Oklahoma Army National Guardsman wins NetWars Oklahoma Army National Guardsman 1st Lt. Makya Stell, assigned to the 205th Network Signal Company, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, wins the annual “NetWars” games during the Cyber Shield training event held at the Virginia National Guard State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach this month. Oklahoma Army National Guardsman 1st […]
EDMOND − After going “off road” at the property for so long showing people where it will be, Shannon Price said she is ready for a second home for the Edmond Fine Arts Institute, which will be part of the art park in the works at the corner of Second Street Street and Coltrane Road. […]
Downtown employees invited to event Join Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership for a lunchtime event in the park 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 12 at Kerr Park, 102 Robert S. Kerr Ave. Purchase your lunch from one of the food trucks, get a free ice pops from Wondervan Pops, live music from Arts Council OKC’s […]
EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – Strong storms left damage behind in Edmond Thursday morning. Some Edmond residents living near W Sorghum Mill Rd. and N Western Ave. reported damage to power poles and trees. LOCAL NEWS: ‘On a rampage’: OKC police arrest man accused of crashing into club and home Damaged power pole in Edmond. Image […]
EDMOND — Ground shakes being felt here most likely are leftovers from strong earthquakes that happened in January, Oklahoma’s state seismologist says. On Jan. 12, a trio of earthquakes happened with magnitude ratings of 3.2, 4.3 and 2.5. Early the next day in the same general area, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded, followed by […]
EDMOND — A tough economy forced a local developer wanting to bring an independent brewery to downtown Edmond to change his plans. Inflationary financing and construction costs caused the developer to default on his agreement with the city to start building the project on city-owned land by Jan. 1. But the project is back on […]
Apr. 23—Three members of the Norman Public Schools Board of Education voiced their support for Edmond Public Schools in its lawsuit against State Superintendent Ryan Walters. The lawsuit comes after the Oklahoma State Department of Education ordered the district to move “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini and “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls off […]
Edmond Public Schools has filed a lawsuit after state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters threatened to downgrade the district’s accreditation. The lawsuit was filed against the state Board of Education, the state Education Department and state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters. Here’s what we know so far about the fight between Walters and Edmond Public Schools. Why Ryan […]
A growing number of major Oklahoma school districts are publicly lining up behind Edmond Public Schools in that district’s lawsuit against state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the state Board of Education. The battle is over who should choose the books in school libraries? State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters […]
OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – The Superintendent of Oklahoma City Public Schools made a statement Saturday supporting Edmond Schools after the district challenged OSDE’s rules overseeing library books. Last week Edmond Public Schools officials asked for the Oklahoma State Supreme Court to rule on whether or not the Oklahoma State Department of Education has the […]
One day after being sued by the Edmond Public Schools district, the Oklahoma State Board of Education declined Wednesday to put an action item about the situation on its publicly posted agenda for its regularly scheduled February meeting. Meanwhile, one of the state Legislature’s key educational figures, Rep. Mark McBride, said the issue at the […]
Edmond Public Schools asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide whether the Oklahoma State Board of Education or a local elected school board has the authority to establish policies concerning books in the district’s libraries. District Superintendent Angela Grunewald said the lawsuit was filed after the Oklahoma State Department of Education threatened to […]