal to Afro-Colombian voters was a key factor in Petro being able to eke out his narrow victory.
WASHINGTON – Showing the body of a child killed in a school massacre like the one in Uvalde, Texas, would have been unthinkable 20 years ago. But that was then.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Out-of-state entities that stand to profit handsomely if voucher legislation advances are believed to be pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars in dark money into local legislative races in a push to unseat incumbents who stand in their way.
Oklahoma State Department of Health has identified the state’s second probable case of monkeypox in a central Oklahoma resident with recent international travel to a country with confirmed cases.
At 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 24, Professor Samuel Perry, University of Oklahoma professor of sociology, and Jo Glenn, candidate for U.S. Senate, will take part in the Cornbread and Beans speaker series.
The coming weeks will be busy for Campus Corner developers and businesses.
The following building permit activity was reported by the Development Services Division of the City of Norman for June 2-8.
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A mix of clouds and sun. Gusty winds during the morning. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 82F. Winds NNE at 20 to 30 mph..
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The following building permit activity was reported by the Development Services Division of the City of Norman for June 9-15.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR COMPLETION ISSUED:
2067 24th Ave. NW — University Town Center, Shell Building OP-21, $1,017,000, Ward 8
2803 24th Ave. NW — Medcore Properties, Memory Care Building, $27,809,773 (Combined), Ward 8
617 Jenkins Ave. — Riley on Jenkins LLC, The Wedge Apartment Building, $2,500,000, Ward 4
222 S. Porter Ave. — Wilson Company LLC, Yellow Dog Coffee Co., $35,000, Ward 4
7795 E. Indian Hills Rd. — Moses, Jimmie Paul, Verizon Wireless Tower, $125,000, Ward 6
10355 E. Lindsey St. — Devra Ann and Sean Madden, Madden Farms LLC Medical Marijuana, $5,000, Ward 5
2751 36th Ave. NW, Suite 129 — 36 North LLC, Dr. Rowe Chiropractor Medical Office, $45,000, Ward 8
2320 W. Main St. — Realty Income CK1 LLC, Casey’s General Store Remodel/Addition, $1,317,780, Ward 2
3308 Broce Ct. — Fowler Realty LLC, New Life Bible Church Sanctuary Renovation, $85,000, Ward 8
12999 E. Imhoff Rd. — Byrd, Ruby L-Rev Trt-Trustee, T-Mobile New Antennas, $16,500, Ward 5
10790 E. Lindsey St. — Yarber, Richard, T-Mobile New Antennas, $16,500, Ward 5
15951 Little Axe Dr. — Absentee Shawnee Tribe of OK, Construction Trailer, $10,000, Ward 5
4260 28th Ave. NW — Franklin Business Park LLC, Sterling Property Management Office Building, $1,800,000, Ward 8
1915 Classen Blvd., Suite 107 — Classen Landing LLC, Fade N Up Barber Shop, $50,000, Ward 4
2065 24th Ave. NW — University Town Center LLC, MOD Pizza Restaurant, $400,000, Ward 8
527 E. Main St. — Davis, Taylor, ByDavis Offices Concrete Patio, $4,000, Ward 4
• Eight permits for new single family residences were issued with a total reported value of $2,815,470. The average reported value was $351,934, five of which applied to the city’s
Home Energy Rating System (HERS/Energy Rating Index Program) and one to the city’s Visitability Program.
• Seventeen permits for additions or alterations to residential properties were issued with a total reported value of $2,902,224, two of which were storm shelters.
• One demolition permit was issued for 221 E. Boyd St.
• Seven applications for new single-family residences were submitted with a combined reported value of $1,846,696. The average reported value was $263,814.
• Nine applications for addition/alterations to residential properties were submitted with a reported value of $150,400.
David Andrew Lawrence, age 59, passed away June 17, 2022, in Noble, Oklahoma. He is survived by his siblings Frank, Danny and Marybeth and mother Lee Lawrence. Arrangements by Havenbrook Funeral Home in Norman.
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