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  • Oklahoma Summer Camp Caters To Non-Religious Kids

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A Green Country camp that was in the center of a controversy over a fundraiser is teaching kids about science this week. Organizers for Camp Quest were asked to leave a Broken Arrow restaurant in April, when the restaurant's owner learned it was a camp for non-religious kids. Despite that dust up, dozens of children are spending the week outdoors with like-minded ...

  • Model Of A Gathering Place For Tulsa Unveiled To The Public

    TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsans got their first look at "A Gathering Place" Tuesday. After years of planning, the final model is out for the start of a what's expected to be a world class park along Riverside Drive. It's going to be one of the largest and most expensive privately-funded parks in the United States, and while construction doesn't start until next year, the ...

  • Owasso City Manager Accused Of Demanding Police Tapes Be Destroyed

    OWASSO, Oklahoma - The Owasso City Council will discuss City Manager Rodney Ray in a closed session Tuesday evening. Ray is on suspension pending an internal investigation. Ray was in court Tuesday on a separate matter. He's been charged with passing a bad check, then filing a false police report about it. The criminal case was postponed Tuesday until July 10. The reason Ray is on ...

  • Edmond Rotarians celebrate 75 years serving community world

    EDMOND -- On March 18, 1938, Rotary official Hal McNutt, of Stillwater, gave the Edmond Rotary Club its charter, which has resulted in 75 years of service to the community and ...

  • Oklahoma corrections head quits amid flaps

    Oklahoma's prisons chief resigned amid disagreements over whether more state corrections facilities should be run by private companies and whether his agency properly documented money held in reserve, but the governor's office said Tuesday she did not ask for him to step ...

Movie Review

Solaris (2002) [DVD]

Solaris (2002) [DVD]

Steven Soderbergh's film of Polish novelist Stanislaw Lem's Solaris was advertised as a romance during its theatrical release, which is not entirely inaccurate, depending on what your definition is of a romantic movie. Solaris is a love story, but it's not exactly a date movie, unless your date is a graduate student in philosophy. Rather, it is a difficult and enigmatic exploration ... ...

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  • Seattle butcher shop finds success in marijuana fed pork

    SEATTLE — It’s a different kind of head shop found just down the stairs from the Pike Place market. It’s the BB Ranch selling something that’s even better than bacon. It’s marijuana fed pork. ';The pig farmer has been feeding them marijuana for the last two and a half months of their life and they’ve been happy as hell,'; said William Von Schneidau, ...

  • OKC bank suing Gaillardia for millions in overdue loans

    OKLAHOMA CITY — A high-profile golf and country club in hot water. A foreclosure lawsuit from a local bank says, despite having a luxurious reputation, Gaillardia is not paying their bills. Newschannel 4 spoke with county officials about Gaillardia’s money troubles. We don’t know why gaillardia is having financial problems because the owner, Phil Herrington, won’t ...

  • More Lawsuits Filed Against Tulsa Dentist Scott Harrington

    TULSA, Oklahoma - More lawsuits have been filed against dentist Scott Harrington. Harrington is accused of unsafe and unsanitary practices and possibly exposing thousands of people to diseases. One of Harrington's patients claims he is a regular Red Cross blood donor, and says he has a paper trail that proves he got hepatitis C from Harrington's office. In the three months since ...

  • Bank in southwest Oklahoma City robbed

    Police say a black male wearing a Houston Astros baseball cap and a New Orleans Saints football jersey robbed the First Fidelity Bank at 700 SW 29th ...

  • Man accused of threatening sheriff governors children

    Scott Neil Helling, 49, is accused of sending emails to media outlets across the country accusing Hewitt of murdering his son. Helling's son is not dead; he's in Texas, according to ...

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